jnowell
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Well, I called the hatch night correctly this time, and knew the difference between shrimp and clown larvae. ![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I collected I'm guessing about 100, and I'm happy as can be. They are much more evenly sized this time (only a few little thin ones) and all have great yolk sacs. I have a much better feeling this time.......how long until the over-confidence bug bites![Wink ;) ;)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
The older ones are still doing great too - no losses throughout the day. The one I found this morning was a chronic over-eater, he had a little blood pocket beside his stomach lining. I suppose he could have gotten ahold of an over-active artemia, who knows.
BTW - For reference, it was 2 weeks exactly between hatches, probably down to the minute, seems like it was around 20 minutes after the actinic lighting shut down. Maybe 10 minutes hatch time, I looked at it, no babies, looked at it again 10 minutes later, and they were everywhere. I think I got there shortly after, because they were still congregated in two columns below 2 of my moon lights, (the two right above the eggs). By the time I scooped most of them out, the stragglers were scattered all over the aquarium.
It's funny, either I also had a shrimp brood hatch tonight, or a bunch of them congregated under one light at the same time. The water was calm after I shut all the pumps down, and I was wrapping up catching the last few clown fry. Then hundreds of them just appeared. These were much smaller than the clown fry, they hung in the water column head down, and swam backwards. Kinda shaped like miniature shrimp too.
Enough excitement for one day, I'm going to bed.
Jason
I collected I'm guessing about 100, and I'm happy as can be. They are much more evenly sized this time (only a few little thin ones) and all have great yolk sacs. I have a much better feeling this time.......how long until the over-confidence bug bites
The older ones are still doing great too - no losses throughout the day. The one I found this morning was a chronic over-eater, he had a little blood pocket beside his stomach lining. I suppose he could have gotten ahold of an over-active artemia, who knows.
BTW - For reference, it was 2 weeks exactly between hatches, probably down to the minute, seems like it was around 20 minutes after the actinic lighting shut down. Maybe 10 minutes hatch time, I looked at it, no babies, looked at it again 10 minutes later, and they were everywhere. I think I got there shortly after, because they were still congregated in two columns below 2 of my moon lights, (the two right above the eggs). By the time I scooped most of them out, the stragglers were scattered all over the aquarium.
It's funny, either I also had a shrimp brood hatch tonight, or a bunch of them congregated under one light at the same time. The water was calm after I shut all the pumps down, and I was wrapping up catching the last few clown fry. Then hundreds of them just appeared. These were much smaller than the clown fry, they hung in the water column head down, and swam backwards. Kinda shaped like miniature shrimp too.
Enough excitement for one day, I'm going to bed.
Jason