Breeding Clownfish - Page 2

well the eggs did not hatch last night but they did change color. not sure if this is good or bad. here is a pic from about 10 min ago. if they where laid on Sunday night that would make them about 6 days old at this point

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also a pic of the newest batch of phyto started yesterday

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hey Bang.

I think there is a problem. some of the eggs are turning pink in color. i have never seen that in any book but i think they my be dead or dying. not sure why. temp is about 79. just a hair more. maybe somthing was wrong with the way I moved them.

let me know if you know what that might mean . its not all of them but its mroe even now then it was this morning

around 250 so far but i also had ALOT already.
i did not have to buy tanks, tubing, airstones. bottles,heaters,lighting or valves

all i had to buy was rotifers, brine hatcherys, phyto cultures, collection screens, salt lake cyst. microscope glass viewer, density gauges. and a few otehr odds and ends

well the clown lay the eggs on a mag float.
we waited untill we felt the eggs look ready to hatch and then i took the mag float out and put it into a bag filled with water from the tank they came from.

i drove them home and placed them into a 6 gallon eclipse system that has been guttede to remove the filter. I fitted the tank with heater and wood air stone.
i placed the eggs right next to the air stone so that they are softly brushed by a light stream of very fine bubbles.things we payed special attention to when moving the eggs
kept under water the entire time
close tank temps
never bumped or jerked around the eggs

tank info is

temp is 78-79
SG is about 20-21
0 trites, trates
0 amonia
2 gallon water change every day.
lights out at 9 on just before 10. same as my main tank

any info/tips you have would be great

they were in the bag about 35-40 min just on my way home.
the mag was placed about mid tank.
maybe i will try higher with the next batch.
how much flow do you use?? i used a regular coralife wood airblock. i put a valve on it with very little flow. should i leave it wide open

Hey there bang

Ok as you know the eggs of the first batch have died. We have decided that it’s due to the water changing to completely different water. In reading I find that even slight changes in water quality can and usually will kill the eggs. So this time here is my plan

I will take enough of the host tank water to fill my rearing tank. I will set that tank up with a ten gallon sump. The bulk head will have 50 micron filter pad over them to provide protection and also to give a VERY minimal flow. Just enough to say its there. I will then have the air stones in the rearing tank and a filter in the sump. I think this would give me great water quality and the right flow.

My only concern is the bulkheads. In MORE reading I find that the best set up is a tank with a center stand pipe with the min of 100 micron filter pad over it. But what I don’t under stand is wont the fry just get sucked up against the pad? I plan to keep the flow as light as light can be but I can’t seem to find anything about why the fry don’t get sucked up against the pad. Wish I could find a pick of a rearing tank set up this way but I can’t seem to find one.

BTW my bulk heads are on the very top of the tank. They would be taking water from the very surface at about a few gallons an hour. You can see them in the pic of the rearing tank above

i chose the limewood becasue i read that the fry can get cought in large bubbles?? do you find this to be wrong??

hey bang i'm picking up the next set of eggs today

the plan will be to take home enough of the host tank water to fill my rearing tank.
i will be using two air stone in the tank with time one on each side. the eggs will never leave water and they will be kept in the same water,same temp.

any last suggestions.

also do you run the basic air filter the whole time in the rearing tank??

ahh ok. what about the intensity?? the tank they are going in only has stock NO bulb.

and the tank they are coming form i think has PC

hey Bang

well this batch seems to be doing much better, the eggs are very bright silver right now. and i'm not sure why but when looking into the tank i think I can see little fry. I can find about 4 of them and the rest are still unhatched. what I dont understand is the lights are still on.
why would they hatch ?? it almost looks like they are stuck in the egg. half in half out.

I see two little eyes. then a large orange ish bulg which i think is the yolk. then a skinny little tail that flips around alot. i'm sure they are moving but i'm not sure what they should look like. should i through in rotifers now?? or wait till morning??