breeding clownfish..mine have spawned! please help

[Hendersonracing]

Ok My ORA Clowns have spawned for the 2nd time in a month and I am not ready.....a few questions so please try to help for I can get things ready for the next spawn!!!


1. the best place to buy rotifers?

2. Im going to buy some plexiglass and put it in place to were the eggs were laid but how long do I leave them in the water( the last eggs turned silver and the next day were gone????

3.when I start the rotifer tank how big of a tank and how much rotifers???

4. explain green water?


I have been reading alot but am still confused, help me with it in simple terms...lol

any do or donts???

 

[Hendersonracing]

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[kerusso316]

Hey Joe... First off what kind of ORA clowns? #1 ask around on local boards....a local starter culture is better than Shipping rots.If that fails use Reed Macroculture.You can also get Nano, Pavlova,and live nano there also.If you a serious you will need these.#2 Try a terracotta tile first. Many clowns will lay on it right away...I think they like the way it feels.If they move the tile I use a bigger tile.If that does not work try the plex method.The eggs will normally hatch on the 8Th night.When you see silver eyes its close.#3 I use a five gal.water bottle and one for back up culture.{one will crash}#4 Green water is the use of live phytoplankton in a larval tank.It does 5 major things. ....#1 keeps rotifers gut loaded in the tank.#2 nutrient uptake.#3 co2 into oxygen.#4 defuses light[spinners will calm down and headstanders will swim].#5 I am sure the fish eat it .I am pro green water altho fish can be raised without it[by people far smarter than me]Get Wilkersons book Clownfish.Many people here will not answer a ? if it is covered in the book.May take me a few days but I will help when I can.Mitch

 

[Hendersonracing]

.#2 Try a terracotta tile first



I did this and this time they spawned on the opposite wall???should I move some tile over there also???

These are the true perculas!

 

[Hendersonracing]

also Im waiting on my rotifers to arrive with the live phytoplankton!