Clownfish Breeding Data Journal Begins!!!

[LatinKing]

Eggs hatch 1-3 survive 2nd day all dead. Still not sure what I'm doing wrong.

 

[LatinKing]

7th spawn 3rd day. Hopefully there's success this time around.

 

[TDS ZERO]

Use brand new salt water for the hatch tank
Feed the newly hatched clownfish rotifer
Make sure your light is not too strong
Tint the water green with a phyto
Keep the lights on 24hrs for the first 5 days
You good

 

[LatinKing]

Use brand new salt water for the hatch tank
Feed the newly hatched clownfish rotifer
Make sure your light is not too strong
Tint the water green with a phyto
Keep the lights on 24hrs for the first 5 days
You good

Brand New water is made 2 days before taking out the pot 8th day. Temp and salinty of the larva tank is the same as the parent tank. Rotifer is fed and the tank water is tinted with phytoplankton.

Now I thought no light.

 

[TDS ZERO]

No light ? Are you keeping the light on 24hrs after the hatch ? That made the biggest difference with me
What is your temp
Salinity
What are you using to green the water
To get the best help need to know more
Sounds like this next batch or two should make it

 

[LatinKing]

No light ? Are you keeping the light on 24hrs after the hatch ? That made the biggest difference with me
What is your temp
Salinity
What are you using to green the water
To get the best help need to know more
Sounds like this next batch or two should make it

My understanding around midnight the lights stay off the day of the hatch. Because any light will make the larva plunge down to there death. In the morning it's when the rotifer should be introduce the the larva tank. First I scoop to cups of live rotifer from my cultural. Feed the rotifer with rotifer food. Then feed the rotifer to the larva tank. I tint the larva tank with live phytoplankton and roti-reef. Temp I keep it at 82 the same as the parents tank. Salinity 1.020 the same as the parents tank.

 

[pdisner]

My understanding around midnight the lights stay off the day of the hatch. Because any light will make the larva plunge down to there death. In the morning it's when the rotifer should be introduce the the larva tank. First I scoop to cups of live rotifer from my cultural. Feed the rotifer with rotifer food. Then feed the rotifer to the larva tank. I tint the larva tank with live phytoplankton and roti-reef. Temp I keep it at 82 the same as the parents tank. Salinity 1.020 the same as the parents tank.

Just a little advice. I too am a breeder, lots of clowns, blennys, Gobies and shrimp. If u want to maximize your production for the rotifers to around 1.015. Rotifers should be introduced immediately. Larval clownfish have a yolk sack but will still start eating what they can see. The tinted water helps with that, along with keeping rotifers alive. I would NEVER EVER dump the nasty culture water into my larval tank. Never. Ever. LOL. That’s all. Sorry to but in. I am following your thread. I just had about 100 baby Blackline Blennys. They have suck great personality. And go for a decent wholesale price.

 

[pdisner]

How do you set up your lighting? And did I see that you keep them in darkness for 24 hours? Or did I read wrong ?

 

[LatinKing]

Just a little advice. I too am a breeder, lots of clowns, blennys, Gobies and shrimp. If u want to maximize your production for the rotifers to around 1.015. Rotifers should be introduced immediately. Larval clownfish have a yolk sack but will still start eating what they can see. The tinted water helps with that, along with keeping rotifers alive. I would NEVER EVER dump the nasty culture water into my larval tank. Never. Ever. LOL. That’s all. Sorry to but in. I am following your thread. I just had about 100 baby Blackline Blennys. They have suck great personality. And go for a decent wholesale price.

Please appreciate any advice. Please butt in..lol the rotifer I keep at 1.019 will lowered if recommended. As for the rotifer I always always strain through a sleeve. I never dump the rotifer with the water. As for the lightning I kept the light off.
If light us recommended; what light should I use and when should the light be on?

 

[jhoop]

Following

 

[gar732]

When I was raising clowns I would use a 10g with 5g of water from the parent tank. The night before the hatch I would transfer the pot into the tank and add the bubbler with the tank completely blacked out. I would turn the light on in the AM and at that I would dim it. I used rotigrow plus from reed mariculture. It’s a little pricey but well worth the money imo. I used it to feed the rots as well as to tint the water. I would also add the rots and tint the night of the hatch so the food was there when the fry hatched. Another thing that made a difference for me was cleaning the fry tank well between each clutch. I used vinegar to clean. I was loosing whole clutches when I did not.

 

[gar732]

By the way I have the same clowns breeding for me, a Picasso from Doni and a bali, I haven’t had the time to raise them unfortunately. I look forward to seeing your fry grow out.

 

[LatinKing]

When I was raising clowns I would use a 10g with 5g of water from the parent tank. The night before the hatch I would transfer the pot into the tank and add the bubbler with the tank completely blacked out. I would turn the light on in the AM and at that I would dim it. I used rotigrow plus from reed mariculture. It’s a little pricey but well worth the money imo. I used it to feed the rots as well as to tint the water. I would also add the rots and tint the night of the hatch so the food was there when the fry hatched. Another thing that made a difference for me was cleaning the fry tank well between each clutch. I used vinegar to clean. I was loosing whole clutches when I did not.

I'm doing all of that except the lightning. Except I make new saltwater for the larva tank.

 

[gar732]

I’ve found that what works for one person doesn’t necessarily work for another, too many variables. It takes some time to nail it down and find out what works for you. If you make a change only change one thing at a time so you know what made the difference.

I always figured they’d do best in conditions the same as where they were laid, that’s why I used the parent tank water.

 

[LatinKing]

I’ve found that what works for one person doesn’t necessarily work for another, too many variables. It takes some time to nail it down and find out what works for you. If you make a change only change one thing at a time so you know what made the difference.

I always figured they’d do best in conditions the same as where they were laid, that’s why I used the parent tank water.

Exactly what my wife said, in a matter of time I will nail it.

 

[LatinKing]

Eggs should hatch 8th day, in 2 more days. So preparing larva tank.

 

[LatinKing]

Pulling the pot tonight. Will be using 4g saltwater from the patents tank.

 

[TDS ZERO]

Nice clutch best of luck

 

[5altkreep]

Good luck! Following along. Im hoping to try my hand at this in the next couple months.

 

[LatinKing]

Today is the 3rd day since day have hatch. Somewhere 50 plus swimming around. Feeding rotifer 3x a day and sucking out the bottom of the tank of 32oz water and slowing dripping back new saltwater.

By the end of day the Picasso will lay another clutch today. Looks like I need to buy a few 10g tanks.

Heres a video link of day 2 since day hatch.