raising clown fry
- Thread starter Fizhstiks
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The easiest way is to feed them rotifers. They have to be in a dedicated tank. They won't survive in the display with the parents. Roti-feast is food for rotifers, correct? Tigger pods are too big.
One very experienced breeder was able to raise some in a dedicated tank on BBS and OtohimeA, but I would not try it as a beginner. Success is unlikely.
One very experienced breeder was able to raise some in a dedicated tank on BBS and OtohimeA, but I would not try it as a beginner. Success is unlikely.
I don't know if they will eat dead rots. I've only tried live ones. A school of thought says that they need live food to start feeding. They may not be interested in, or chase down dead food.
I don't think it will work, but there is no reason not to try it if you are sure you are not interested in the joys of culturing rotifers! It's not really that hard once you get the hang of it.
I don't think it will work, but there is no reason not to try it if you are sure you are not interested in the joys of culturing rotifers! It's not really that hard once you get the hang of it.
Fizhstiks
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Well i found one store that has small bottles of live rotifers for $20.00. They said that the bottles are for starting cultures. Maybe i could try to culture them in the tank with the clownfish? has anyone ever tried that? I could go buy one or two rotifer colonies and some phytoplankton to feed them and raise them in the tank with the clownfish. My lfs sells bioplankton...Would that work for food for the rotifers?http://www.marinedepot.com/aquarium...kton_coralplankton_marineplankton.asp?CartId=
David M
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If I had to try something I'd go with frozen rotifers. In aquaculture in general it is beleved that motion is what stimulates the feeding response, Mother Nature set it up that way because otherwise new larvae and fry would eat any piece of garbage that came by. It makes sense. I have used frozen as supplemental to live when I was short on rotifers, but I have to believe the live rots initiated feeding. In the frenzy they took the frozen. If I had to go with frozen only I'd start them off in a kreisel or a conical tank like a bbs hatcher. This would keep the frozen rotifers in suspension and "moving" and might elicit a response. Once they were taking them I'd move them to the larval tank.
What is your resistence to live rotifers? You are making it very difficult for yourself, it will be much more work (cleaning and maintaing WQ), there is no way to fortify them and the survival rate will be dismal, if any survive at all. WHY ? If it's just a "science project" that is cool but if you actually want to raise some clownfish get with the program and do it
What is your resistence to live rotifers? You are making it very difficult for yourself, it will be much more work (cleaning and maintaing WQ), there is no way to fortify them and the survival rate will be dismal, if any survive at all. WHY ? If it's just a "science project" that is cool but if you actually want to raise some clownfish get with the program and do it
David M
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Too funny, I was typing while your response posted 
OK so you found a lfs that sells live rotifers?? I'm amazed, never heard of that. What you are proposing is called "co-culture" and we all do it all the time. If you had a lot of larvae and few rots to start it wouldn't work but your nest is very small and it looks like you will be collecting them rather than hatching in the larval tank, is that correct? If so you may only have 50-100 to work with so co-culture may work. Personally I wouldn't risk it. The rots are too expensive. Better to buy one $20 bottle and get the culture established, wait for the next hatch. JMO. If you can blow $40 do ahead and try the co-culture with ONE bottle but set up the other in a 5 gallon bucket and build it up for the next nest.
I have no clue where Panorama City is, any major cities near there?
OK so you found a lfs that sells live rotifers?? I'm amazed, never heard of that. What you are proposing is called "co-culture" and we all do it all the time. If you had a lot of larvae and few rots to start it wouldn't work but your nest is very small and it looks like you will be collecting them rather than hatching in the larval tank, is that correct? If so you may only have 50-100 to work with so co-culture may work. Personally I wouldn't risk it. The rots are too expensive. Better to buy one $20 bottle and get the culture established, wait for the next hatch. JMO. If you can blow $40 do ahead and try the co-culture with ONE bottle but set up the other in a 5 gallon bucket and build it up for the next nest.I have no clue where Panorama City is, any major cities near there?
Fizhstiks
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Ok so what do i need to culture rotifers? I think id rather order the rotifers from a website because the lfs i called said that the rotifer cultures they were selling were really small. do you think if i order 500 mls of rotifers and got them before the clownfish hatched, that i would have enough rotifers to feed the fry and start a culture? This is the place where i would order the rotifers from: http://www.aquaculturestore.com/swinverts.html#ocplan
What do rotifers eat? Do they need to eat algae or is there other food i could feed to them? and yes, i plan on collecting the clownfish larvae when they hatch.
oh, and I'm close to Van Nuys.
What do rotifers eat? Do they need to eat algae or is there other food i could feed to them? and yes, i plan on collecting the clownfish larvae when they hatch.
oh, and I'm close to Van Nuys.
David M
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Fizhstiks
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so is this package good? http://www.reed-store.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=25
And if i were to get it by Tuesday or Wednesday, do you think i'd have enough to feed a few clownfish? what temp would the rotifers need to be kept at? What do people normally keep rotifers in and do they need aeration?
And if i were to get it by Tuesday or Wednesday, do you think i'd have enough to feed a few clownfish? what temp would the rotifers need to be kept at? What do people normally keep rotifers in and do they need aeration?
