Clownfish spawning video

[jmking33]

sweet! my clowns spawned last friday. I keep checkin everynight for them to hatch. Its almost as bad as when I had my daughter! nervous much!

 

[ClownReef®]

clown porn is the best..lol

 

[brewski4u1]

we need pics! lots and lots of pics! lol

 

[brewski4u1]

we need pics! lots and lots of pics! lol

 

[Lifes A Beach]

The fry are now at Day 29 and some are starting on their 3rd stripe. All are doing very well and seem to be growing a little bigger each day. They are now eating the second stage of Otohime and an occasional treat of baby brine shrimp. When I add the bbs, they are gone in a matter of minutes. It's like a feeding frenzy in the tank.

I have since had two more hatches since this one and another clutch of eggs are on the tile now. I finally have a hand on producing enought rotifers and it definitely has made a difference in the survival rate.

Will keep you posted on more progress!

--Barbara

 

[J-Burns]

Thanks for the video , nice looking clowns

 

[reefman13]

PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Lifes A Beach]

DAY 30 - Okay....here's a few pictures I took today. They just had a treat of bbs and their little bellies are stuffed! Some have developed their 3rd stripe. Everyone is doing great!

<a href="http://s229.photobucket.com/albums/ee277/prideprops/?action=view&current=IMG_7597.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee277/prideprops/IMG_7597.jpg" border="0" alt="Clownfish fry day 30"></a>

--Barbara

 

[Lifes A Beach]

I'll try and get more pics.

 

[mikejones]

awesome barbara if one day I want to try and raise a fry I will follow your steps.... How big are they now?

mike

 

[Lifes A Beach]

Update: Here are some pictures of these fry on Day 48. They are eating anything I give them, but primarily they are getting Otohime daily. No losses.

Since this hatch, my pair have spawned every 10-11 days and each hatch is better and better. I estimate that I now have about 350 fry spaced 10-11 days apart. In addition, I just had another hatch on Monday night and there have been zero losses! It's been a learning experience along the way, and as someone else said in their post, I think I finally figured it out!

My pair spawned again last night and the eggs look very healthy. Should be another really good hatch!

Here are a few pictures of the hatch (from this video) at Day 48 and a pic of my temporary setup. I'm setting up a new growout system to make room for all the new additions.

--Barbara

 

[WDLV]

Thanks for the eye candy!

 

[msman825]

awesome, way too go barbara

 

[Lifes A Beach]

Thanks! This has definitely been a learning experience. And a good one too!

--Barbara

 

[SabrinaJean]

That's spawning? What do they do with the eggs then? How do u get them to lay on that white table and was the dad eating them? wooow

 

[Lifes A Beach]

The eggs from this last spawn hatched last night. Got a 100% hatch and no fatalities. I estimate there's 175 to 200 fry from this batch. My last hatch 11 days ago was similar and I've only lost 3 fry from that batch. They're going through meta right now and are on bbs. Looking good!!!

--Barbara

 

[Lifes A Beach]

Just an update that everything is going great! There have been zero losses with all the hatches after day 5 and the last few hatches have been extremely successful in numbers. I'm having to plan for expansion into my garage with the addition of tanks every 10 days.

 

[agsansoo]

barbara, What size tank do you start the newly hatched fry in ?

 

[Lifes A Beach]

I start my fry in a 5 gallon tank. I only fill it with maybe 3 gallons of water at first. That way they don't have too much area to cover in order to catch rotifers.

--Barbara

 

[FishboyBT]

Update?