Wild Onyx Clownfish. Take 3

[ThRoewer]

You have a spawning pair of pipefish? That's cool. Post some pics or a video if you have some.

I have actually two spawning pairs of Bluestripe Pipefish, but the larger and more productive pair is in my 40B where it is trickier to collect the larva or catch the male. The younger and so far smaller pair is in one of my QTs. They are the ones I will try first.
I have a larva catcher that should work perfectly in a 5 to 10 gallon tank. The only other thing I need is a special larva tank. I'm in the process of designing a small planktonkreisel tank.

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[j_mazzy]

keep me in the loop on the pipefish.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Eggs are 7 days old. Probable hatching tonight. I'm going to give it a try.

 

[Doge]

Awesome man!!

 

[CoralsAddiction]

No hatching last night. Next time I might have to wait 8-9 days

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Clowns are laying eggs as I type.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

This time their batch is a lot bigger than the previous ones. The main difference is I started feeding them TDO.

 

[ThRoewer]

First clutches are often smaller and more loosely. Clutch sizes usually depend more on food quantity than quality. Food quality is more important to egg and larva quality.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

First clutches are often smaller and more loosely. Clutch sizes usually depend more on food quantity than quality. Food quality is more important to egg and larva quality.

I've always fed them heavily so they must be finding their groove just now for bigger clutches

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Here's a 4 min video of the eggs
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[CoralsAddiction]

The eggs look like they're are ready to hatch and the female clown is ready to lay again. I've been traveling a lot and haven't had a chance to culture rotifers.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

The eggs just hatched. It took about 10 days. That's how long I will wait going forward. Last time I took the eggs out after 7 days. It was early. This is what they looked like about 6 hours ago.

 

[lg2725]

Nice!!

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Nice!!

Thanks

 

[kjay88]

Beautiful I just got mine and love them

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Beautiful I just got mine and love them

Nice. Let's see them if you have a pic

 

[kjay88]

https://vimeo.com/177766640

 

[CoralsAddiction]

https://vimeo.com/177766640

Very nice pair.

 

[kjay88]

Thank you I'm not even sure what they are worth these days

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Ooops