Tdo instead of live food?

[ebacon]

It was suggested that I use the tdo hobbyist breeder pack

http://apbreed.com/product_tdo_top_dressed_oto.html

in place of attempting to culture my own phyto, roti, etc... Has anyone used this product to feed clownfish larvae immediately upon hatching and what was the result?http://apbreed.com/product_tdo_top_dressed_oto.html

 

[billsreef]

Sometimes you get some larva to survive on dead feeds, but the survival rate is rather dismal if any do make it. It is possible to go straight from rotifers to Oto and skip brine shrimp nauplii, but skipping the rotifers never works well.

 

[ClownfishSushi]

+1 what bill said.

The thing is fry are instinctively responding to movement. They have a very limited field of vision. When something happens to pass directly in front of them, less than a body-length away, they pounce. As the TDO sinks, some fry may eventually bump into it. But it doesn't take the place of rotifers.

Rotifers are easy. You'll be changing a bucket once a week, that's about it.

 

[GreshamH]

Sometimes you get some larva to survive on dead feeds, but the survival rate is rather dismal if any do make it. It is possible to go straight from rotifers to Oto and skip brine shrimp nauplii, but skipping the rotifers never works well.

+2 and I work for Reed Mariculture

Dropping BBS shrimp and going straight to TDO or OTO does indeed result in less mortalities and less cull from what has been reported to us.

You just cannot escape using live rotifers for clownfish.

 

[Luis A M]

This seems to be the new trend.Several clown breeders are skipping bbs whatsoever.

 

[GreshamH]

This seems to be the new trend.Several clown breeders are skipping bbs whatsoever.

Its been a pretty normal thing up here in the states for the last 4 - 5 years actually.

 

[dela]

I skipped bbs for the most part and it worked out fine. Just added Oto A (didn't try the tdo) starting at about day 4, and kept rotifers in the tank for the first couple of weeks just to make sure they were all eating.