New Year's Babies

[Chelle's Ocean]

Ok- so .... back at it again

(Going to do a journal , just getting notes in order - but til then...)

Babies hatched last night.

Rotifers fed this morning, doing every couple of hours for feeding...(?) thinking that is good.

I am having 'technical difficulty' lol converting my video from wlm to jpeg or mpeg.. so if anyone wants to take a look at my facebook page - my video is posted there

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/v...41335&comments

Happy New Year everyone

[cg5071]

Went looking for you and found someone, hope it was you,lol sent a mesg.

[Chelle's Ocean]

Sorry- didn't get a message (michelle yingst ... Florida)
lol but someone did - here's mine:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/...00000040419900

Ok so BAD NEWS - PROBIOTICS SUCK!!!
Went the entire day - feeding throughout, no problem. Larvae swimming and eating GREAT each feeding.

Last feeding I dosed a tiny tiny amount of probiotics - and let it sit in the rotifer dose cup for abit of time, to allow the rotifers to feed on it... well- after I had dosed it, no problem, the babies fed, I turned the lighting off again, and upon coming back to the tank 2 hours later it clouded the water, and killed everything - not 1 baby is alive- I am so ****ed right now, I can only talk myself into "Live/Learn" - but I should have not even tried it, just continued with what I was doing.

Arrgghhh- I just am not happy on this Happy New Year

Ok- enough- just had to vent

[cg5071]

Well you tried it. No it wasnt you. It was a girl from flo though w/ a backpack in front of the ocean. The link you posted takes me to my own page.Try again...

Same again, sorry. It takes me to my own log in page.

[cg5071]

I know Tal is using prepared foods for his fish, maybe check in w/ him? He has his own site but I cant give the addy since I am on the other pc.

Weird about your product though. Tal is the go to guy for breeding clowns, cards or dotties. I want to breed mine but I chose from different parents so I wouldnt be related to his. I am sure yours are of different stock too.

[Chelle's Ocean]

Chris- thanks.

Not sure what the heck is up with facebook - I sent a request to CR / Facebook- so once I am added, then it should be easy to find me... dumb facebook.

My icon/avatar is my pink erythropodium (pink caribbean grass)

As far as Tal's site goes, lol- yeah I have read it... I keep it up on my computer as a saved page when I have a hatch I am working with - I am only (or was) at the rotifer stage, he has previously messaged me about Reed - about the otohime (the starter pak)

His site stays up on my pc ( www.fishtalpropagations.com ), and + I have talked with Patty over at Booyah's Reef and Sissy McCoy, - I was doing well until I decided to use the lacto (probiotic) that had been sent to me (Mark Weiss) to try - all other products were fine in my larger tank...this however... I just should not have used.

I should have just stuck to the preset plan that was laid out before me... but I kept hearing of all the wonderful health benefits the probiotic would give the babies... UGH.... they were such a good hatch...

Ok- so I am trying to think positive, the next spawn I will not deviate at all.... rotifers...bbs...otohime... NO probiotic whatsoever!...and a happy feeling that at least this hatch was VERY large and healthy.

It just kicks me knowing they were doomed because of me (on purpose), instead of something natural... darn.

Ok- counting down to the next lay...hoping to get the actual laying of eggs on video for my MBI journal...

Have a Great New Year's Day today

[Chelle's Ocean]

(got the erythropodium from a fellow reefer here in FL)

It is soo cool

[Chelle's Ocean]

Ok- so after talking with Chris earlier above... I set out to Google just about every kind of Clownfish... a very tiring task!
There are thousands on Google!

So- I sent a message to WetWebMedia... and Mr. Bob Fenner replied asap.

Here is the link he gave:

http://wetwebmedia.com/clownfis.htm

and here is what he stated:

{<I do think these fish are crosses... "Percularis"...
Read here: http://wetwebmedia.com/clownfis.htm
and that perhaps the young dying is related to this cross. Bob Fenner>}

Hmmm... looking at the link he sent, it does state the cross-mix of ocellaris and percula... so I guess what I have is a Percularis... didn't know that existed... but there are alot of clown names I learn with each new search I do.

So I sent reply to see if, in his opinion, what would help... I mean after all... I have (2)..so someone somewhere was able to breed these lil cross breeds.

I had to laugh just now... OMG I have "cross bred clowns"... ok- ( I know people cross breed all the time... but it sounds like "in- bred"... haha and this is the SOUTH... ok - I'm tired... silly moment over. Whew!) haha

Just thought I would share my news update

[Chelle's Ocean]

Ok- wow...I gotta get a life, lol... have been researching and video watching most of the day on these lil guys, lol!

Apparently, our good friend here... a.k.a. the Fish Guru, lol ... has done this breeding in the past, just found one of his posts on MBI, and watched his videos on youtube.
Thanks Tal... once again for documenting everything - ok- now I am going to watch a few more videos and that's it! (riiight, as I click on another baby clown link, hahaha)

[Chelle's Ocean]

ooops- sorry...it was on www.masm.org