Clownfish # What is your fry feeding schedule like?

[Greg85]

Hi.
Recently my clownfish decided to breed and so far (day 10) the little clownfish look pretty good.

hatch night video

I am trying to grow them for the first time and I have a question for experienced breeders.

What is your fry feeding schedule like?

i.e.:
How long have you been feeding them rotifers?
After how many days do you start feeding brine shrimp?
And what kind of dry/frozen foods do you give them first?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Hi.
Recently my clownfish decided to breed and so far (day 10) the little clownfish look pretty good.

hatch night video

I am trying to grow them for the first time and I have a question for experienced breeders.

What is your fry feeding schedule like?

i.e.:
How long have you been feeding them rotifers?
After how many days do you start feeding brine shrimp?
And what kind of dry/frozen foods do you give them first?

That's a good sized clown for day 10, you must be feeding them really well! How many to you have?

I haven't raised clownfish for many years, but here is some text I wrote for my Aquarium Fish Breeding book back in 2004:

Beginning on day four, small amounts of finely ground flake foods and newly hatched brine shrimp can be added in conjunction with the rotifers. The rotifers can usually be discontinued around the tenth day. Be sure not to add too many brine shrimp nauplii at one time. Clownfish babies may eat too many and actually burst their stomachs.
Between the eighth and fifteenth days, the larval clownfish will metamorphose into juveniles. This is a very stressful time for the little fish and high mortality rates are often seen. Giving the little clowns various bits of shell and gravel at this time seems to help with the process.

For transitional dry foods, we used to use Otohime, but it is pricey:

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Jay

 

[sabeypets]

Hi.
Recently my clownfish decided to breed and so far (day 10) the little clownfish look pretty good.

hatch night video

I am trying to grow them for the first time and I have a question for experienced breeders.

What is your fry feeding schedule like?

i.e.:
How long have you been feeding them rotifers?

I feed rotifers until around day 14 to 16, until I can see everyone is actively eating TDO.

After how many days do you start feeding brine shrimp?

I don't feed Brine shrimp, it causes more problems than it solves.

And what kind of dry/frozen foods do you give them first?

I start feeding TDO (Reef Nutrition) around day 10 when I add a sponge filter. I start feeding grated frozen mysis shrimp and LRS around day 16 to 20.