Raising Occelaris Clownfish babies
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CaliReefer12
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it requires almost daily water changes. a specific tank just for the babies, rotifers, and most likely the hatching of live brine daily. Also the syphoning out of all the ones that die daily. If you are very successful you can get about 20 to survive. Also unless you can move the eggs with the rock theyre on into the smaller tank you will need to wait until the eggs hatch with the lights off, shine a flash light at a corner and when they swim to the light you syphon them out into the other tank. This is all assuming that the clowns lay eggs. After moving to a different tank it may be a long time before they are comfortable enough and find a suitable place to lay their eggs..
I guess you could say its pretty hard
I guess you could say its pretty hard
If you are successful, you can get 80% to survive. They don't need daily water changes (although it is a good habit to get into).
Once you get them to the 3 week mark, you're pretty much golden. Just feed them, do a weekly water change, top off the water, just routine stuff.
Once the clowns hit the 1 week mark, I usually put a baseball sized rock in the tank with them. This gets loaded with bacteria and really keeps parameters in check.
You have to raise phytoplankton to feed rotifers to feed the baby clowns. Some people have had good success not feeding baby brine shrimp. You can go right from rotifers to crushed up Otohime or crushed formula 1 pellets (what I use).
Check out the breeding forum here on RC. There are a few threads there that explain a lot. They are breeding logs of rkelman and FB. Also, consider picking up the book "Clownfishes" by Joyce Wilkerson. It is pretty much considered the Bible of clownfish breeding.
Good luck raising babies. It's fun and you learn a lot.
Once you get them to the 3 week mark, you're pretty much golden. Just feed them, do a weekly water change, top off the water, just routine stuff.
Once the clowns hit the 1 week mark, I usually put a baseball sized rock in the tank with them. This gets loaded with bacteria and really keeps parameters in check.
You have to raise phytoplankton to feed rotifers to feed the baby clowns. Some people have had good success not feeding baby brine shrimp. You can go right from rotifers to crushed up Otohime or crushed formula 1 pellets (what I use).
Check out the breeding forum here on RC. There are a few threads there that explain a lot. They are breeding logs of rkelman and FB. Also, consider picking up the book "Clownfishes" by Joyce Wilkerson. It is pretty much considered the Bible of clownfish breeding.
Good luck raising babies. It's fun and you learn a lot.
rkelman
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I do weekly water changes. You do need tanks / filters / heaters / airpumps and stones. I don't hatch brine shrimp at all anymore. I usually don't get deaths after the first week. My last batch is easily 400 fish that are now through meta. I agree it may take weeks to months for them to start laying again. Its a very rewarding. I wouldn't say its hard to do but it is alot of work.
Rob.
Rob.
