My clownfish breeding journey
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I just looked in the first clutch's tank and I saw one of them looked like he was starting to get a head stripe, then I saw another one that definitely had a full head stripe! Here is a pic of him (he is 22 days old). The newer batch are doing well and the parents just laid eggs again (even less time than the last round!)
I also have a new addition I will be adding to my collection of pairs this weekend. Will post pics when I get them settled in their new home.
Here he is:
I also have a new addition I will be adding to my collection of pairs this weekend. Will post pics when I get them settled in their new home.
Here he is:
I am planning on putting them in a tank with proper filtration in the next week or so. Right now they just have a sponge filter. Will have to have a sponge over the drain so they don't get sucked in though.
To put them in a regular tank with other fish will probably be another 60-90 days I think, once they are over inch and a quarter / inch and a half in size, at that point I will have some up for sale.
Right now they are too small to handle a lot of flow and would most likely get eaten by most carnivores and omnivores.
To put them in a regular tank with other fish will probably be another 60-90 days I think, once they are over inch and a quarter / inch and a half in size, at that point I will have some up for sale.
Right now they are too small to handle a lot of flow and would most likely get eaten by most carnivores and omnivores.
Last nights hatch was a complete success! This time around I didn't write the date down when the eggs were laid so I had to eyeball it. I was pretty sure they were going to hatch last night so I pulled the pot out and put it in the rearing tank. This time around I didn't add rotifers at night, I just put the pot in the tank with an airstone blasting right next to the eggs so they were all swaying pretty well.
This morning I checked the tank and almost all of the eggs had hatched! There were less than 10 that didn't, so there are literally a few hundred larvae swimming around this morning! Notice there are a LOT near the front on the glass.
This morning I checked the tank and almost all of the eggs had hatched! There were less than 10 that didn't, so there are literally a few hundred larvae swimming around this morning! Notice there are a LOT near the front on the glass.
