hbrochs
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Hello everyone, I thought I'd share my first run at raising my clownfish offspring. I bought these guys as a mated pair about six months ago. My LFS told me they were a longstanding pair from a clients tank and had been laying eggs regularly. The black and white female is really striking, with really deep black color. Their anemone hangs out under the arched rock, and they laid eggs on the ceiling of the arched rock.
Of course it's the largest rock in the tank, and not possible to move the rock into the 10 gallon breeding tank. I showed my 12 year old daughter the eggs, and she got all excited about a bunch of baby clownfish. I told her they wouldn't survive in the main tank and she talked me into trying to raise them, lol.
I can't get a good photo of the eggs, cause it's in such an inaccessible spot. I spent the week frantically reading threads, and ordered my rotifers from Reed Mariculture. The seventh night post hatch was Saturday, stayed up late checking every half hour, nothin. Stayed up late Sunday night, nothin. Monday night, turned the lights out before we went out for dinner, and came home to find a tank full of fry. Turned the pumps off, put a flashlight in a corner, and tried siphoning them out. Got a bunch out, but the siphon was too fast and taking too much water out of the tank. My daughter caught a bunch with a ladle, and then I got the rest with a fine net. I've read that a net might damage them, but without the net I wasn't gonna get them all out.
The water is a little green from phytoplankton RGComplete.
Added several sieves of rotifers, and left the light on the first night.
There were about ten dead the next morning. Could have been from my collection technique. The half inch siphon tube was too big I think, and it really shot the fry into the bucket forcefully. The next night, there were maybe 25 or thirty more fry hatched, and I got most of those out and into the nursery.
Will let you know how it goes,
Howard
Of course it's the largest rock in the tank, and not possible to move the rock into the 10 gallon breeding tank. I showed my 12 year old daughter the eggs, and she got all excited about a bunch of baby clownfish. I told her they wouldn't survive in the main tank and she talked me into trying to raise them, lol.
I can't get a good photo of the eggs, cause it's in such an inaccessible spot. I spent the week frantically reading threads, and ordered my rotifers from Reed Mariculture. The seventh night post hatch was Saturday, stayed up late checking every half hour, nothin. Stayed up late Sunday night, nothin. Monday night, turned the lights out before we went out for dinner, and came home to find a tank full of fry. Turned the pumps off, put a flashlight in a corner, and tried siphoning them out. Got a bunch out, but the siphon was too fast and taking too much water out of the tank. My daughter caught a bunch with a ladle, and then I got the rest with a fine net. I've read that a net might damage them, but without the net I wasn't gonna get them all out.
The water is a little green from phytoplankton RGComplete.
Added several sieves of rotifers, and left the light on the first night.
There were about ten dead the next morning. Could have been from my collection technique. The half inch siphon tube was too big I think, and it really shot the fry into the bucket forcefully. The next night, there were maybe 25 or thirty more fry hatched, and I got most of those out and into the nursery.
Will let you know how it goes,
Howard
