What a difference!

[Kathy55g]

I have been using a snagger to collect larvae ever since my fish started laying eggs. It has worked well for me, but I keep having to tinker with it. Lately I have been thinking the light on it isn't right, and have been trying different things.

Since I moved the broodstock to the basement, they have been laying on a removable rock, but I have continued with the snagger.

Last night I decided to try pulling the egg laden rock and putting it in the larval tank. Man, was that easy! The hatching went very well. I think there are a lot more larvae than in recent harvests. Mama clownfish was a little upset, but she seems to have gotten over it.

Sometimes I miss the obvious...this is a great method.

 

[fin farm]

lol:lol:
sometimes the obvious is not so obvious until you stumble on it. Then you wonder how you never thought of this before.

Larry

 

[David M]

Welcome to the real world Kathy.

Can you say... D'oh !

My snagger has a two year layer of dust on it :lol:

 

[Kathy55g]

In my defence, it is usually not a good idea to mess with success. I had one harvest of around 600 fish with the snagger!

I think I have that many this time, too, but without all the fuss.

And there is no doubt that I got them all, since no one got eaten, and the rock was clean when I returned it to Mama and Papa.

 

[ediaz]

whats a larvae snagger?

 

[David M]

A pre-columbian device designed to catch fish larvae when you are not prepared for breeding and it just "happens" in your reef tank.

I'm not at all embarrased to say that is how I started too :smokin:

 

[Kmiec123]

Glad to hear of anything to make this work a little eaiser. If I just stop killing all my larva, I'll be set.

 

[tanglovers]

Glad to hear it Kathy....I will be honest I never used a larval snagger, insead my first couple attempts were with a small flashlight and a small cup trying to scoop out larvae of a 220 gallon tank....go figure how much fun that was

 

[Peter Schmiedel]

Fut's to the topic: Question of my girlfriend:
What is that ugly piece of tile in your tank??? Guess thats where the snagger wins ..

At least my percula pair #1 does except it and the first two clutches have been placed perfectly. But as often the first ones disappear within a few days Percula par #2 does not seem to be interested in the tile yet

 

[phender]

I have always been a scooper, because my fish are kept in reef tanks. I was able to collect enough babies to serve my purposes. I too noticed that my current percs were laying on a rock that I could remove. I just hatched out my first batch two days ago and wow, a lot more babies. However, you also see more of the still borns and weaklings that you don't see when you are scooping. If I was doing this for money, it would be stupid to be a scooper or a snagger.

 

[Kathy55g]

ya, i had a few still ones hatch out that never would have made it to the snagger had I used one. If you are using a long tube for the snagger, there is another advantage. No snagger induced injury.