thegoaliestaxi
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WootWoot! I've finally done it! I have not posted until now for fear of jinxing myself. I have pictures to try and post at the end here.
It might not seem like very many, but I have successfully reared 3 gold stripe maroon clown babies up to 41 days old. They are a double miracle as I didn't have any rotifers to speak of the night they hatched. I thought I had 'em, but alas when push came to shove I was online at nearly midnight putting in an overnight order for the next day. These tough-guys really wanted to live! Shew. They are currently enjoying 4 meals a day. I mix it up between live BBS, frozen BBS, frozen Cyclops, and a flake mixture that I pulverized with a mortar and pestle. They are in a 10 gallon tank with about 5 gallons of water. There is a filter, heater, thermometer and a bit of live rock in the tank, but those things are partitioned off so the little ones won't get sucked up or stuck. There is a small hairy mushroom (as substitute for an anemone) and a small turbo snail in the main part - neither of which they have much to do with lol.
Many thanks to all who have posted the volumes and volumes of information in this forum.
My pair have been spawning regularly but due to traveling a bit and not wanting to dump too much babysitting on my helper, I have not scooped any more babies yet. However, Ruby and Reggie have laid a new clutch today so I'll have more munchkins very soon.
And now --- the pix.....
Mama Clown - "Ruby"
Daddy Clown - "Reggie"
2-Day old fry - waiting for the UPS guy to bring the rotifers
2 of 3 Babies at 41 Days Old
Baby Face
Baby Side Shot
Baby Swimming Away
Ruby and Reggie in Mid-Spawn Today
Ruby and Reggie Checking Their Progress
PS -- I'm working on the hair algae. Just today I read thru the big huge write-up in notes from the trenches. I have begun implementation already. Wish me luck!
It might not seem like very many, but I have successfully reared 3 gold stripe maroon clown babies up to 41 days old. They are a double miracle as I didn't have any rotifers to speak of the night they hatched. I thought I had 'em, but alas when push came to shove I was online at nearly midnight putting in an overnight order for the next day. These tough-guys really wanted to live! Shew. They are currently enjoying 4 meals a day. I mix it up between live BBS, frozen BBS, frozen Cyclops, and a flake mixture that I pulverized with a mortar and pestle. They are in a 10 gallon tank with about 5 gallons of water. There is a filter, heater, thermometer and a bit of live rock in the tank, but those things are partitioned off so the little ones won't get sucked up or stuck. There is a small hairy mushroom (as substitute for an anemone) and a small turbo snail in the main part - neither of which they have much to do with lol.
Many thanks to all who have posted the volumes and volumes of information in this forum.
My pair have been spawning regularly but due to traveling a bit and not wanting to dump too much babysitting on my helper, I have not scooped any more babies yet. However, Ruby and Reggie have laid a new clutch today so I'll have more munchkins very soon.
And now --- the pix.....
Mama Clown - "Ruby"
Daddy Clown - "Reggie"
2-Day old fry - waiting for the UPS guy to bring the rotifers
2 of 3 Babies at 41 Days Old
Baby Face
Baby Side Shot
Baby Swimming Away
Ruby and Reggie in Mid-Spawn Today
Ruby and Reggie Checking Their Progress
PS -- I'm working on the hair algae. Just today I read thru the big huge write-up in notes from the trenches. I have begun implementation already. Wish me luck!
I've read a lot of posts by both of you and so appreciate the time and effort it takes to share all of your information. Y'all keep up the great work! 
) and am also going to try to increase my flow possibly with a powerhead. I have a pretty large regular filter, but it's flow doesn't seem to keep the stuff on the bottom churning around a whole lot. I think I will also mark on my calendar when to switch out the filter bags - I think if they get full of phosphates they will eventually leech back in to the water.
