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lizardlady58
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My percula and maroon clowns have been breeding on a regular basis for quite awhile now, but for some reason, I never seem to be able to raise more then six to ten babies per brood. the broodstock get fed three to four times a day with frozen food consisting of brine shrimp, bloodworms, reef green, shrimp and marine fish meat. Also once a week they get squid and one feeding of hufa soaked high quality flake food. The fry usually hatch out a bit thin, most die within three days. My light is about seven feet up from the tanks, (I put the eggs in ten gallon tanks with about three gallons of parent tank water initially) the tanks are covered on all sides with black mac tac and the bottoms are white. I lower the salinity by dripping fresh water into the tanks the day after hatching to bring it to 18. The temp is 80 and I feed rotifers three to four times daily, the rotifers are fed nano. algae paste (diluted of course). I add a teaspoon of this diluted algae past mixed with water to the tanks the day of hatching to bring the water to a light green shade and continue to add a bit every night before lights out. I use minimal air movement and the rotifers usually multiply in the larvael tanks. The ammonia is usually very low. I use ammonnia badges to keep an eye on the levels. I change 20 to 50 percent of the water daily as needed as well as siphoning the bottom daily. I leave the lights on for 14 hours a day and the larvae swim around normally so I don't think lighting is an issue. I am wondering if the parents are missing something in their diet. they produce a lot of eggs, could I be feeding them too much? Any suggestions would be appreciated. thank you
