Clown fish larvae on edge of tank

[Pete Luna]

Protection in numbers. They are scared

 

[steve_london_uk]

Protection in numbers. They are scared

They’re all still alive!!! Well happy!
They’re all hanging around the heater now together.

 

[Pete Luna]

Its an instinctive behavior

 

[Greenreef75]

That’s amazing, I’m going to try and raise the next batch that my black and white ocellaris lay. What was your tank maintenance and schedule like for the larvae pre meta?

 

[steve_london_uk]

That’s amazing, I’m going to try and raise the next batch that my black and white ocellaris lay. What was your tank maintenance and schedule like for the larvae pre meta?

I am by no means an expert but they hatched and still in a 10 or 11 litre plastic tank. I pretty much filled it with about 8 litres from the start and added a litre every other day(ish) then after about a week I was syphoning out around 1 to 1.5 litres every couple of days and slowly dripping in new water. Been doing pretty much the same since actually.

 

[steve_london_uk]

1. Quick question for the experts. They are all still seemingly doing well. I did a salinity check yesterday and it was at about 27 PPT!!! God knows why. I am slowly trying to bring it back down, what salinity do you recommend?

2. Also, when is it right to put them into a larger tank with a filter and piece of live rock? Also, how big of a tank? They are currently in a 12 litre tank but have a 55 one spare but will that be too big? I may even have a 25 litre in the garage. What do you recommend?

Look forward to your advice. Thank you. Steve.

 

[FullSend]

1. Quick question for the experts. They are all still seemingly doing well. I did a salinity check yesterday and it was at about 27 PPT!!! God knows why. I am slowly trying to bring it back down, what salinity do you recommend?

You mean 1.027 right?
I think you've mixed the two ways to measure the salinity. The ocean is around 35 ppt.

 

[ThRoewer]

You mean 1.027 right?
I think you've mixed the two ways to measure the salinity. The ocean is around 35 ppt.

I keep all my broodstock and larvae tanks at 25 ppt (1.020 sp. gravity). You can go as low as 20 ppt, even with most inverts.