My Ocellaris breeding thread
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thirdchild
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Adorable. Will you try and keep the ones with the darker 3rd stripe? It'd be interesting to see if it stays dark as adults.
ernieq
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I have noticed on the growout tank that some of the bigger guys are beginning to carve out their influence. There's definitely now a pecking order and you can tell which clowns tolerate which other ones. This has been forming within the last couple of weeks and it is now to a point where a lot of the clowns now swim in the middle of the water column, as opposed to all being toward the bottom near the PVC elbows. A big bunch now come up to the surface to be "first in-line" for the TDO, while the others just wait in the water column for it drop down.
Tmoriarty
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Great read, another source to refer to as I start the breeding extravaganza 
from my reference breeder he has skipped using BBS at all and has saw no increase in mortality rates. He has advised me to not bother with it and move straight to otoA overlapped with rotifers rather then using BBS.
He also tried out the RGcomplete while it was in beta testing (was one of the testers) and advised me that he feels the RGcomplete does not have the proper nutrition for the rotifers. He advised I use the Rotigrow+ as he has been with the most success out of what he has used as rotifer feed.
from my reference breeder he has skipped using BBS at all and has saw no increase in mortality rates. He has advised me to not bother with it and move straight to otoA overlapped with rotifers rather then using BBS.He also tried out the RGcomplete while it was in beta testing (was one of the testers) and advised me that he feels the RGcomplete does not have the proper nutrition for the rotifers. He advised I use the Rotigrow+ as he has been with the most success out of what he has used as rotifer feed.
Tmoriarty
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From the breeder in my area where I am getting my information he recommended to me to go from rotifers to Oto A without BBS. He starts making the switch at day 3 and usually has them solely on Oto A by day 7 (where I will most likely continue to feed rotifers since I have to purge them anyways)
I like the option to avoid raising more cultures than I need to and having the ability to raise them with only one culture going makes it much more manageable, I can spend more time looking at the babies and less time looking at my cultures to ensure they aren't crashing on me.
coraltastic
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Everything looks sweat. Hay t what is oto a
ernieq
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Otohime larval growout pellets. They are sold in various sizes A is the smallest then B1->B2->C1->C2->EP1->EP2. There are two kinds of "OTO" one "plain" and the other called Top Dressed OTO which we usually shorten to TDO. Top Dressed OTO contain Astaxanthin is a caratenoid and an antioxidant. In clowns, it makes them more orange and promotes "well being." You can also feed Cyclops eeze, which are rich in Astaxanthin ( I feed my tanks frozen cyclops eeze, the fish go crazy for it). It is pricey but it is supposed to promote good health in general. There are a lot of homeopathic supplements that now include Astaxanthin for human consumption, though I have not tried any.
http://apbreed.com/product_otohime_marine_diets.html
http://apbreed.com/product_otohime_marine_diets.html
edandsandy
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Our babies LOVE the cycplozeese too.
coraltastic
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My 1 left just started going through metamorphases.
woodnaquanut
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Is top pic the 59 DO and bottom pic the mix of 93 & 103 DO? They look great. The bottom ones look big. When are you planning on selling them?
