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| Posted | Clownfish eggs (Need Advice) |
| 01-09-2006 14:41 by Crested Gecko |
Hi all
I've got a 210 liter fish tank and in it I have: 1 Yellow Tang, 2 Blue finned damsels, 2 Allen Damsels and 2 Clown Fish. A couple of weeks ago my Clown fish cleaned a spot on a rock then layed a whole pile of redish colour see through balls. They have been come very aggressive and don't stray far from the spot. If the eggs do hatch I think they'll probably just get eaten by the over fish correct. This there anything that I can do to stop that? All Comments welcome |
| 01-09-2006 15:39 by SimonH |
I read an article not long ago that baby clowns need rotifiers to feed on to survive. These rotifiers have got to be very densly packed. If the clown fry has to swim more than 3mm to eat the next rotifier, then it will be using more energy that the nutritional energy of that rotifier, and eventually die. |
| 01-09-2006 19:10 by graham penney |
SimonH is correct, the fry need to be in a small area where the rotifers can be massed, it's a case of the food needs to be directly infront of thier mouths to avoid expending waste energy. Normal practice would be to house the adult pair (next time) in a tank of their own & after hatching remove them leaving the fry in. Lower the water depth whilst still ensuring adequate aeration. Good practice is to have a culture of live algae & dump it in to the hatching tank. This also ensures that the fry get the worlds best starter food going, live algae. Your Rotifers need to be cultured seperatly & fed on the algae or boost feed them on supplimental diets eg, Selco, Enrichment diets etc.
As they grow you move from algea-Rotifers-baby Brine Shrimp-adult Brine Shrimp then you've succeeded. Gradulally as they grow you can add a little more water till they are self sufficient. graham |
| 01-09-2006 21:59 by Crested Gecko |
I'm going to be moving hows in a couple of months so i'm probably going to have to get rid of my setup but I'll keep my Clownfish in a tank on there own. Thanks for the comments. |
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