They're still doing great. Eating like pigs! is this a normal striping pattern for the babies? it's cool and all of them have the long belly stripe and the tail stripe goes the full length off the top of the tail, almost like the A. Latifasciatus. I think they look neat i hope they don't lose this unique striping.
They're still doing great. Eating like pigs! is this a normal striping pattern for the babies? it's cool and all of them have the long belly stripe and the tail stripe goes the full length off the top of the tail, almost like the A. Latifasciatus. I think they look neat i hope they don't lose this unique striping.
I'm wondering the same thing with my bicinctus pair, they have the line on the top all the way to the end of there tail.
"reefing sure takes up your money...but it is the best money ive ever spent!"
Ok- so it was noticed and mentioned earlier about the green water- do you think having 'clearer' water helped? (trying to see if maybe I make mine TOO dense w/phyto)
The pic on the heater is SOOO cute!
Thanks for keeping the journal- job well done!
Have a Happy New Year to you and the baby clowns!
I'm not sure if the clear water did anything better or worse. This was my first time breeding clowns and trying to raise the fry, so I've never done it anyother way. I'm in debate with myself everytime I see the babies. Did having clear water make them survive better? I always heard that the first two to three times trying to raise the fry will result in them all dying, just from inexperience. Or did having clear water kill more of them off because of not having enough food being in there all time. But i say if i had such luck this way, I'm going to stick with it. I also never filtered my rotifers before adding them to my larval tank. I just turned off the bubbler two minutes before and then took a foam coffee cup and scooped some out and poured it in the tank. I also wondered if this was hurting the fish or helping some rotifers survive longer than not. It's all a big mystery. lol. All I can is that it wouldn't hurt to try the way I did it.
thanks for reading my posts.
Awesome still. I did keep the water clear (threw the video on youtube ) but I made the mistake of adding probiotics to the rot's ... then the whole hatch died.
It did make it easier for 'me' to see the fish, although I am not so certain it made it easier for 'them' to see the food?
In regards to what you said, about the first few attempts... several people have said the same - I guess I am having a hard time with the losses, lol...as I hate thinking it was something 'I' did to cause their end (but I am learning to learn and move on )
With regard to using "greenwater", it us used for several reasons.
First being: visibility. Larval fishes can see rather well. Keeping the water green, but not too green, limits the distance that the larvae can see. Think of it this way: Is it better to spend energy to swim after every rotifer that you can see or, feed on the ones you can and use the energy to grow? If rotifers are stocked adequately there will be enough to feed on without swimming all over the tank.
Second: As Randy Reed explained it to me, 1 hour in the life of a rotifer is like 100 days to a human. So if rotifers aren't getting a good supply of food, they aren't going to live very long, reproduce, or be of much nutritional value after a while.
I don't want to make this sound like a selling pitch, but using a product like RotiGreen keeps your rotifers well nourished and thriving for the time periods that you need them. I only say this because it works, I'm not trying to sell the product.
Getting the proper color of "green"/density of phyto can be a bit tricky. That's often where people have problems. Can some larval fish be reared in clearer water? Sure, if they are constantly fed properly enriched rotifers on a continuous basis. Is that easy? Not IMHO.
Another thing to consider is the lipid profile of the phyto that is used to enrich/feed the rotifers.
Tal,
By no means are you hijacking my thread. Any input is appreciated. I went through multiple sites , including your own, to read up and get any and all information of raising fish fry. The rotifersolutions website I checked out too. The only issue I had with rotifers was that there got to be too many in my bucket. I was feeding them the rotigrow + at 1 ml three times a day in concentrated form straight out of the bag. They ate all of it to where the water was almost clear before I fed them again. I then did a 2/3 harvest instead of a 1/3, the population finally dropped.
As far as the fish, I fed them 4 times a day, two foam cups of unfiltered rotifers. I knew it was alot but I wanted to make sure the fish got what they needed. I did a 20% water change every week to make sure the water stayed free of decaying rotifers and fish that didn't make it.
By far as a breeder I know I have a long way to go to get anywhere near your status. lol.
Again thanks for advice and the information.
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You have done GREAT!
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