spawning tricinctus!
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Ron Popeil
Love them clownfish.
This was the best picture of the day. You can clearly see the stripes and their current size. I'm trying to feed dry foods throughout the day, but am still not seeing any conclusive enjoyment from them. Nor do they seem particularly interested in the tiger pods which I find surprising.
shifty51008
12-5 Chiefs record
Took me a while also but he looks good. Keep up the good work.
Mine also too a while for them to get intrested in dry foods, i found out it some what helps to put the food over the airstone so it sinks better and doesnt float at the top.
Mine also too a while for them to get intrested in dry foods, i found out it some what helps to put the food over the airstone so it sinks better and doesnt float at the top.
OrionN
Moved on
It was obvious to me intinially that he mis-posted the picture. Obviously there was no fish in that picture. He just want to show that his ammonia is back to normal when he took that picture.
Ron Popeil
Love them clownfish.
day 13
they just dont seem to want to get close enough for me to get a good picture. but of the nine that remain, at least 5 of them have gone through meta and look like little clownfish. they have also started to stake out territory and bicker with each other. sometimes relentlessly. i have seen them take bites out of the dry foods i have been putting in, but then spit them out. i am alternating types frequently throughout the day to find one they will finally take...but no dice yet. rotifers and copepods it is. for some reason they do not like tiger pods....are they too big? too spiky? i do not understand.
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they just dont seem to want to get close enough for me to get a good picture. but of the nine that remain, at least 5 of them have gone through meta and look like little clownfish. they have also started to stake out territory and bicker with each other. sometimes relentlessly. i have seen them take bites out of the dry foods i have been putting in, but then spit them out. i am alternating types frequently throughout the day to find one they will finally take...but no dice yet. rotifers and copepods it is. for some reason they do not like tiger pods....are they too big? too spiky? i do not understand.
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Ron Popeil
Love them clownfish.
day 15
i thought it might be easier to see some of their development if i scooped them into a viewing box. unfortunately these little guys are fast, and i wasnt able to catch the most developed of the group. they look like little fish now though and that is exciting.
as of this morning i have 11 remaining. two of them are refusing to change over past metamorphosis. the rest of them more or less have bold complete stripes....and love to bicker and chase each other off. no friendly ball of clown babies for this species.
they still are reluctant with the dry foods. they certainly respond when it hits the water but do not seem to like it once its in front of them. they often will target a piece and then spit a little jet of water at each little morsel and then swim off. i have seen a few pieces consumed though. i am keeping rotifers plentiful and adding tiger pods more frequently.
the second nest that hatched late last week made it only two days. some standard losses day 1 and 2...and then the morning of the third all 50+ remaining fry were dead. a handful of them were completely red.
what would have turned so many red and also killed off so many simultaneously? bacterial infection of some sort?
i thought it might be easier to see some of their development if i scooped them into a viewing box. unfortunately these little guys are fast, and i wasnt able to catch the most developed of the group. they look like little fish now though and that is exciting.
as of this morning i have 11 remaining. two of them are refusing to change over past metamorphosis. the rest of them more or less have bold complete stripes....and love to bicker and chase each other off. no friendly ball of clown babies for this species.
they still are reluctant with the dry foods. they certainly respond when it hits the water but do not seem to like it once its in front of them. they often will target a piece and then spit a little jet of water at each little morsel and then swim off. i have seen a few pieces consumed though. i am keeping rotifers plentiful and adding tiger pods more frequently.
the second nest that hatched late last week made it only two days. some standard losses day 1 and 2...and then the morning of the third all 50+ remaining fry were dead. a handful of them were completely red.
what would have turned so many red and also killed off so many simultaneously? bacterial infection of some sort?
Ron Popeil
Love them clownfish.
they certainly are mean to each other marina. i hope to introduce an anemone later this week. back when you were selling chrysogasters, i think you had them displayed in individual little plastic breeder boxes....right? what company makes those?
as for the very dead and very red fry, no other problems. this nest didnt hatch the night it was supposed to, so that was annoying. and i suspect that could have been the case for the problems after they hatched. my gut feeling was something chemical got them. no idea where it would come from unless it leached from the aquarium itself, but that was just my initial gut feeling. as for the ammonia, i do not test for it. but watch the seachem tester, and the water. they get a water change a day, with a few spritzings of prime throughout the day as well.
as for the very dead and very red fry, no other problems. this nest didnt hatch the night it was supposed to, so that was annoying. and i suspect that could have been the case for the problems after they hatched. my gut feeling was something chemical got them. no idea where it would come from unless it leached from the aquarium itself, but that was just my initial gut feeling. as for the ammonia, i do not test for it. but watch the seachem tester, and the water. they get a water change a day, with a few spritzings of prime throughout the day as well.
they come with 2 dividers, so you can place three babies per container.
Ron Popeil
Love them clownfish.
marina it is then! thanks for the suggestion. i ordered a large and a medium breeder box. this will allow me to keep better water conditions from my displays as well as some anemones with these little guys.
as for predatory copepods, it didnt appear so. what are some of the signs of those?
the morning i came to find them all dead, the water was crystal clear but teeming with rotifers. nothing else moving. the tank has since been scrubbed out and is ready for the next nest hatch early next week.
as for predatory copepods, it didnt appear so. what are some of the signs of those?
the morning i came to find them all dead, the water was crystal clear but teeming with rotifers. nothing else moving. the tank has since been scrubbed out and is ready for the next nest hatch early next week.
Ron Popeil
Love them clownfish.
day 18
Ron Popeil
Love them clownfish.
day 20
they are now consistently eating prepared foods. formula 1/2/spirulina flake combo. crushed sustainable aquatics hatchery diet. and the otohime B2. this pleases me.
i woke up a batch of brine shrimp the other day, and have been feeding these once or twice a day. once i get my breeder boxes tomorrow, i will probably move the fish to my displays so that i can really up their feedings and not worry about water quality.
there are 11 of them remaining. next hatch is tuesday.
they are now consistently eating prepared foods. formula 1/2/spirulina flake combo. crushed sustainable aquatics hatchery diet. and the otohime B2. this pleases me.
i woke up a batch of brine shrimp the other day, and have been feeding these once or twice a day. once i get my breeder boxes tomorrow, i will probably move the fish to my displays so that i can really up their feedings and not worry about water quality.
there are 11 of them remaining. next hatch is tuesday.
Rare Angels
New member
exceptional job Ron!! They look amazing and are growing fast!!
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