First attempt with Clownfish Eggs

Yeah, I couldn't decide since some where silver, but seeing the eggs today now I know what the should look like. They still look viable and I just turned off all lights and will give them a few hours before I peak back in

I know the previous owner of the breeding pair had to,d me they always hatched over two nights. I think next time I will just let any early hatches be food and pull the eggs on day 8. I'm willing to bet that the 20-30 that may hatch ealy won't matter in the grand scheme of things
 
My fry are 4 days post hatch, and so far they seem to be going good, but I have lost 10 fry total (a few each day)

Is this a good start or is that more of a loss than normal?
 
Congrats on getting them this far. I know from expeience it is no easy task and you seemed to have done great. I am curious about how many do you have left? I would have been happy with at least 10 but ended up with only one.
 
Congrats on getting them this far. I know from experience it is no easy task and you seemed to have done great. I am curious about how many do you have left? I would have been happy with at least 10 but ended up with only one.
 
I think I had 39-40 hatch (I moved the rock a day early not being sure when they would hatch)

I have lost 12 so I have maybe 25-27 that are 8 DPH. Most are getting bigger and starting to look more like little fish, while a few are still pretty small and I figure they won't make it.

I should be a few days from meta, so I hope I can get them through that
 
I can't get my iPhone camera to focus since they are still tiny and the rotifers and BBS mess with autofocus, but about 4 of them have their head stripes already

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So awesome on your numbers! It seemed like it took forever for mine to get his headstripe but I am guessing that is because he is an Onyx percula. I look at your pictures and think wow only 8 days post hatch and you can see their stripes. Mine is 3 months old now and still only has one stripe.
Keep up the great work,
~Jo
 
i have a similar situation except the clownfish always spawn on a huge rock with multiple corals. when the babys do hatch id my display tank my 6line wrasse just eats them up.
 
They are actually doing good. About a 1/4 inch in size and have their head and mid stripe. They are on otohime food only and I moved them to a grow out tank.

I lost 1 Saturday as the fry tank had some bacterial bloom and turned milky white so I had to d an emergency rescue and move them to the grow out tank faster than I would have liked but they are all active and eating again

32 total. I will post a video later when I go back down to the fish room
 
Now that my fry tank was available again, I decided to try another batch as my others are growing out... I Definately did something right this time. Waited until day 9 to pull my rock and u used a rigid airline instead of an airstone to keep the eggs really moving this time. Every one hatched and my best guesstimate is 250-300 fry all swimming around decimating my rotifer population!
 
Following on this! Great job Darth!
I have a perc female with a big strange belly in my 150g and wonder if...
I'd like to try it.
 
Darth Vedder said:
Now that my fry tank was available again, I decided to try another batch as my others are growing out... I Definately did something right this time. Waited until day 9 to pull my rock and u used a rigid airline instead of an airstone to keep the eggs really moving this time. Every one hatched and my best guesstimate is 250-300 fry all swimming around decimating my rotifer population!
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Great job my friend you are learning alot and every pair and their fry can take some adjustments for success.

Congrats Darth.

Happy clowning around.:thumbsup:
 
The first batch is doing great they are probably 1/2" in size and will be letting a few go soon, although I feel so attached but know I have to sell some eventually!

The second batch of fry didn't go so good, my rotifer culture crashed and I tried to pull them through with otohime but they didn't make it. With only 3 days post hatch they weren't big enough to be off rotifers yet. I took a bit off and been watching their mating patterns and 3 clutches in a row they hatch on day 9, one day odd then they lay again on day 11. I will try to raise this clutch if I get my rotifer density up to par. If not I will wait one more so I don't lose them all again
 
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