Raising clownfish
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I normally don't like to use tank water from the reef but that's just a personal preference.
I was getting a lot of bacteria build up when I used tank water. I was able to get more larvae through metamorphosis when I used new salt water that had been mixed up for 24hours+.
Some breeders use reef water so that should work for you
I was getting a lot of bacteria build up when I used tank water. I was able to get more larvae through metamorphosis when I used new salt water that had been mixed up for 24hours+.
Some breeders use reef water so that should work for you
Re: Raising clownfish
I thought about it a little today, and I am starting to rethink my use of reef tank water. Being as fragile as the larvae/fry are, adding water that could contain anything negative, including pathogens, may not be the best idea. I will switch to your method.
I unfortunately am down to 10 larvae after whatever crash happened yesterday. :banghead:
Zooid;225316 said:
I normally don't like to use tank water from the reef but that's just a personal preference.
I was getting a lot of bacteria build up when I used tank water. I was able to get more larvae through metamorphosis when I used new salt water that had been mixed up for 24hours+.
Some breeders use reef water so that should work for you
I was getting a lot of bacteria build up when I used tank water. I was able to get more larvae through metamorphosis when I used new salt water that had been mixed up for 24hours+.
Some breeders use reef water so that should work for you
I thought about it a little today, and I am starting to rethink my use of reef tank water. Being as fragile as the larvae/fry are, adding water that could contain anything negative, including pathogens, may not be the best idea. I will switch to your method.
I unfortunately am down to 10 larvae after whatever crash happened yesterday. :banghead:
Re: Raising clownfish
Thanks to my daughter I now have the remaining ten in a ten gallon tank.
Fry have moved on to eating mostly baby brine shrimp. They are getting bigger.
Here is a shot of current setup:
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What I was using:
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Thanks to my daughter I now have the remaining ten in a ten gallon tank.
Fry have moved on to eating mostly baby brine shrimp. They are getting bigger.
Here is a shot of current setup:
View attachment 11749
What I was using:
View attachment 11750
Re: Raising clownfish
Last batch survived to 15 days post hatch. At 13 DPH I lost 6 of the 10 I had. At 14 DPH I lost two more. On day 15 the two remaining had died.
Wondering if the bbs were the cause. My rotifers did crash on day 13 and I was unable to supplement their feeding of bbs with rotifers. (The crash was caused by my own error when I did a water change on the the rotifers and did not dilute the saltwater I used, which was water used to do water changes for the fry, and subsequently shocked my entire culture of rotifers) Maybe a longer time of feeding rotifers is needed before transitioning to bbs/other foods.
Collecting the larvae from this last spawn right now. I decided to let them hatch in the main tank this time, instead of hatching them separately from the parents as I have done in the past. A very time consuming ordeal trying to catch them with an airline tube.
Perhaps this will help with survivability.
Hopefully I will be able to get some rotifers tomorrow.
Last batch survived to 15 days post hatch. At 13 DPH I lost 6 of the 10 I had. At 14 DPH I lost two more. On day 15 the two remaining had died.
Wondering if the bbs were the cause. My rotifers did crash on day 13 and I was unable to supplement their feeding of bbs with rotifers. (The crash was caused by my own error when I did a water change on the the rotifers and did not dilute the saltwater I used, which was water used to do water changes for the fry, and subsequently shocked my entire culture of rotifers) Maybe a longer time of feeding rotifers is needed before transitioning to bbs/other foods.
Collecting the larvae from this last spawn right now. I decided to let them hatch in the main tank this time, instead of hatching them separately from the parents as I have done in the past. A very time consuming ordeal trying to catch them with an airline tube.
Perhaps this will help with survivability.
Hopefully I will be able to get some rotifers tomorrow.
