Third attempt raising clownfish...
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READY TO SEE THE PICTURES?
READY TO SEE THE PICTURES?
Please keep in mind that it is very hard to take pictures of tiny critters, moving fast, under water in a sea of rotifers and phytoplankton. I have a close up lens that helps, but focus is a problem, and remember I am over 40 so even looking is a problem.
Needless to say, I am still pleased with most of these shots and I hope you will enjoy them.
DAY 4
READY TO SEE THE PICTURES?
Please keep in mind that it is very hard to take pictures of tiny critters, moving fast, under water in a sea of rotifers and phytoplankton. I have a close up lens that helps, but focus is a problem, and remember I am over 40 so even looking is a problem.
Needless to say, I am still pleased with most of these shots and I hope you will enjoy them.
DAY 4
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READY TO SEE THE PICTURES?
READY TO SEE THE PICTURES?
Please keep in mind that it is very hard to take pictures of tiny critters, moving fast, under water in a sea of rotifers and phytoplankton. I have a close up lens that helps, but focus is a problem, and remember I am over 40 so even looking is a problem.
Needless to say, I am still pleased with most of these shots and I hope you will enjoy them.
DAY 4
READY TO SEE THE PICTURES?
Please keep in mind that it is very hard to take pictures of tiny critters, moving fast, under water in a sea of rotifers and phytoplankton. I have a close up lens that helps, but focus is a problem, and remember I am over 40 so even looking is a problem.
Needless to say, I am still pleased with most of these shots and I hope you will enjoy them.
DAY 4
MORE DAY 9
MORE DAY 9
Overhead shot of orange fish with white stripe.
Corner reflection. Note white head band.
I liked these reflections, thought I would share
This guy swam close to the glass so I could take his picture
another
Here's looking at you, kid!
Fuzzy 10x shot with mouth open:
MORE DAY 9
Overhead shot of orange fish with white stripe.
Corner reflection. Note white head band.
I liked these reflections, thought I would share
This guy swam close to the glass so I could take his picture
another
Here's looking at you, kid!
Fuzzy 10x shot with mouth open:
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Beginning of 12th day:
Some fish are heading to the bottom, but they are still alive! I got a really good view of them this morning as I am winding down rotifer feeding because they all are eating bbs and , I think, frozen cyclopeeze. Most are orange, some are still dark, about 3 do not have their first band yet, but are eating well.
The great thing is that I got a good count of them this morning and I think I have not 13, but 16!!!!!
Another great thing is I was talking to the owner of the LFS, and she said she would buy any excess ocellaris I could raise. So I can do this again! Waiting for the parents to spawn, and wonder where I'm going to put another tank....
Need to get a system set up, but I have too many ideas running around in my brain. I would love to see a small set up, if anyone has pictures, please post them so I can get some ideas!
Cheers,
Kathy
Some fish are heading to the bottom, but they are still alive! I got a really good view of them this morning as I am winding down rotifer feeding because they all are eating bbs and , I think, frozen cyclopeeze. Most are orange, some are still dark, about 3 do not have their first band yet, but are eating well.
The great thing is that I got a good count of them this morning and I think I have not 13, but 16!!!!!
Another great thing is I was talking to the owner of the LFS, and she said she would buy any excess ocellaris I could raise. So I can do this again! Waiting for the parents to spawn, and wonder where I'm going to put another tank....
Need to get a system set up, but I have too many ideas running around in my brain. I would love to see a small set up, if anyone has pictures, please post them so I can get some ideas!
Cheers,
Kathy
spk
Premium Member
Kathy,
Here is a thread that was started about other peops setusp.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=110075
I have asked a similar question and got pointed to this one I think.
Have a read.
Steve
Here is a thread that was started about other peops setusp.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=110075
I have asked a similar question and got pointed to this one I think.
Have a read.
Steve
mako56
Premium Member
That is really awesome. My next batch of eggs hatched already and became fish food I am going to try to get ready for next time. I looked in my tank last night with the Ogel and there are all kinds of little creatures that you can't really see with your eyes. I wonder if some of them could be rotifers?
Make that 17...One little guy died today. This is the first death in many days. He had not reached metamorphosis, now at Day 14. I guess there was something wrong with him or my care of him. I have one more that is filled out and dark, but with little or no head band, so I hope this one makes it through. The rest of them seem to be doing well, eating I think, with many having their second white band and looking more orange all the time.
I did a water change today, little over 2 gallons out of 12 gallons. First use of ASW not pre used by my display, but just aerated overnight. I did adjust the pH of the new saltwater down to 7.7 (a few drops of lime juice, keeping an eye on the pH meter) because that is what the baby clowns are living in, and there is some ammonia. I did not want to make it more toxic by adding high pH water (8.1).
First I vacuumed out debris, then set up a bucket of the new water with an airline tubing and valve on a higher table to siphon the new water in at a drip, but faster than 1 drop per second. It was what I would call a fast drip. I did not pre heat the water as I added it slowly enough, I think, the aquarium heater in the larval tank could keep up, and my basement is at 77F anyway, only 3 degrees lower than the 80F at which I keep the larval tank.
I did not add rotifers today. In fact I tried to remove them with the water change. The fish seem uninterested in such small food, and only seem to feed when the bbs and cyclopeeze and dried food hits the water. The sponge filter is doing a pretty good job sucking out junk. Everyday I have been squeezing it out in saltwater and I get a lot of nasty stuff from it.
Now that I'm not adding phyto to the tank it is a lot easier to see the fish!
Clear water is a lovely thing, and I hope the baby fish enjoy it too.
Cheers,
Kathy
I did a water change today, little over 2 gallons out of 12 gallons. First use of ASW not pre used by my display, but just aerated overnight. I did adjust the pH of the new saltwater down to 7.7 (a few drops of lime juice, keeping an eye on the pH meter) because that is what the baby clowns are living in, and there is some ammonia. I did not want to make it more toxic by adding high pH water (8.1).
First I vacuumed out debris, then set up a bucket of the new water with an airline tubing and valve on a higher table to siphon the new water in at a drip, but faster than 1 drop per second. It was what I would call a fast drip. I did not pre heat the water as I added it slowly enough, I think, the aquarium heater in the larval tank could keep up, and my basement is at 77F anyway, only 3 degrees lower than the 80F at which I keep the larval tank.
I did not add rotifers today. In fact I tried to remove them with the water change. The fish seem uninterested in such small food, and only seem to feed when the bbs and cyclopeeze and dried food hits the water. The sponge filter is doing a pretty good job sucking out junk. Everyday I have been squeezing it out in saltwater and I get a lot of nasty stuff from it.
Now that I'm not adding phyto to the tank it is a lot easier to see the fish!
Clear water is a lovely thing, and I hope the baby fish enjoy it too.
Cheers,
Kathy
SHOCKED!
SHOCKED!
My ammonia seems to be climbing despite the addition of the sponge filter and doing a pretty good water change.
So I tested my fry tank water and found some ammonia, well the ammonia alert badge told me that.
Then I tested my water change water and found the same level of ammonia....hmmm...
I had just mixed up some new water for tomorrow's water change, tested that,
ammmonia!
Then I went nuts and tested everything again and in addition my RODI water and the display tank containing 70 lbs of live rock.
You guessed it, the only one with no ammonia was my display tank water.
No wonder the ammonia in the fry tank did not go down.
Perhaps I need new filters on the RODI?
Man what a shocker! I have been adding ammonia with each water change and top off!
Perhaps that is why so many fry died in the early days...
SHOCKED!
My ammonia seems to be climbing despite the addition of the sponge filter and doing a pretty good water change.
So I tested my fry tank water and found some ammonia, well the ammonia alert badge told me that.
Then I tested my water change water and found the same level of ammonia....hmmm...
I had just mixed up some new water for tomorrow's water change, tested that,
ammmonia!
Then I went nuts and tested everything again and in addition my RODI water and the display tank containing 70 lbs of live rock.
You guessed it, the only one with no ammonia was my display tank water.
No wonder the ammonia in the fry tank did not go down.
Perhaps I need new filters on the RODI?
Man what a shocker! I have been adding ammonia with each water change and top off!
Perhaps that is why so many fry died in the early days...
RODI and tap are = in ammonia, around 3 mg/L. I am in a dilemma now as I can get ammonia free water from my display tank, but it is at salinity 36 ppt. My fry tank is at 25 ppt. Not a match. But I have nothing to dilute my display water with, as every water has ammonia in it.
I changed the sediment and carbon filters in my RODI just now, but the TDS are around 21, and the ammonia is only marginally better than tap water.
Any advice out there?
I changed the sediment and carbon filters in my RODI just now, but the TDS are around 21, and the ammonia is only marginally better than tap water.
Any advice out there?
