clownfish fry questions.

[mr.clownfish]

Q1, do i have to feed them live baby brine shrimp? or will frozen ones work? what about copepods?
Q2, do i have to turn the filtration off and use an air stone?
Q3, what are rotifers?
i dont have any eggs yet, but my clownfish are really cleaning an area on my live rock and the female has become more aggressive. but i dont want them to have babies yet because there in my hospital tank full of copper... and i have a cycling 12gal nano in week 2 1/2.

 

[alabama reefer]

Take a look at this site it will answer your questions. www.breedclownfish.com

 

[mr.clownfish]

Originally Posted by Alabama Reefer
http:///forum/post/2945708
Take a look at this site it will answer your questions. www.breedclownfish.com
thats where i got my questions from

i herd somewhere u can feed them frozen brine shrimp, and what is a rotifer?

 

[alabama reefer]

Rotifers are valuable live food for larval fish and crustacean culture. Several characteristics of rotifers, including their nutritional quality, body size and relatively slow motility have contributed to their usefulness as good prey for active larvae.
The rotifer Brachionus plicatilis has been most widely used as essential food source in raising marine fish, shrimp and crab larvae due to its tolerance to the marine environment.
Every thing I have read implies that the fry will only eat a live food source the first days. Rotifers seem to be that source.

 

[mr.clownfish]

does that include copepods? like are they big enough to eat them?

 

[alabama reefer]

This is the thread I was looking for earlier and finally found again. This would will help you more than me.

www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=100887 - 275k

 

[lmecher]

Read Clownfishes by Joyce D. Wilkerson, invaluable resource on clownfish.