First attempt and raising baby snowflakes.

[ajdiver]

So here we go again. Hopefully I can get this correct this time. She just laid her eggs again so wish me luck.

 

[ajdiver]

Fry should be hatching tonight. I also received my rotifer sieves today and they work pretty well. I'm getting antsy waiting for them to hatch!

Here's a picture of the sieves I ordered.

 

[swissgaurd]

what do you keep your salinity at

 

[swissgaurd]

how did the hatch go.

 

[ajdiver]

I got about 25-30 fry. I tried to move the pot with the eggs from my main tank to my fry tank but most didn't survive. I think it's easier to just use the turkey baster to remove them once they hatch. I had a better survival ratio when I tried it that way the first time.

 

[ajdiver]

I have 3 cultures of rotifers this time so if for some strange reason one crashes I have another. I actually got a video of them hatching but I can't post a video on here for some reason.

 

[ajdiver]

My salinity is at 1.025/1.026 and my temp in my fry tank is at 80 but my temp in my main tank is 79

 

[gar732]

How are you aerating the eggs? I wasn't using enough air at first but once I turned it up a bit I can hatch just about all the eggs.

 

[ajdiver]

I'm using an aerator with 2 ports. I connected a 2 inch round airstone to it and have it turned down some so it's not too powerful. I also have a filter sponge over it to disperse it a little.

 

[ajdiver]

Well on day 3 all my fry have died. I made sure they were well feed with rotifers but still no success. I know next batch I'll use the turkey baster approach again and hopefully have a much better turnout. Any suggestions anyone can give for me to be successful at this would be greatly appreciated.

 

[gar732]

Are you tinting the water, it doesn't look like it in your pic? Also what size tank are you using and how much are you filling it?

 

[swissgaurd]

well if you want to try this you may have better luck.
get your larva tank going with parents water on day 7 ,put in your rotifiers. tint the water green,set temp.on day 8 put your eggs in tank .black out tank completely.
keep sides black for 7 days,first 3 days use dim lighting ,leave lighting on day and night.
keep adding algae for 14 days
on day 2 starting lowering the salinity to 1.020
with this method im basically making a culture in the larva tank and not having to add rotifiers and wondering if there getting enough food


vic

 

[ajdiver]

I'm using a 5 gallon tank and I didn't tint my water green with my RG Complete because I was feeding them and I was always checking and could see the rotifers swimming around in the tank. So i know they had food and I didn't wanna spike an ammonia level by loading it with RG Complete.

 

[ajdiver]

Thanks for the input vic. I'll definitely try your method and see what happens. I use my main tank water to fill my 5 gallon so I know it was the same levels and consistency. Not sure if moving them from main tank to the small tank is what caused most of them to not hatch..

 

[ajdiver]

She's laying her babies once again! She's like clock work. She lays three days after her eggs hatch.

 

[swissgaurd]

when transferring eggs don't expose them to air

 

[ajdiver]

Hey swiss just noticed your from mississauga.... I have family and friends there and in Burlington. Small world I guess!

 

[swissgaurd]

yes
20 mins away when you come visit ill take a pair of your snowflakes

vic

 

[GreshamH]

I'm using a 5 gallon tank and I didn't tint my water green with my RG Complete because I was feeding them and I was always checking and could see the rotifers swimming around in the tank. So i know they had food and I didn't wanna spike an ammonia level by loading it with RG Complete.

A unique benefit of RGCompelte is the addition of Cloram-X for ammonia control. Rotifers should always have food... using greenwater in the larval tank is a must, otherwise your rotifers are emptying their guts and aren't delivering the required nutrition.

 

[ajdiver]

I'll definitely tint my water this time and I'll just transfer the pot on day 8. I'm doing good so far as far as keeping my rotifer culture up and running. I actually split my culture this time so I have two cultures going. I hope i can get this batch going so I can get my breeding tank set up. I'm trying to get this down pat before I set it up. Wanna make sure I can succeed before I go buy more expensive clownfish.