Clownfish Larvae

[bang guy]

Everyone bugged me about when I would try raising the Clownfish fry instead of letting them feed the tank. Well, I'm not real hopeful but so far so good.
Here's a 5 day old Clownfish. Sorry for the crappy picture... they dart all over the place. I was lucky to get anything better than a blur. It's about 3mm long in the pic.

 

[aarone]

awww bang has more babies!
lol great pics. I always love looking at the new arrivals.
aaron

 

[fishman830]

bang, my dad has great respect for you

 

[saltywhit67]

thats awesome, how do you get them to breed? any more pics?

 

[bonermeister]

Mr. Mom!

LOL! Best wishes on keeping your newborns healthly.

 

[lovethesea]

love it!! Can't wait to see more. Do you have pretty many?
Congrats!!

 

[g13]

Never knew they would look like that. What kind of clownfish is that anyway?

 

[ryebread]

Congrats on your bug-eyed yellow tadpole thingy.

 

[thomas712]

I won't let you off the hook that easy BAng Guy.
What are you housing them in?
What are you feeding them?
How are you filtering the water or otherwise keeping it clean for these little fellas?
Have you named them yet?
Thomas

 

[saltynewbie]

super neat-o!! good luck with the little buggers! keep us all posted.

 

[bang guy]

Originally posted by Thomas712
I won't let you off the hook that easy BAng Guy.
Drat!
What are you housing them in?
A 10 gallon perfecto with a heater and a sponge filter. Air bubbling up a PVC tube is providing the circulation.
What are you feeding them?
Rotifers grown on instant-algae 'Nannocloropsis'. I put a few gallons of Rotifer laden green water in a bucket that drips the Rotifers into the fry tank all day.
I added some freshly hatched baby brine shrimp this morning.
How are you filtering the water or otherwise keeping it clean for these little fellas?
During lights out I have an airline tube carrying water from the display tank which slowly does a 100% waterchange. There is no filtration during the feeding time, just circulating water.
Have you named them yet?
There are about 300 of them. Shall I set up another poll & ask for names?
The parents (Percs) have been in my display tank for 3 years now. They have been breeding for the past year. They are also both tank bred. They use a colony of Hairy Mushrooms for a host and lay the eggs on a piece of shale. The male bit me (actually drew blood) when I reached for the rock. I had to use tongs to remove the eggs from the display tank.
Guy

 

[overanalyzer]

Originally posted by Bang Guy
[What are you feeding them?
Rotifers grown on instant-algae 'Nannocloropsis'. I put a few gallons of Rotifer laden green water in a bucket that drips the Rotifers into the fry tank all day.
I added some freshly hatched baby brine shrimp this morning.
How are you filtering the water or otherwise keeping it clean for these little fellas?
During lights out I have an airline tube carrying water from the display tank which slowly does a 100% waterchange. There is no filtration during the feeding time, just circulating water.
Guy [/B]
Guy - can I see some pictures of how you have the rotifer drip working?? How fast a drip is it??
You do a 100% water change from the main tank?? Assuming you syphon out the old manually??
Just curious - and thanks!!

 

[bang guy]

The setup is extremely ugly! But I'll try to get a pic tonight.
The drip rate is just a steady 2 or 3 drops per second.

 

[lovethesea]

Amazing!! now the next question is: what are you going to do with all of them?
can't wait to see more pics.

 

[bang guy]

Originally posted by lovethesea
what are you going to do with all of them?
They will make nice healthy snacks for the Banggai

 

[lovethesea]

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!