my percula breeding log!

[rkelman]

Whatever works

 

[Hendersonracing]

THANKS!

 

[inachu]

hey Bill quick question when do the baby larvae start eating once they release from the egg(clowns)?? I have been adding rotifers to the water before the eggs actually hatch? or should I wait a few days after?
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thats a good question!

 

[Hendersonracing]

well we had another batch hatch last night and have about 175 or so! all the first batch are doing well!

 

[hogall]

Hi Joe,

Great thread Can you give me some info on your roti setup, please?

Thx

Dennis

 

[Hendersonracing]

Dennis IMO the rotifers are the hardest part of the hobby!
It seems they are sensitive to change....I use my tank water (1.025) to start the culture and I like to keep 2-3 cultures going at 1 time in case of a crash! I try to feed cultured phytoplankton 1-2 times a day (just a small tint of green) I leave all the gunk on the bottom for the resting rotifers to live in! I leave the lights on 10 hrs per day! not a have to but I like to keep the phyto fresh as I can In the rotifer tank! I also do 10% wc per week and add a small amount of Amquel plus to help with nitrates & ammonia!

 

[inachu]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12062150#post12062150 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Hendersonracing
Ok I moved the eggs to there holding tank, last night 10 out of 25 lived....Kinda funny only 25 hatched out of a couple hundred?

I left the lights off all night and put about 40 rotifers In there to eat!

This morning lights on and 10 out of about 25 were alive and swimming!

I know it is hard but I think if you had the two all alone in a tank with nothing else then as you watch them fertilize the eggs then you could in theory use a chicken baster to suck up the area around the eggs and reapply the liquid to other eggs.

So far every video I have seen does not show the male dropping much of his own but would be nice to make sure eggs get fertilized.

 

[rkelman]

"I know it is hard but I think if you had the two all alone in a tank with nothing else then as you watch them fertilize the eggs then you could in theory use a chicken baster to suck up the area around the eggs and reapply the liquid to other eggs."

Huh? Sounds dirty. lol.

 

[Hendersonracing]

how quick can I put a sponge filter in? I thought mabe 2 days? but can the rots get caught in it?

 

[Hendersonracing]

 

[Hendersonracing]

 

[Hendersonracing]

feeding time:.

 

[Hendersonracing]

and the new fry tank!

 

[robojet]

Keep those photos coming... we're all living vicariously through you!

 

[Hendersonracing]

thanks!!

 

[HoopsGuru]

Looking great Joe, have you given any thoughts or already have established where you are going to go with all of your juveniles when they are ready for resale?

 

[Hendersonracing]

At this point Im not sure?

 

[rkelman]

They look great. Good pics

 

[Hendersonracing]

thank you!

 

[Luis A M]

Very nice thread and pics,Joe!
Only that they are ocellaris,not percula
Strange nobody noticed