Why are my clowfish larvae dying?

[Lou Young]

My larvae are dying at day 5 and I don't know why. The ammonia is .25. Salinity is 1.019. I use 6g of newly aged saltwater in a 10g tank. Temp is 81F. I use Rotigrow Plus for my rotifers which I feed 2 hours prior to giving them to larvae. I use sieves to collect the rotifers and I rinse them off before giving to larvae. Any help is appreciated.

 

[modernREEF]

Try using 3 gallons of parent water and 3 gallons of new water. Your ammonia is a bit high.

 

[shifty51008]

your fry tanks are at 1.019. what are your parent tanks SG at?

 

[Lou Young]

Try using 3 gallons of parent water and 3 gallons of new water. Your ammonia is a bit high.

Why would using parent water help?

your fry tanks are at 1.019. what are your parent tanks SG at?

Parent water is the same 1.019

 

[xroads]

Lots n lots of possibilities.

Should have little or no ammonia. You can drip in a little prime or similar to combat that.

Are your lights going 24-7?

Are you feeding enough rotifers?

Do you have airstones going?

Try switching to a black round tub, and start out with 3 gallons. This makes it easier to keep rotifer densities up, and the black round sides work good for the larvae

Are you tinting the water at all?

Slowly drip in water changes. Any small change can kill them

 

[reefstew]

After day 3 I change 30% of the water & I poor it in, no slow drip here. Try turning up the air going into the tank. I usually have 3 or 4 bubblers per tank going. I ALWAYS use nsw for setting up the tank & water changes.