I got a request for helpful hints and a list of products that I am using. I am going to post them here so that everyone can view them. This is a random stream of info
"¢ I had a small batch of eggs, I think this helped me out. I probably only started with 150 fry (out of ~250 eggs), lost about 35 the 1st night and then the losses tapered off.
"¢ Start with a small rearing tank (I used a 5.5 gallon tank with about 3 gallons of water in it.
"¢ Salt: reef crystals (this is what I had on hand and is generally not recommended for rearing young fish)
"¢ Soon after finding my first clutch of eggs I ordered supplies from
http://www.reed-store.com/ This was a big expense I think I ended up paying $240 but I know without it I would not have had the success that I had with the fry.
o Rotifer Starter Kit - Deluxe (If I did it again I would get the basic kit)
o Nannochloropsis 3600 - 1 Quart Bottle (18% dry weight) (I have not used this yet but I am out of the Rotifer Diet that was included with the starter kit and will have to start using it) The good thing about this stuff is that you can split the container up into smaller batches and freeze it.
o Otohime Starter Kit "“ This is a dry food that you can start offering at around day 7
"¢ I started two rotifer cultures in 5 gallon (white) salt buckets with about 4 gallons of water in them. I used a SG of about 1.02, room temperature (~78F), aerated with an air stone. I fed the cultures with Rotifer Died about 3 times a (several drops until light green in color). I have lost my desire to keep up with these cultures now that they are not being used and they are lucky if they get fed every other day. Hopefully I will be able to revive the cultures when a new batch of clown fish eggs arrive.
"¢ I collected the rotifers with a paper coffee filter while my professional filter was being delivered. The BB-PC 4 inch dia 53 micron seive from florida-aqua-farms.com works much faster.
"¢ Get Joyce's Clownfishes book and read chapters 7-10 several times
"¢ I offered my ~7 day old clowns baby brine shrimp that were hatched from Decapsulated Artemia Cysts (that expired back in 2007!) from
http://www.seahorsesource.com
"¢ Ask lots of questions on RC and hope someone as nice as rkelman replys.