My Breeding attempt - Perculas:
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fishmonger007
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Wow super cool. nice thread you got going here!
Chelle's Ocean
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No, actually warmer temps.... in house it's always 73 degrees... and I thought that may be a bit cool... so I started putting the buckets in the garage and the density seems to do better.
I hope everything turns out ok with your fish...
that can be so aggravating and frustrating ...I tend to do things a bit differently, what works for me seems to be opposite of what many will say. But when we brought home our blue hippo, he had a case of ich- ugh I was sooo not happy! lol, but I actually slowly increased my sg, over a few weeks, then brought it slowly back down when I saw he was looking better, not scratching against the rockwork, etc.. brought it back down to 1.023 - hyper worked for me (whether it was a fluke or not, it worked and have not had a problem since then) 
(I also cut the lights off for longer periods...to make it calmer and less stressed while he was mending...again, not sure if it will work for everyone- but it worked for my guy ):fish2:And yes, :beer: I am happy with my broodstock collection thus far, looking into a pair of b&w's or maroons to add , lol - can never have too many fish, lol!
Fish Man 1983
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Hi,
I have a friend who has been breeding Percula clowns for a few years now, and lately when the eggs hatch, almost 90% of the fry die within 12 hours. he is using the same water from his main tank where the eggs are laid and kept. And the eggs look fine, nice orange color.
If anyone can help with this, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks,
Mason
I have a friend who has been breeding Percula clowns for a few years now, and lately when the eggs hatch, almost 90% of the fry die within 12 hours. he is using the same water from his main tank where the eggs are laid and kept. And the eggs look fine, nice orange color.
If anyone can help with this, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks,
Mason
Hypersalinity is documented as a viable ich treatment in one of Spotte's books
Hi Mason,
What is feeding the breeding pair, and how often? 9 times out of 10 early mortality like that is due to egg quality, which is directly effected by the parents diet.
Chelle's Ocean
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Bill's Reef:
Thanks! I don't think I have read that book... but will look to add it to my collection
Thanks!
I don't think I have read that book... but will look to add it to my collection
Chelle,
He's got a couple of books, one a rather large and expensive tome that is aimed at professional aquarists in public aquariums and at least one that is aimed at hobbyist. The hobbyist one has some very good info, though some of it is dated in regards to filtration. BTW Spotte was curator at the New England Aquarium (Boston) for a number of years. He laid a lot of ground work for us in that time.
He's got a couple of books, one a rather large and expensive tome that is aimed at professional aquarists in public aquariums and at least one that is aimed at hobbyist. The hobbyist one has some very good info, though some of it is dated in regards to filtration. BTW Spotte was curator at the New England Aquarium (Boston) for a number of years. He laid a lot of ground work for us in that time.
dazed
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Hey Andy how have you been... I don't know about an old pro, more like to stubborn to quit,
:beer:
dazed
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Thanks
dazed
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No, actually warmer temps.... in house it's always 73 degrees... and I thought that may be a bit cool... so I started putting the buckets in the garage and the density seems to do better.
I hope everything turns out ok with your fish...
And yes, :beer: I am happy with my broodstock collection thus far, looking into a pair of b&w's or maroons to add , lol - can never have too many fish, lol!
Chelle, when you say hyper how far up did you go? my dt runs @ 1.025-1.026 normally.
dazed
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My first thought would be the parent's nutrition, but if he's been raising some fry for a few years now he probably already has that part figured out, i ran into the same issue, so just for kicks i tried a batch with nsw and they hatched just fine, without a rapid dead loss in the first 24 hours.
dazed
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Hypersalinity is documented as a viable ich treatment in one of Spotte's books
Hi Mason,
What is feeding the breeding pair, and how often? 9 times out of 10 early mortality like that is due to egg quality, which is directly effected by the parents diet.
Hi Bill; What numbers are used for the Hypersalinity treatment? I removed my pacific blue & tried the hypo approach, din't want to use any copper as tangs just don't do well.
ChefZilla
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Nice... I have tried raising them myself to no avail (i have black clowns) I would collect them after the hatch with an airline. I tried raising rotifers and they didnt take (3 times and every culture crashed) I had better luck feeding them frozen rotifers enriched with vitamins. But once they started to morph they would all die :-(
Just pulled that book off the shelf. Spottes recommendation is for 1.040 for a 15 minute bath as an active treatment. I've also sucessfully raised salinity to 1.040 over the period of a week, and kept it there for 3 weeks and found it effective...and that happened to be on a Hippo tang I used to have
Chelle's Ocean
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Just pulled that book off the shelf. Spottes recommendation is for 1.040 for a 15 minute bath as an active treatment. I've also sucessfully raised salinity to 1.040 over the period of a week, and kept it there for 3 weeks and found it effective...and that happened to be on a Hippo tang I used to have
Ditto :wave: Worked well.
dazed
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I'm not a huge fan of the airline tubing/suction method as they are a bit fragile & can suffer from transfer damage very easily, I don't move any of my little ones until they are at least a month old. They need to be fat & happy when headed into meta, sounds like your food source was the issue for the ones you were trying to raise.
dazed
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Just pulled that book off the shelf. Spottes recommendation is for 1.040 for a 15 minute bath as an active treatment. I've also sucessfully raised salinity to 1.040 over the period of a week, and kept it there for 3 weeks and found it effective...and that happened to be on a Hippo tang I used to have
Bill thanks for the information; (wow that's salty) i'm going to have to do some more reading, lol.. When you mention as an active treatment i'm guessing this only gives the fish some relief from the parasites that are already attached correct? Because when he goes back into the dt, he will just get re-infected all over again right?
dazed
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How long did you use the treatment for? and this has to be done in a separate tank from the dt right? don't think my corals or inverts would appreciate the high salinity.
dazed
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So i thought it would be a good idea to post some pictures just to make sure i'm dealing with what i think it is:
I still need to figure out the best camera setting for taking pics of this tank the led's make it hard to capture the correct color:
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and here is the best i got on the tang:
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in the first pic around the bottom of the fish; and on the second it's easier to see, he still is eating like a pig & does not swim around with clamped fins even though i can see the spots on the fins.
I still need to figure out the best camera setting for taking pics of this tank the led's make it hard to capture the correct color:
and here is the best i got on the tang:
in the first pic around the bottom of the fish; and on the second it's easier to see, he still is eating like a pig & does not swim around with clamped fins even though i can see the spots on the fins.
dazed
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and just to stay on track some little ones :lmao:
feeding time:
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tank on the right are the same ones i posted the larvae images of before:
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this batch was hatched on tue night; hatch went well everyone hatched out & only had 7 dead zombies in the morning:
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feeding time:
tank on the right are the same ones i posted the larvae images of before:
this batch was hatched on tue night; hatch went well everyone hatched out & only had 7 dead zombies in the morning:
