Tonights hatch (Occies)
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Whoa! Thats a lot of babies! How did you get them all transferred over into that tank? Did you pull the pot? If so can you post pics of your setup you used to aerate the eggs to hatch?
I've actually hatched several clutches from this pair (plus extra male who gets left out of all of the fun). What I do with them is pull the tile they lay on on the night I expect hatch (this batch was laid last Monday). I'll put the pulled tile in a hatching tank with a couple of airstones but none directly on the eggs. I keep the tanks in the bathroom in the basement so I can turn off the light and shut the door and get near total darkness. Come back an hour or so later and I've got babies, lots of babies. There were only 3 eggs on the tile that didn't hatch tonight from a silver dollar sized nest.
I'm still quite new to marine breeding, but feel like I'm off to a good start. There are 20 or so occies from the last clutch that are 2 weeks old now, turning orange and getting stripes.
I'll try to get some pics up tomorrow (though they aren't gonna be too impressive fwiw) lights are already out for the night.
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Thanks for sharing. I have been struggling to try and catch them by scooping them out becasue pulling the pots was not working for me. By what you said, I think when I pulled the pots I may have the air stone much too close to the pot and causing too much flow over the eggs. How close do you have your to the eggs?
They are several inches away but I don't have them there to aerate the eggs. The way I keep them they start hatching very shortly after I move them. I have read from several sources that vigorous airflow directly on the eggs still isn't a problem. I have been lucky and haven't had to test that yet, at least not for salt.
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Ok then what do you use to aerate the eggs? and how many airstones you use?
Very nice. Your going to need a good bit of rotifers
How many eggs do you think your maroon's are laying? 1000 or so?
I have 4 1 gallon rotifer cultures that are BOOMING and 2 cultures in 2 liter bottles that I started a couple of days ago...hopefully I will have enough. Also just ordered another 100g of brine shrimp eggs, I think I'm ready...maybe.
I honestly have no idea how many the maroons are laying. They are laying in a 4 inch pot if that helps gauge though, and here is another pic of this clutch.
This is the third clutch the maroons have laid, but the 1st 2 had major hatching issues, still working out the kinks on them.
They get all the wat to the night I expect a hatch then they just don't hatch. I pulled the first clutch and they all turned white the next day and rotted, the second clutch I left in and they were still there in the morning then throughout the day they disappeared. I assumed that they also dies and the male ate them throughout the day.
Does that sound like what yours did?
Does that sound like what yours did?
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Thanks for the pics. Its looks great. How come you use the hardline instead of the bubble wands?
Two reasons for the rigid tubing...First, I had about 10 feet of it from a project a few years ago. Second, it seems like I can keep the smaller stones on the end of rigid tubing where I want them easier than wands. Doesn't really make sense I know, but it works for me :thumbsup:
wdt2000
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Nope, I killed all mine right after hatching. I created some funky flow and trapped them under the pot.
Now that I have it down and the maroons are growing out they just kill each other without any help from me :lmao:
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What did you do to work out the flow issue? Where did you position things?
I haven't worked it out yet...will have another shot this weekend though.
The last time I tilted the pot so the opening was facing about 45 degrees towards the tank top and put a round airstone in it. The bubbles hit the pot right by the eggs and exited above them, but it didn't work (not sure if it was the eggs or the hatching method that cause the issue though).
wdt2000
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I put a piece of PVC under my pot to elevate it slightly(still cannot see the eggs) and run my airstone in through the back hole.
I don't follow...got a pic???
wdt2000
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I will try and take one
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