Need help keeping clown fry alive??

[James24]

I was wondering if any of you could help me with a couple of quick questions? I keep having my Ocellaris eggs hatch in the 7 gallon tank I am using with the water from the main parents tank , which isn't good water and hasn't had a water change in 4 -5 months as I am selling it , the main tank levels are nitrites-0 nitrates-15 with salifert kit and 40ppm using API kit, PH 8.3, Ammonia 0.25 using api, I am wondering if they would be better off with newly mixed saltwater that has been mixing for at least 2-3 days and just 20 percent of parents water or something like this?.. Also I also read that keeping the fry tanks water green using concentrated rotigrow can kill the Fry? Is there any truth to this? Here is where I read it http://www.mbisite.org/forums/tm.aspx?m=66472&mpage=1&print=true .. So far the fish are hatching but I can't get them to live past 24 hours, this is only my 4th attempt at breeding them but I have been in the hobby since 1992 and mostly kept sps and tended to stay toward high end stuff, now I really want to try my hand at Breeding. I have a 5,7 and 3 gallon tank to choose from for the fry I also have a 24 gallon nano but I plan to use this for the Spawning pair once I get them out of my 363 Gallon System I am selling off and have been for 4 months now! I have 2 L rotifer cultures going the bucket style and I Just bought a 1 liter bag of Reed Maricultures "RotiGrow Nanno 3600x" , I also have a 53 micron sieve for the rotifers and a phyto density stick .....Which leads to my next question , How do I properly dilute the rotigrow into a bottle of rotigrow 100x density? and or is it necessary to do thiks? Any tips of advice would be much appreciated as I really want to see some clowns make it to and past metamorphosis!!
Thanks for looking and thank you kindly in advance for your help
Sincerely:
James

 

[mwilliams62]

Have not read that full link yet but maybe this will help some.. I am no expert that is for sure but I have had two batches live successfully with a few dying off.
1. First off the parents water needs to be changed on a regular basis. I change mine every two weeks.
2. Feed the parents 3-5 times a day. I was told that this will help with the batches and hopefully to keep the male from eating the eggs up.
3. Have plenty of Rotifers for the fry to eat. You can use either Rotigrow Plus or RG Complete both are good products.
4. Rotigrow Plus you will need to add something like Prime are Amquel + to help with the ammonia. Feed your rotifers at least two times a day. I dilute my Rotigrow with fresh RO/DI water. The color I have it mixed to is a medium green.
5. The tank that you plan to raise the fry in needs to have three sides panted black and the bottom of the tank white. Or you can use those dark trash bags and wrap around the tank I have down that as well.
6. Fry tank I use the parents water about 3 gallons, small heater, and a plastic tube for the air and try to keep water at 82-84 degrees.
7. Once you have collected the fry be sure to put a lot of rotifers in their tank and put enough of the Rotigrow plus or RG Complete in there to where the water is a lightly cloudy green color. Put a small light near the tank for the first 24 hours after hatching then after that put some white copy paper over it to shield the light.

Hopefully this will get you going in the right direction plus another suggestion is to READ, READ AND READ some more. There is a member on here named ernieq look up his thread here in the breading section and it will help you a lot...
Here is a basic items that you will need if you don't already have them.

Rotifers
1 or 2 five gallon buckets – I use my old salt buckets for mine
Rotigrow Plus or RG Complete
Ammonia Badge made by Sea Chem
Something to control the Ammonia – Prime or Kordon Amquel Plus Water Conditioner or “Cloram –X - sold at Reed Nutrition”
Whisper Air Pumps – Several one for the fry tank and one or two for your rotifer cultures.
Air Bubbler Wand – Don’t recall the brand that I got but I bought it at either Petco or Petsmart it is plastic
Gang Valves - Several
Heater – Small one like rated for 50watts
Airline Tubing
Ridged Airline tube
Small light
White copy paper
Suction Cups – Petco or Petsmart - Replacement Suction Cups for Aquarium