Live Rotifires needed. Clowns hatching tonight

Reefer Robbie · Feb 19, 2019

My Rotifires crashed. Clowns hatching soon. Does anyone have live Rotifiers they can sell me? Or any shop that sells them.

rtn · Feb 19, 2019

Pretty sure they have them at Wet Pets, but Vernon is quite a haul from Danbury. :-\

Reefer Robbie · Feb 20, 2019

rtn said:
Pretty sure they have them at Wet Pets, but Vernon is quite a haul from Danbury. :-\

Got some copods in Waterbury. I hope their not to big for the fry to eat

captc07 · Feb 22, 2019

Copepods will be much to large for clown fry. I recommend having atleast 2 separate cultures of rotifers going for redundancy purposes.

Reefer Robbie · Feb 22, 2019

captc07 said:
Copepods will be much to large for clown fry. I recommend having atleast 2 separate cultures of rotifers going for redundancy purposes.

Great. They all finish hatching yesterday and I had to go on the road so I filled the tank up with copepods and left. Hope I don't come home to a bunch of dead fry

captc07 · Feb 23, 2019

Did you seperate the fry? Also if you have the tank filled odds are they will not survive. Like I mentioned the pods are much to big and also having the tank filled means you wont have enough in the tank. Why fry first hatch their hunting/vision is very limited. You basically need to put so many rotifers in the tank that they are bumping into them. I highly suggest you do some more research before attempting again. This will also give the pair a chance to really start laying strong clutches.

Reefer Robbie · Feb 23, 2019

captc07 said:
Did you seperate the fry? Also if you have the tank filled odds are they will not survive. Like I mentioned the pods are much to big and also having the tank filled means you wont have enough in the tank. Why fry first hatch their hunting/vision is very limited. You basically need to put so many rotifers in the tank that they are bumping into them. I highly suggest you do some more research before attempting again. This will also give the pair a chance to really start laying strong clutches.

I only filled the tank up with water to 4 inchs just so the pot was submerged, it was holding the clutch. I made sure that both of the waters were exactly at 81 degrees. Then I waited so I could see the silver behind eyes. Then I transferred the pot into fry tank. I have been studying and trying to gather up any information possible, watched every YouTube video. I have my phyto growing. I had my Rotifires growing but something happened. I have 5 fry left. I can't give up now. The next clutch will be much different.

sassAwrasse · Feb 24, 2019

Having gone through the breeding process, I know that this can be a very time consumming activity. Good Luck!

Like, capt said, I would definitely recommend having at least 2 rotifer cultures in case 1 crashes (we had 4 to be safe lol).

Keep us updated on your progress.

Reefer Robbie · Feb 24, 2019

sassAwrasse said:
Having gone through the breeding process, I know that this can be a very time consumming activity. Good Luck!

Like, capt said, I would definitely recommend having at least 2 rotifer cultures in case 1 crashes (we had 4 to be safe lol).

Keep us updated on your progress.

The five fry I have left are still alive seem like you're doing well. Thank you for all your input and I will definitely keep you updated. Thanks a lot Rob