larvae during the holidays?
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Fishboy42
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What's that..."Holiday" ?? 
If it's any indication, it's Friday night and I'm waiting for a batch of clowns that lay on the glass to hatch out and stressing because I'm out of IA/RD and can't get ahold of Reed...
Sadly, the alternative is to take some time off and come back to far fewer mouths to feed (again
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Matt
If it's any indication, it's Friday night and I'm waiting for a batch of clowns that lay on the glass to hatch out and stressing because I'm out of IA/RD and can't get ahold of Reed...
Sadly, the alternative is to take some time off and come back to far fewer mouths to feed (again
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Matt
mwp
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If I'm gone for a short period of time, the Greenwater Technique really seems to help...i.e. if we head out this weekend to scout weeding locations I'll just double up on the phytoplankton tomorrow morning (add 2L of FRESH phyto instead of one) and no worries about the baby clowns. For my GBG's, they're getting a LARGE water change tonight and will probably just get their first "fast"...getting fed Saturday morning and Sunday Night..there's enough pods in there to tide them over (but with my cultures I could always add MORE for the lean times while I'm gone).
The one big thing is that for the most part, LIVE feeds and LIVE phyto don't "spoil" and ruin water quality...thus you can stretch your feeding time out (i.e. I technically haven't put ANYTHING in with the baby clownfish today...)
Matt
The one big thing is that for the most part, LIVE feeds and LIVE phyto don't "spoil" and ruin water quality...thus you can stretch your feeding time out (i.e. I technically haven't put ANYTHING in with the baby clownfish today...)
Matt
Surely you don't mean, like, actually leave the house :eek1: ?
Dman
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8764634#post8764634 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by embryoguy
i should of addressed this question, before diving into clownfish breeding
It's something alot of people don't take into account when they decide to do this. The advantage for me is that I seen to always have breeding pairs coming my way after the owners realize just exactly how much work and dedication is involved.
Should be an interesting week for me as 3/4's of my pairs will have hatchings this week alone, should be crazy. Anyone wanna help?
David M
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Probably both 
I have thought a lot about figuring out a way to ship nests. We are a clever lot, right? Gotta be a way. Shipping from CA to the East is fast, 16 hrs from bagging to delivery. Just the jostling of the package alone might be enough to keep a good portion of the eggs alive. I think larvae could be shipped too but once a person has gone to all the trouble of setting up the hatch there isn't really much incentive to give them up. Nests on the other hand... well I skip 'em all the time wen I don't have space for them.
Maybe if one of the new kids who doesn't have spawners yet wants to blow $50 on FedEx we'll try it just to see?
I have thought a lot about figuring out a way to ship nests. We are a clever lot, right? Gotta be a way. Shipping from CA to the East is fast, 16 hrs from bagging to delivery. Just the jostling of the package alone might be enough to keep a good portion of the eggs alive. I think larvae could be shipped too but once a person has gone to all the trouble of setting up the hatch there isn't really much incentive to give them up. Nests on the other hand... well I skip 'em all the time wen I don't have space for them. Maybe if one of the new kids who doesn't have spawners yet wants to blow $50 on FedEx we'll try it just to see?
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