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[Sc Seahawk]

I noticed the eggs are darker with with a little black pigment. I believe they have eyes

 

[Tomoko Schum]

Eyes will turn to bright silver. Are you ready with rotifers and green water? I find raising larvae in live phytoplankton the easiest. My clownfish are definitely ocellaris. The babies grew too fast to be percula.

 

[Sc Seahawk]

do you just feed live phyto....?
They are silver today and i expect a hatch tonight or tomorrow.
My rotifer plan is simple Reed Mariculture is 20 minutes from my house and the have it live 24/7. So I will let them culture it.
What can you tell me about feeding live phytoplankton?

 

[Tomoko Schum]

Live phytoplankton not only keeps uneaten rotifers alive in the fry tank to make them constantly available to fry but also keeps the fry tank water clean by taking up ammonia, nitrate, and phosphate. For the first few days when your larvae are so small you cannot use a sponge filter and the waste accumulates fast. The ammonia level in the tank goes up really fast within four days. It rises even with live phytoplankton but at much slower rate. You can do daily water changes with the water from the parent's tank to keep ammonia down. Amazingly large water changes do not bother clownfish fry. When I was breeding FW angelfish fry, I used to do a near 100% water change daily for my fry just like many other breeders do. Clownfish fry are just as tough.

HTH,

Tomoko

 

[Sc Seahawk]

So i suppliment live phyto with the rotifers to keep the rotifers alive longer as well as helping water quality. I have a 5 gallon tank. How much should i feed?
Also my eggs havent hatched so i will be watching this evening as well. Just planning on using a bowl and a light to capture my first batch.

 

[Tomoko Schum]

I would add enough live phytoplankton so that your tank water looks greenish. The amount of rotifers is somewhat more dependant on how many larvae you capture. If you add too many, your lavae will suffer from hypoxia like one of my early batches did. I did not have any other incident after that one since I added much less rotifers at a time twice or three times a day instead of giving a head start to rotifers by adding them to the larvae tank ahead of time (practically culturing and multiplying them in the tank.)

The eggs will hatch when they lose the last bit of their orange color and turn completely clear. This is not easy to see with naked eyes. I had to rely on a macro shot every time. It usually takes 9 to 12 days for hatching depending on the water temperature of your tank.

 

[Sc Seahawk]

so I only captured 2 larvae so I aborted the mission this go round....
The eggs hatched with my lights on during the day!!!so much for planning
They have laid a new clutch of eggs so I going to watch this go roung and keep a journal/timeline so when im ready my timing isnt off

 

[Tomoko Schum]

Good luck!