clownfish babies

[flooddc]

So,

My clownfish laid eggs last week (2nd batch for this pair). 2 night ago, I was fortunately enough to witness the hatching babies (thanks to my newborn whom woke me up for her routine feeding). So I managed to scope about half a dozen out into a container before hey all eaten by other fish and shrimp. Placed into the refugium. Power up the air stone pump for oxygen. Feed them PhytoPlan's phytoplankton. Next morning look around for some dried freezed rotifer with no luck. Found a packet of "first bite" @ a local store. By the end of the day, only one survived and I can see some form of coloration in it. Last night I suspected that the remainder of the eggs will hatched, and I was right on. I turned of the light, turned off circulation pump and awaited and they are finally, hatched around midnight. Managed to only scoped out 10 or so (saw a few in the sump, so I cutoff the protein skimmer, give them a chance of survival, hopefully they can survive on their own).

 

I wonder if anyone successfully raised them without culturing rotifers???

 

As of now there are about 6 babies that I can account for. Continue to feed ever few hours and hope they all make it to the next stage (I got some brine shrimp eggs, hopefully I get to use them).

[Coral Hind]

So you have them in your sump and not in a seperate container?

[flooddc]

they are in a separate container inside the sump.

[flooddc]

Here the pic

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[Coral Hind]

That's pretty cool. Is the sump lighted all the time? When they hatch they are light sensitive so it helps to keep lights lower and to have the sides dark if you can.

[flooddc]

That's pretty cool. Is the sump lighted all the time? When they hatch they are light sensitive so it helps to keep lights lower and to have the sides dark if you can.

Thanks, it sit in the corner of the sump so light is not too bright. I'll move the light away to from it to reduced intensity.

[Sharkey18]

Awesome. I think they can sometimes survive w/o rotifers. I've heard of a few cases where people thought all the eggs were eaten and then a few weeks later find a baby clown or two.