clown pair

[Isernhagen]

I have a spawning clown pair. 10 years ago, I bought algae species for green water and rotifer culture (dry capsule of organisms) to grow for my clown fry.
I now hear that we can buy food for them and not bother with the mess of growing our own. Can you give me info on acquiring the green water organisms and rotifer cultures versus acquiring the already grown (just add to the tank) rotifers or food for my clown fry. Thank you.

 

[billsreef]

Florida Aqua Farms is a good place for starter cultures of algae and rotifers. Reed Mariculture is good for rotifers and the concentrated algae pastes.

 

[ejmitch]

I'm just getting started with my first attempt to do this. The only non-live foods I've found are Roto-feast or Otohime from Reef Nutrition (,com, Reed Mariculture's online site). However, what I've read is that larvae really need the swimming motion to strike at to feed successfully.

So, I'm culturing rotifers without greenwater. Instead I use an Instant Algae type product. It's the same process otherwise, but I don't have to culture greenwater first. So far it seems successful, though my culture is just getting going.

Good luck!

 

[kirklinsclownfi]

Buy the book "clownfishs" by Joyce Wilkinsen - it tells you everything.

 

[Surfzone]

also read Matthew Wittenrich's book it's full of uptodate plankton culture and alturnatives to live phyto and basic neutrition of broodstock, larvae, and post meta growout.

 

[chuggy]

young larvae wont eat the prepared foods at least in my trials. But rotifers are so easy to grow. I use a nano algae paste for the rots its easy cheap and goes a long way. You can get it at florida aqua farms or reed mariculture. I also use an iso paste to enrich with dha several hours before feedings.

 

[kirklinsclownfi]

baby clownfish

baby clownfish

I raise black and white ocellaris and also yellow striped maroons. You must have rotifers for the baby clownfish and green water to feed to the rotifers. After the fish go through metamorphasis - week or so - you will need baby brine shrimp. The aquaculture place in florida is who we use also. They provide good quality product for a fair price. Any more questions - let us know! Best of luck!

 

[blueshroom55]

I've tried rotofeast and it doesn't work. Live roti are the only way until they are big enough for just hatched artemia. It takes me about three weeks to grow rotis from the dry eggs to a minimum quantity for fry. I don't hatch enough fish to keep a supply of rotis going, so I start a new batch for every 200 or so fry, then feed the leftover rotis to my corals while the fry grow out.