Clownfish meta

[LotR Clown]

May be a dumb q, but can larvae make it through meta without bbs? I have no clue why, but this is day8 and I can't get the decapsulated eggs to hatch for the life of me. I think a few of the larvae are ready for meta. Will they make it just on rots? They have good bellies and I've been adding oto A(just a little).

Thanks,
Kevin

 

[David M]

I did try a hatch of gsm's w/o bbs, going straight from rots to finely sifted dry foods but not many got through. I think it was about 12 or so. I had some very old Zeigler <100um and I made my own mix from various flakes & pure astaxanthin mashed through a 125um screen.

FWIW even with the current craze over the Otohime I'm not gonna stop hatching artemia twice daily, I feed them to everything because I feel that the stimulation of live foods helps keep my fish in prime condition. I can feed them to saturation on everything else, then add bbs and they eat like crazy

Besides, it's hilarious watching a 5"+ gsm eating bbs :lol:

 

[LotR Clown]

I've never had this problem b4 hatching out bbs. Usually hatches in less than 24hours once decapsulated. I'll keep adding rots while trying to get the eggs to hatch.

Kevin

 

[Kathy55g]

Keep up with the dry food too. My last batch, I fed dry first each day and they were so full by the time I got to the NHBS, they hardly needed it.

 

[LotR Clown]

Kathy,
How were you feeding the A? Did you mix it with tank water first or just dropped it in?
Thanks,
Kevin