talkalot82 Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 (edited) Percularis clowns batch three day one. Had a super small clutch. Only about 50 eggs Were layed. But 50 fry are eating rotifers. Edited September 14, 2019 by talkalot82 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted September 15, 2019 Author Share Posted September 15, 2019 On 9/13/2019 at 11:59 PM, talkalot82 said: . Baby clowns day 2. A lot of clowns are getting bigger and chunky , some are not eating as expected and will not make it. Just like in nature the weak will die. They are being fed rottifers three times a day. The tank is tinted green by live nanno phytoplanton. There are aprox. 50 baby's that hatched. Which was a really small egg clutch for these clowns. I however decided to hatch them anyway. Here's some pictures 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBret Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Awesome man ! Are you culturing rotifers? I need to get that down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted September 17, 2019 Author Share Posted September 17, 2019 Yes I am l strain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted September 17, 2019 Author Share Posted September 17, 2019 Day 4 Still eating rottifers, Water temperature 79.5 °f .25ppm ammonia which is normal and not harming fry at this stage 7.8 pH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted September 18, 2019 Author Share Posted September 18, 2019 Day 5 Baby percularis Had a few more starvation deaths about 4. But that's common. Next sets of losses will be baby brine. You can have over eating, choking, and appendages damage to organs if shrimp is more than 2 days old. Started baby brine shrimp today. Clowns haven't mastered hunting the brine yet. So only a few have consumed any. Tomorrow they should have that down. Some clowns however will lag, and continue to eat rotifers. In the wild these clowns would not have survived. They would die of starvation and have late Metamorphosis. In retrospect if you can get these clowns to adulthood Pat your self on the back. You did better than nature. Today I also feed very small flakes. The sooner you can get flakes in clowns the fatter they will be with a rounded nutrition. Normally the smallest weaker clown will discover flakes. And soon the rest will follow. Be advised feeding flakes dirty up the tank. soon after feeding it's water change time. The flakes will need to be siphoned off the bottom or ammonia will build up to toxic levels. Water changed are done with airline hoses, and a old credit card. Water is then taken from parents aquarium and dropped slowly back into fry tank. About 20 percent up until metamorphosis will be pulled out daily. Unless tests show larger amount required. So that's today's routine. Below are pictures of what they look like on day 5. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted September 20, 2019 Author Share Posted September 20, 2019 Clowns day 6 Most clowns are eating baby brine now. Lost 2 to starvation, but I'm shocked they made it 6 days.. most die on day 3. I suspect there will be no more deaths. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youcallmenny Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 What are you doing with the adults? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted September 20, 2019 Author Share Posted September 20, 2019 selling them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted September 20, 2019 Author Share Posted September 20, 2019 Day 7 Eating brine. Upped my tank temperature to 80.2. seeing if I can get them through metamorphosis sooner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted September 20, 2019 Author Share Posted September 20, 2019 This is what my eldest look like now batch 1. As you can see they seem to all miss bar in middle. Like a saddle back. Thinking since all baby's doing this it's genetic. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailermann Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Really appreciate sharing the excitement of raising these babies with us. And yes, you have hooked in another buyer. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 That first batch are looking pretty cute at this point. Like the misbar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted September 21, 2019 Author Share Posted September 21, 2019 day 8 Baby's eating baby brine shrimp and rotifers, and flakes. Noticed rotifers don't like the heat raise . They die in tank instead of reproduce. Thinking I may lower temp back down a degree. However baby's will metamorphosis quicker the warmer the temperature. But here are the daily pics. It's hard to see their growth but the pink tummy's bulge out at this stage. They look like peanuts from the top of the aquarium. One bulge is the head, next is the tummy, then they have a tail. I look forward to this stage. They are fattening up for the change. And I know they are eating enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted September 22, 2019 Author Share Posted September 22, 2019 Day 9 Feed baby brine, rottifers and flakes. Did large water change. There was a ammonia spike. They are getting darker pigment so they can metamorphosis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted September 24, 2019 Author Share Posted September 24, 2019 Sorry was in hospital. For day 10 update so here it is now Day 10 Baby's starting to metamorphosis. Which means they change colors in my case percularis just like percula mom turn black, then they get round body's. Looking more like a clown. Yes orange clowns turns black for the change. Where as ocellaris would turn orange at this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted September 25, 2019 Author Share Posted September 25, 2019 Day 11 I'm out of the hospital. Baby's are doing fine. today from the top of the tank you can see first white stripes. Baby's no longer all look like little peanuts. Some look like a clown body. Smooth tummy's now. They are eating multiple foods. Why you ask. It's because every baby readily takes different foods. The end result I want them all on flakes, and a instant food. Starting in the morning with nano size flakes. Then later I feed live baby brine shrimp and live rottifers. Later I will sneak instant baby brine shrimp. A food for every stage in life. There are always stragglers in life. I did a water change today. Very small. I don't won't to stress changing baby's. Temperature running 79.5 degrees. 0 ppm ammonia. pH 7.8 Here's some pictures. In one if you look at water reflection you can see top of head where white stripe is forming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted September 25, 2019 Author Share Posted September 25, 2019 Day 12 Our electricity went out today. I'm so glad I had my battery operated air pumps. And so thank full it's not freezing yet this year or my baby's would have died. Baby's still eating baby brine shrimp, rotifers and flakes. Did a small water change. All is well going through metamorphosis. No deaths in 5 days. Stripes on heads are showing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted September 27, 2019 Author Share Posted September 27, 2019 Day 13 All is well. Still going through metamorphosis. Some eating baby brine shrimp, some instant baby brine shrimp, others flakes and a few still rottifers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted September 27, 2019 Author Share Posted September 27, 2019 Day 14 Look at the pretty baby's. Going strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted September 28, 2019 Author Share Posted September 28, 2019 Day 15 Not too much going on with the clown fish today I did another water change. I'm on day 15. I was in the emergency room again tonight so not much got done. I fed them flakes, instant baby brine shrimp and that's about it today. They would have liked to have had life Brine but I wasn't feeling good. because my babies are in the garage the temperature did drop down in the tank today to 79 degrees from 80. but not a big enough difference for a long enough period of time to make a difference. I'll just adjust the heater accordingly for winter. I did manage my pictures however. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 Day 16 Most are eating flakes and instant baby brine shrimp. It's cold here right now so heater dropped temperature down to 79.2 degrees from 80. But still acceptable. Looking from above most clowns have first stripe. Though not all can you see from the side yet . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 From the beginning Batch 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted September 30, 2019 Author Share Posted September 30, 2019 Day 17 There baby's are really starting to hang together. They think they are in a corner hiding, but it's just my taped walls are black. When they go into their grow out tank they will hose in one corner. I started the cycling of the grow out tank last week for them. Hope I won't have a issue like last time where cycling bacteria shocked baby's. It's called toxic tank syndrome. Happened On day 30 and I lost alot of them. Had to move remaining baby's to new tank instantly. No acclimating. Which you don't acclimate baby's in general. It actually does them more harm acclimating them at that stage. Grow out tank has a snail, and some live rock, Heater and sponge filter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted October 2, 2019 Author Share Posted October 2, 2019 (edited) Day 18, 19 Going strong Edited October 3, 2019 by talkalot82 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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