subman719
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Thank you umluis! Congrats on the spawn! I agree that hopefully we can learn from each other. That's why we're all here! One VERY IMPORTANT thing I can tell you that I've learned this past week is get yourself set up with live Rotifers! Probably the "S" strain. These are the only food that the fry will accept that will give you the best outcome (from what I hear)! I just lost a batch of Yellowhead Sleeper Gobies because of not having them. I just placed my first order for some from www.seahorsesource.com I should see them on Thursday. The only day that these ship is Tuesdays so if you want them by this week, you'll need to place the order today. You can also call and ask for Abby (772)-462-2401. Most likely she'll answer the phone. Tell her, "Bob-The clownfish guy" sent you! She'll get a kick out of it! Even if I don't get another spawn, I'll still use the live Rotifers as food for my corals. Since it's probably too late to order and get them by this week, maybe see if someone local to you has them. Unfortunately, no LFS in my area carries live Rotifers so that's why I have to mail order.
Here's two great threads that helped me:
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1289236
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1401023
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13271215#post13271215 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by umluis
1) How did you get your newly hatched baby clowns into another tank? Mine eggs are on THE LARGEST rock in my tank, so I would either have to remove them from the rock or try to catch the larva that hatch in about a week...any pointers?
I used a Brine Shrimp Net, however as you've seen above, I missed the clowns and caught everything else! LOL
Also, as you can see from my photos, I'm in the EXACT same boat as you with the large burried rock problem. I fell asleep the night they hatched but woke up twice, once the eggs were half gone and the second time (about an hour or so later) the remainder of the eggs were gone. I thought I was catching the clowns with the net but unfortunately, we know how that story ends! As you read through the other two threads I listed above (one being FB's and the other dazed's), you'll find that they also had our initial delemas. The solutions are to use a ceramic tile as shown here by FB,
675 Eggs for this batch!
and the other trick (if you're not doing the tile trick) is to make a "larvae trap" as shown here by dazed:
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13014690#post13014690 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dazed
Update time: Well since this time around my female decided to lay the eggs on a rock that is not removable due to my bta i have borrowed an idea from agsansoo's thread and have tried to make a larvae snagger to try and catch this next batch of fry. I still need to figure out how to attach it to my tank and where to cut the slot to gather the fry.
The box is 13"L x 8"w x 4"d.
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I ended up using a 3" coupling & aquarium silicone to attach the pvc & coffee filter together
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Current batch of eggs was laid on 7/17/08; so today is day 7 and there are a bunch of little silver eyes staring back at me
I have noticed with this clutch as well that the reduction of the number of eggs is very few since they were laid so i really think that those peppermint shrimp were part of the problem.
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13271215#post13271215 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by umluis
2) Can an anemone's sting kill the eggs? I've noticed my parents being pretty aggressive towards my rose anemone during spawning.
I'd love to see what everyone things/have experienced.
Unfortunately I can't accurately answer that last question but I would guess that since clowns naturally host in anemones, the eggs wouldn't get stung. The reason why clowns don't get stung is because the slime coating they excrete is the same chemically as what the anemones excrete therefore the anemone can't tell the difference between the clown and itself.
Hope this helps!
If anyone here finds any of my information to be inaccurate, please feel free to correct me! The last thing I want is give out wrong information! Thanks!:thumbsup:
