Clown Gobi Fry

[Paul B]

For the third week in a row my clown gobi pair laid eggs and frankly, I didn't believe it. The first time I was all excited, the second week I saw eggs again and I was starting to doubt it as they look like bubbles. Now today I see those "bubbles" again and I was sure they are bubbles as I didn't think a small fish such as a clown gobi could lay so many eggs. So I tried to collect some of those "bubbles" I stuck a device like a baster next to the Bubbles but they would not come off. So I scraped some off and sucked them up. I had a couple of them in a container and they looked like dust.
(I have old eyes) So I sucked one dust particle up and put it under my 100 year old vintage microscope.
The dam thing is a living gobi. It is breathing and moving his eyes around. I could swear it winked at me so I assume it is a female. I don't have one of those cool camera's that connect to a microscope so this is the best you get.

The eggs are here in between the two clownfish.

 

[Jgomez324]

That's awesome.

 

[Paul B]

How do you know her name is "Awesome"? :loco:

 

[MistaOrange]

Oh wow Paul that's awesome bud. The guys on masa are going to love this but will leave it for you to share with them.

 

[Paul B]

I guess her name is Awesome. You can share it with them. I don't go on Masa or know anyone there.

 

[Paul B]

The tube is on the eggs attached to that acropora. There are bubbles coming up the tube which pushes water into the container. There is a coffee filter in the container covering the holes so the fry don't escape. This should collect a large portion of the fry as they hatch. I am not sure I will be able to see them but like everything else I do, it is an experiment. For food there is a sponge filter on the intake of my UG filter that I have not removed to clean in a month or so. It is teeming with life. That is what I will put in with the fry for new food. If they don't like to eat that, they will get leftovers from my dinner so I hope they like linguini and clams

 

[MistaOrange]

I guess her name is Awesome. You can share it with them. I don't go on Masa or know anyone there.

You do have a few threads on masa (marine aquariums south africa) 40 Year Old Tank - Marine Aquariums South Africa.

Anyway I'll leave it for you to share young awesome...

 

[Paul B]

Oh yeah, I forgot that was Masa. I did post this there.
At first I thought MASA stood for Marine Aquariums that Supermodels Admire.

 

[mainereefer]

this is awesome!! I had warpaint gobies spawning a couple years ago, the problem I had was raising s strain rotifers.

 

[Paul B]

My device did manage to collect some Clown gobi fry. They are a little smaller than a copepod so they are hard to tell apart. I have a sponge filter on my UG filter that I squeezed into a container so I could look at what lives on it under a microscope. It is teeming with tiny worms and other creatures that are much smaller than a copepod. That is what I am feeding them at the moment. I doubt any of them will survive very long but it is interesting none the less.

 

[Paul B]

Eggs, Eggs. More clown Gobi eggs. How do these little fish lay eggs every few days? And they don't lay one or two, there are about 100 eggs. My acropora is really suffering, but it is what it is.
I re designed the gobi egg collector a little