Xth attempt raising clownfish
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jnowell
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You're welcome Kathy, it's about time I got to help YOU, it's the least I can do. Good luck with your hatch!
Mike, Keep the faith, brother
Those delivery guys NEVER show up when you want them to. You've got everything going for you now though, I bet your successful soon. Heck, you've learned from all my mistakes, you probably know more than me! 
Jason
Mike, Keep the faith, brother
Those delivery guys NEVER show up when you want them to. You've got everything going for you now though, I bet your successful soon. Heck, you've learned from all my mistakes, you probably know more than me! Jason
Update: disappointment.
Only 8 hatched total, and they don't look good. I moved them to a coolwhip container in the same tank with the eggs. Gave them their own airstone, rotifers, greenwater. They remain unimpressed. Not particularly interested in hunting. Sigh. Maybe it is too early and they are still recovering from the hatch. We'll see.
I am keeping the eggs another day to see if they will hatch. I WANT HUNDREDS, NOT 8!
Only 8 hatched total, and they don't look good. I moved them to a coolwhip container in the same tank with the eggs. Gave them their own airstone, rotifers, greenwater. They remain unimpressed. Not particularly interested in hunting. Sigh. Maybe it is too early and they are still recovering from the hatch. We'll see.
I am keeping the eggs another day to see if they will hatch. I WANT HUNDREDS, NOT 8!
Thanks for the kind words. I still have hope that more will hatch tonight. During the day I collected 4 more hatched ones for a total of 12. Most are lying on the bottom of the coolwhip container, still alive... I think. Hopefully they are just too round in the yolk sac to swim. A couple are hunting, but only a couple.
The hatch from last week ( the two that escaped my iodine death treatment) are enjoying their baby brine shrimp. (I brought the BS hatchers upstairs, because the basement is so cold, they would not hatch.) I have hope that these larvae will metamorphose soon.
After a marathon weekend of system building, I can proudly say that I have flowing water. No leaks in the plumbing which means I really did do it right the first time, despite the fact that I know nothing. It is good that even know-nothings can learn. It is also good that Home Depot is not far from my home. They know me by name there, in the plumbing section.
I am, however, too exhaused to take pictures tonight, but I will, soon. In addition I will publish a long list of things that I would do differently, if I had known what I was doing in the first place.
Tomorrow is a work day, so I will have to get up extra early to welcome the hundreds of new clownfish larvae that will, of course, hatch tonight! Did I mention that I am very tired?
The hatch from last week ( the two that escaped my iodine death treatment) are enjoying their baby brine shrimp. (I brought the BS hatchers upstairs, because the basement is so cold, they would not hatch.) I have hope that these larvae will metamorphose soon.
After a marathon weekend of system building, I can proudly say that I have flowing water. No leaks in the plumbing which means I really did do it right the first time, despite the fact that I know nothing. It is good that even know-nothings can learn. It is also good that Home Depot is not far from my home. They know me by name there, in the plumbing section.
I am, however, too exhaused to take pictures tonight, but I will, soon. In addition I will publish a long list of things that I would do differently, if I had known what I was doing in the first place.
Tomorrow is a work day, so I will have to get up extra early to welcome the hundreds of new clownfish larvae that will, of course, hatch tonight! Did I mention that I am very tired?
I am not sure if it is a poor hatch rate, or just bad timing on my part. In the midwest, winter time indoor temperatures fall, and the parent tank is a couple of degrees cooler than it was last fall when I had a good hatch. I still have hope.
I am not even going to peek tonight....For one thing I am too tired to climb the steps again. For another, and perhaps it is a wives tale, the flashlight might be delaying the hatch. I am careful not to shine it on the eggs, but it does shine into the tank when I check on them, ........Who knows?
Cross fingers for Kathy, cheers.
Good Morning!
Good Morning!
Well, I got up early this morning, and went down to check. My light was not on, and it has a funky ballast, so I had to bop it a couple of times and fool with the switch. Suddenly it came on, and....
HUNDREDS, well, maybe 200 larvae, active and swimming!!!!!Some lying on the bottom, but still alive. It is wonderful! I showed my son, he looked at the tank for the longest time, and said, "So?". Oh well, he's 13.
I poured the 12 I caught yesterday in with the hundreds and began the rot and greenwater feeding. I have centered an aquarium light (coralife bulb, I don't know the wattage) straddling the 2 sides of the tank, the water is about 12 inches below it, and it seems right for the larvae. They are mostly swimming and hunting, and not hanging at the sides.:bounce1: :bounce3: :bounce2: :dance:
Good Morning!
Well, I got up early this morning, and went down to check. My light was not on, and it has a funky ballast, so I had to bop it a couple of times and fool with the switch. Suddenly it came on, and....
HUNDREDS, well, maybe 200 larvae, active and swimming!!!!!Some lying on the bottom, but still alive. It is wonderful! I showed my son, he looked at the tank for the longest time, and said, "So?". Oh well, he's 13.
I poured the 12 I caught yesterday in with the hundreds and began the rot and greenwater feeding. I have centered an aquarium light (coralife bulb, I don't know the wattage) straddling the 2 sides of the tank, the water is about 12 inches below it, and it seems right for the larvae. They are mostly swimming and hunting, and not hanging at the sides.:bounce1: :bounce3: :bounce2: :dance:
Despite the wonderful hatch this morning, I almost had a near disaster! After I fed my babies, I noticed 2 holes in my rotifer filter!
A count of the rots in the baby tank showed that I had only half the rots I needed. I repaired the holes with electricians tape and harvested some more, but Man, that could have been bad news.
Actually it explains why my rots exploded in growth when I left them in funky water with cloramX and seemed to decrease in numbers when I cleaned their jug. I must have been throwing a lot away. More than I meant to, anyway.
A count of the rots in the baby tank showed that I had only half the rots I needed. I repaired the holes with electricians tape and harvested some more, but Man, that could have been bad news.
Actually it explains why my rots exploded in growth when I left them in funky water with cloramX and seemed to decrease in numbers when I cleaned their jug. I must have been throwing a lot away. More than I meant to, anyway.
Good Larvae Day!
Good Larvae Day!
Evening of Day 1:
I can't tell if any have died because they are so numerous, and the tank is too cloudy with phyto to see the bottom. There sure are a lot of swimmers! They are in the center and very actively hunting! It has been a good larvae day.
I seem to have contaminated my rotifers with brine shrimp.... I assume that this will not be harmful. They won't breed in there, so they'll just get big, and I'll decrease their numbers with every feeding. I can filter them out of the rots I am feeding the larvae.
The two older larvae seem not to have eaten all their shrimp, because I am seeing some big ones in their tank. I am also assuming no harm here, too. Please correct me if I am wrong.
One of the two may be metamorphosing. It was the one with the big BBs belly. It now is on the bottom hanging out. The other one never swims toward the glass so I cannot tell if it is eating shrimp. It does not seem fat, but still swims a lot. I suppose I may lose this one if he does not get some more calories. I will try some powdered cyclopeze tomorrow.
Cheers,
Good larvae day!
Kathy
Good Larvae Day!
Evening of Day 1:
I can't tell if any have died because they are so numerous, and the tank is too cloudy with phyto to see the bottom. There sure are a lot of swimmers! They are in the center and very actively hunting! It has been a good larvae day.
I seem to have contaminated my rotifers with brine shrimp.... I assume that this will not be harmful. They won't breed in there, so they'll just get big, and I'll decrease their numbers with every feeding. I can filter them out of the rots I am feeding the larvae.
The two older larvae seem not to have eaten all their shrimp, because I am seeing some big ones in their tank. I am also assuming no harm here, too. Please correct me if I am wrong.
One of the two may be metamorphosing. It was the one with the big BBs belly. It now is on the bottom hanging out. The other one never swims toward the glass so I cannot tell if it is eating shrimp. It does not seem fat, but still swims a lot. I suppose I may lose this one if he does not get some more calories. I will try some powdered cyclopeze tomorrow.
Cheers,
Good larvae day!
Kathy
