Got Cinnamon clown eggs:)
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Angela Short
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Yea at $20 a bottle for pods, breed baby breed! I always think I am gonna miss a pregnant one :lol:
gflat65
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Well, I've coralled a number of them. not sure on count, but somewhere between 50-100 I would think (nice wide range
). not the easiest to get a picture of, but here are a few tries. They will get their first meal in the morning.
Matt,
Do you have trouble with the heater lighting up? I've got the On light covered, but the element is glowing, too... I had to put a rock in there to weigh down the air diffuser, too. I used the homemade contraption to pull them from one container to another (was siphoning until I had pulled 15 gallons, then had to find a new way and consolidate into 10 gallons). Now, I've got to find a place to put the tank so it can be nice and dark when it needs to be...
You gotta look close or ignore the blurry image, but they are there...
). not the easiest to get a picture of, but here are a few tries. They will get their first meal in the morning.Matt,
Do you have trouble with the heater lighting up? I've got the On light covered, but the element is glowing, too... I had to put a rock in there to weigh down the air diffuser, too. I used the homemade contraption to pull them from one container to another (was siphoning until I had pulled 15 gallons, then had to find a new way and consolidate into 10 gallons
). Now, I've got to find a place to put the tank so it can be nice and dark when it needs to be...You gotta look close or ignore the blurry image, but they are there...
I'll take mine tarter sauce please! lols
gflat65
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You're gonna need a really small grill top for these guys.
I put some roti's in earlier, but it was still dark in the house, so I couldn't see what kind of reaction I got from them. I noticed several floaters and a number on the bottom, but I'm hoping the bottom ones were resting? (maybe wishful thinking). I'll feed them again when I get home and see how many are still hanging in there. The transfer process was probably pretty stressful on them (it was on me).
There is already a film on the top of the water (just since 2:00 this morning). I'm guessing frequent creative (so as not to get fry, too) water changes are in the immediate future. The 120 will be happy
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.I put some roti's in earlier, but it was still dark in the house, so I couldn't see what kind of reaction I got from them. I noticed several floaters and a number on the bottom, but I'm hoping the bottom ones were resting? (maybe wishful thinking). I'll feed them again when I get home and see how many are still hanging in there. The transfer process was probably pretty stressful on them (it was on me
).There is already a film on the top of the water (just since 2:00 this morning). I'm guessing frequent creative (so as not to get fry, too) water changes are in the immediate future. The 120 will be happy
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gflat65
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Well, I only saw about 10 swimming around when I got home. The air diffuser isn't putting much into the tank, though, so I'm going to figure out why. I may have really stressed them last night getting them out fo the tank... Been dropping roti's, but may need to find something smaller than a 10 to try to continue attempting to raise them in (they have too much room to wander around...). There were a number directly under the heater, so I think I did have a fish fry last night. There are at least as many spread throughout the tank on the bottom, too, so the heater certainly wasn't the only culprit...
Fishboy42
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Sometimes they do rest at night or during the day even and then pop up again to feed, so maybe this is happening. I typically don't do any water changes for the first couple of weeks (this is not the "standard," but it works for us). What I do is start with a few gallons in the larval tank and then slowly add water over the first several days to dilute any wastes. I don't see films on the larval tanks often, but if it happens, I place a paper-towel on the surface of the water and pull it out to remove the film.
The collection/transfer can be very stressful to the fish. They respond well to gentle transfers though. Last week I siphoned some larvae a little to quickly (too much vertical drop between the tank and collection bowl) and many of them were dead the next morning
Good luck with the remaining ones -- hopefully the parents will give you another try soon too!
The collection/transfer can be very stressful to the fish. They respond well to gentle transfers though. Last week I siphoned some larvae a little to quickly (too much vertical drop between the tank and collection bowl) and many of them were dead the next morning
Good luck with the remaining ones -- hopefully the parents will give you another try soon too!
gflat65
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Yeah, I had a good four foot drop and pretty fast... I need to set something up to hold the 10 gallon so I am only dropping a foot or so. I also need to get some smaller diameter tubing, so I can slow the flow down (more gentle for them and less water filling the 10 in such a short time). I had packed up all my MacGuyver tools, so had to hunt and found some masking tape and the vacuum cleaner. I taped the flashlight to the vacuum cleaner because it held it at the right angle to hit near the corner of the tank. I need to figure out a way to hold the backdrop (one of Mel's cottage cheese lids) to control how much light goes everywhere else. Trying to hold it and siphon at the same time was nearly impossible. I tried to use air tubing, but found it wasn't drawing a strong enough siphon to really pull them out (they are fast little buggers). Just these things will make next time's go round have more potential for succes, at least. Thanks for the input, Matt. I won't stress the parents out as much next time with the camera.
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DMBillies
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Gary- Good luck with them. Moving and trying to raise clowns... you're a brave man.
Matt- The no-water-change method sounds like a good one. When I was trying to raise some peppermint shrimp the biggest issue I had was keeping the water clean. I felt like I needed to feed a lot, but if I did, the tank got dirty really quick. Trying to strike that balance and do water changes without killing half of the little guys proved to be the absolute hardest part of getting them grown up to a decent size.
Matt- The no-water-change method sounds like a good one. When I was trying to raise some peppermint shrimp the biggest issue I had was keeping the water clean. I felt like I needed to feed a lot, but if I did, the tank got dirty really quick. Trying to strike that balance and do water changes without killing half of the little guys proved to be the absolute hardest part of getting them grown up to a decent size.
