+Jakedoza Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 I'm going to try my hand at raising clownfish fry.. Now, I'm not thinking too highly of this since I am not prepared with rotifers or phyto.. but, I have grown phyto before and am thinking about starting that up again. I will also be needing a culture of rotifers if anyone in the club has any they would like to offer me to start me out. For now what I have done to prepare is I have taken a small 2.5 gal aquarium and turned it upside down in my refugium. I have taken an air line and run it from inside the small aquarium above the water line to outside the small aquarium above the water line. This will keep the water level equal to the water level outside the aquarium. I have also taken an airline and run it from my display to the small aquarium. This line will be my siphon to catch my fry from the display to the small aquarium.I'm hoping that I have enough natural food in my refugium that they survive.. we will see.. I'll post photos and maybe video later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FluxCapacitor Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Awesome, I look forward to seeing the pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Jakedoza Posted October 12, 2016 Author Share Posted October 12, 2016 Here is the small tank in the sump. Notice all the pods swimming. I'm hoping they can and will be consumed by the fry so I don't need to raise rotifers.. Here is hoping.. And now I wait in the dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FluxCapacitor Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Are those tiny tiny things swimming around the fry or are those the pods? I see a lot of "dust" floating in the water, maybe those are the pods and the small things swimming around are the fry? I dunno I've never looked into how small clownfish fry are. Pretty cool either way, I look forward to seeing how it turns out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Jakedoza Posted October 12, 2016 Author Share Posted October 12, 2016 Those are pods.. I have TONS of pods.. So, I waited and waited and there was no hatching last night.. so maybe tonight.. Here is a photo of the sump setup. And one of Daddy Clown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOceanTraveler Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Did they hatch yet? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Jakedoza Posted October 14, 2016 Author Share Posted October 14, 2016 They hatched last night.. They are a LOT smaller than anticipated and the hatching lasted ALL night. I sucked as many as I could from the main tank to the holding area. There were 30-40 of them. Then this morning, there was nothing in the little tank and the rest had hatched in the main tank. I sucked them to the small tank this morning, but over all I don't think there will be much survival out of this. I did watch them for a bit and it seemed that they were eating the pods that were available, but who knows. Here are some photos I snapped. I had some that got out of the small tank. This is a pic with the pumps on. There isn't much flow across the refugium.. who knows, but I don't think they will survive. This one is for fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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+Jakedoza Posted October 14, 2016 Author Share Posted October 14, 2016 well.. doesn't seem to be any survivors.. but, the clowns laid eggs again.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FluxCapacitor Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 What do you think went wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Jakedoza Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 Hard to say.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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