Will it hatch tonight ?

[bok]

Hi!
My clowns laid eggs , and after 7 days they're still doing a great job watching them and aerate them.
I would like to let the eggs hatch for themselfs and capture the babies after that . What do you think, tonight is the night ? I read that when the turn silver , they will hatch that night. So, I see that most of them are like silver now, what other says ? Are they ready ? This is a pic :

 

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More pictures :

 

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A closeup of the eggs area :

 

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This is from the DAY ONE

 

[franny.boy]

Yeah, I think they should hatch today or tomorrow.
Got rotifers at the ready?

 

[franny.boy]

Double posted.

 

[bok]

No, I am trying something different.....
Turned off the lights for almost an hour now.....guess tonight is not the night....
Perhaps tomorow..

 

[franny.boy]

Oh, what are you planning on feeding them then?

 

[chrisrex]

You new to plan a diet for your babies!!!!
Rotifers are a must at the beginning, but as the days, week move on you need to have more food added like brine shrimp
Check out the article at the top of the thread section, 27 clowns

 

[phender]

Eggs usually take 10-14 days to hatch. The yolk sac on your's are still too big in my opinion. When you can't really see the yolk sac anymore and the parents are spending more time than usual fanning them, that is normally the night they hatch.
Baby clowns need live food to stimulate a feeding response. One time when I ran out of rotifers, I was able to raise a handful (after starting with about 200) by feeding hour old brine shrimp a couple times a day along with very finely powered flake food. The problem is the brine shrimp are too big after about their first metamorphosis(which is just a couple hours after hatching) and the flake food fouls the water very quickly. You have to make a lot of water changes (use water from the parent's tank) to remove the oversized BS and the uneaten flake food. You also have to continually be making BS cultures for about the first week. It was a lot of work for just 5 or 6 babies.

 

[bok]

Eggs usually take 10-14 days to hatch. The yolk sac on your's are still too big in my opinion. When you can't really see the yolk sac anymore and the parents are spending more time than usual fanning them, that is normally the night they hatch.
Baby clowns need live food to stimulate a feeding response. One time when I ran out of rotifers, I was able to raise a handful (after starting with about 200) by feeding hour old brine shrimp a couple times a day along with very finely powered flake food. The problem is the brine shrimp are too big after about their first metamorphosis(which is just a couple hours after hatching) and the flake food fouls the water very quickly. You have to make a lot of water changes (use water from the parent's tank) to remove the oversized BS and the uneaten flake food. You also have to continually be making BS cultures for about the first week. It was a lot of work for just 5 or 6 babies.

Thank you so very much for your response ! I'll do my best to keep them alive.
The eggs didn't hatched last night....I waited 2 hours ....
Maybe tonight...I'll keep posting

 

[Sport507]

At 80 degrees mine have always hatch on day 8 and I'm do for a hatch tonight. Yours will probably hatch tonight by the looks of the pic.

 

[bok]

Hopefully tonight is the night!
I am preparing everything and soon I'll turn off the lights.
I'll be posting news soon....

 

[bok]

Nope, last night wasn't the night, also....
But definetly tonight, because all af them are now silver .

 

[Sport507]

Just like clock work mine hatched last night. Day 8

 

[bok]

They're hatching right now!!! I filmed some .....
How can I catch them ? I know they're attracted to light, but they're so fast. I can not sifone them ......

 

[bok]

Should I let them hatch the hole bunch ? Or should I catch them one by one as soon as they're hatching ?

 

[franklypre]

You just syphon them into the tank you have setup for them.

 

[bok]

It's been 2 hours now since the first hatched. But most of them are stilll attached to the rock . How long should I wait ? Is it possible that not all of them will hatch tonight ?

 

[bok]

Ok, so now it's been like 15 hours and I am left with about 20 babies.
But these are free swimmers and seems strong and healthy.
I will try to raide them and considering it as an exercise for the next batch.
One question :
1- how long it takes for artemia eggs to hatch ? Because I will try soon to feed them brine shrimp , but I want to collect them as soon as they hatch. So, how long after inserting the artemia eggs in the water they will hatch ?

Next one :
2- can I use SEACHEM FITOPLANCTON to feed rotifers ? http://www.seachem.com/Products/product_pages/ReefPhytoplankton.html