Placing 2nd batch with 1st?

[HunterBryan]

My 3rd batch is about to hatch tonight and was wondering if i can place them in with my 10 day old baby clowns? Most of them went through meta already and I have about 50+ of them.

Is this possible or will it hurt my 10 day old ones?

 

[shifty51008]

Your 10 day olds will most likely take the new fry for food

 

[HunterBryan]

Well I think I might've crashed my rotifer culture. My fry tank looks empty and I've been pouring the green water through a filter and puttin it in my fry tank and today there's nothing really coming off of the filter! Fry tank looks empty. Do the fry eat more rotifers as they as they get bigger?

 

[shifty51008]

yes they will eat more when older, you should be at an age they can eat bbs or otohime though

 

[HunterBryan]

I don't have bbs but I have chroma boost A.

 

[HunterBryan]

I placed it in tonight and we will see how it goes!! They are 10 days apart and I'm just wondering if anyone has ever tried it?

 

[bok]

I tried....and it worked . If there are only 10 days apart, there will be no problem.
In fact after 10 days the babies just slowly can accept a little bit larger foods , the size of BBS.
The newly hatched clowns are a lot larger than BBS , so no worry about canibalism.
And the rotifers that you'll provide for young ones , will be gladly accepted and consumed by olders, also.

 

[HunterBryan]

Alright thanks! What I think I might've done is crash my rotifer culture now cause I dipped 3 coffee filters in there this morning and it's like I can barely see any white specs! I think I should've had to cultures going at the same time

 

[_shorty_]

Alright thanks! What I think I might've done is crash my rotifer culture now cause I dipped 3 coffee filters in there this morning and it's like I can barely see any white specs! I think I should've had to cultures going at the same time

Ya - redundant cultures is definitely a good idea. With a culture, you should see what looks like dust on the surface of your culture water. I typically shine a flashlight across the top so they really stand out.

 

[HunterBryan]

Well alot of my fry died due to not having enough rotifers!! Sad but my 11 day old ones are doing good still!

 

[HunterBryan]

Hey i just looked into my tank and my 11 day olds have the babies in their mouths!! Is it alright for them to eat the babies or is it bad?

 

[shifty51008]

Told ya they would be food, but was worth a try. Its not bad for them to eat them, but i would be worriesd the new fry may be to big for your older clowns to swallow and will choke on them.

 

[HunterBryan]

Well just did a water changed and siphoned all the news out cause they were either dead and on the bottom or the were swallowed by their big brothers! Oh well worth a try.