My Breeding attempt - Perculas:
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dazed
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15545766#post15545766 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rkelman
I think you are doing all you can. Keep adding the oto and rots too. Watch your ammonia.. It may go nuts. That water is reaaaally blueAre you sure it was 1/2 a teaspoon and not 1/2 a tablespoon?
yes i am sure i used less than 1/2 of a teaspoon and was quite shocked when i saw the water instantly turn RV blue, lol.....
I don't think adding the rot's is going to do anything except foul the water as i don't think they are staying alive in there, I have not added any rotifer diet to this tank either so even if they stayed alive there is nothing for them to eat in the water column. the directions state to remove carbon before use and it say to replace the carbon after 3 - 5 day treatment; the catch i don't need 3 - 5 days i was only trying to keep the fungus from turning the eggs white on the tile, which it appeared to do but now i have the other issue. lol.
I am thinking of doing close to a 100%wc so that i can go back to the normal green water/rot's/happy larvae bad idea or not??
dazed
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No the big issue i see is that you can't really run carbon in the larvae tank at all, if your sucking up water to run through the carbon you are going to be sucking up larvae as well, right now i just have the carbon in a mesh bag hanging in the tank over the bubble wand to try and create some movement of water around the bag (passive filtration)
The only reason i even tried the product was because every other time i have tried to bubble eggs for an extended period of time they would turn white (fungus) and die on the tile.
This did not happen this time but i don't think i will be using the product again due to the already mentioned issues.
The only reason i even tried the product was because every other time i have tried to bubble eggs for an extended period of time they would turn white (fungus) and die on the tile.
This did not happen this time but i don't think i will be using the product again due to the already mentioned issues.
at high enough doses it would kill rots but at the dose you did I am not sure, sorry. My comment was for the guy doing only 2 drops of Rotifer Diet, not you...but you should always have phyto present when using rotifers. No food = non nutritious or dead rotifers = dead larvae.
dazed
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Yeah i knew you weren't talking to me i just quoted that post to grab your attention and it worked lol.. Are you saying i can go ahead and add the roti diet to that blue mess; or would i be better off just trying to change as much water as i can and then add the rot's and food for the larvae; from what i saw at lunch the rot's don't like the water they are in as the bottom was covered in them.
but that is the problem i am trying to tackle right now; as no food for the larvae is never a good thing.
dazed
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To change gears for a second and get my mind off of the blue rv water tank, lol. I thought i would post a video i shot of some babies that i dropped off on Friday to my lfs: image quality is not the best i used my blackberry for the video. So cool to see mother nature in work these guys have never seen an anemone before and it only took about 30 seconds to find a new place to call home.
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melev
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They look really nice, but the video makes them look pale. Are they more colorful to the eye? If not, you need to stuff them full of Arcti-pods. 
http://www.reefnutrition.com/arctipods.html
http://www.reefnutrition.com/arctipods.html
dazed
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15548491#post15548491 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev
They look really nice, but the video makes them look pale. Are they more colorful to the eye? If not, you need to stuff them full of Arcti-pods.
http://www.reefnutrition.com/arctipods.html
Thanks Marc; yes the video is poor quality they look much better in person. This group is a bunch of speedsters fastest ones i have seen to get there 3rd stripe at around 6 months.
subman719
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I have the question of the day... Can I feed my 5 day old larvae the frozen cube Rots? Only a few of course! Both of my Rot cultures just crashed, no idea why, and the only rots left are the few swiming around with my last little larvae. He's in a 1 litre jar so I put in 3 drops of Rotifer Diet in hopes they will multiply quick. My new batch of eggs should be hatching on the 24th so I'm hoping to recover a culture by then.
Any other suggested alternatives for the S-Rots at 5 days old?
Any other suggested alternatives for the S-Rots at 5 days old?
dazed
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ok update I have to admit that i was a bit shocked when i finally got home yesterday to check on the "blue" tank; the color was much lighter then i had thought it would be, apparently the carbon even though it was just suspended above the air bubble wand did a real good job of absorbing the chemical. I still opted to do a large wc on the tank though to try & make the water suitable enough to keep the rot's alive.
After finishing the wc i had about 50 swimmers so i went ahead and added some more rot's & roti diet to the water.
Went inside for dinner & checked on the dt & the clowns were busy laying down a new clutch of eggs; good size clutch to.
Checked on the tank last night all seemed fine; rot's were still alive this time around so that's a good sign; checked on the tank this morning and i have (1) lonely clown who has his outright choice of which rot to eat, lol. I had a feeling that they would not do well with such a large wc but i really don't think i had any other option; because if i could not get the rot's to stay alive the larvae had no chance at all.
So i lost the batch but gained a new rot culture; i think i will just keep them in there for now and use them for the batch that was laid yesterday.
After finishing the wc i had about 50 swimmers so i went ahead and added some more rot's & roti diet to the water.
Went inside for dinner & checked on the dt & the clowns were busy laying down a new clutch of eggs; good size clutch to.
Checked on the tank last night all seemed fine; rot's were still alive this time around so that's a good sign; checked on the tank this morning and i have (1) lonely clown who has his outright choice of which rot to eat, lol. I had a feeling that they would not do well with such a large wc but i really don't think i had any other option; because if i could not get the rot's to stay alive the larvae had no chance at all.
So i lost the batch but gained a new rot culture; i think i will just keep them in there for now and use them for the batch that was laid yesterday.
