Hello fellow breeders

bobble28 · Feb 25, 2017

Hi, I've been working on breeding designer clownfish for a little while now with alot of trial and error I'm finally starting to get the hang of it! Just thought I'd say hi and share. Here's my fish room! My broodstock is 3 20longs each divided into 3 chambers and a couple 10G on the bottom, then there's a 10g hatch tank, 5g rotifer culture, 33long reef display tank with a 40b sump and 2 20longs with a 20long sump for growout that I plan to add to eventually when the need arises. Looking forward to learning more here! Thanks

bobble28 · Feb 26, 2017

Here's a little shot of one that has made quite a transformation.

Salty1962 · Feb 27, 2017

Very cool, let us know when they're for sale.

bobble28 · Feb 27, 2017

Salty1962 said:
Very cool, let us know when they're for sale.

Thanks salty1962! Will do, I've finally figured out how to keep my numbers up through meta so the rest is just all waiting lol

Blue Lip · Mar 2, 2017

I have been on a break from breeding for a little while. I have a percula and black occilaris that layed eggs on a clay pot base and I couldn't resist hatching them today. Your hatchery set up looks sweet!

bobble28 · Mar 2, 2017

Blue Lip said:
I have been on a break from breeding for a little while. I have a percula and black occilaris that layed eggs on a clay pot base and I couldn't resist hatching them today. Your hatchery set up looks sweet!

Nice, good luck with them! Have you raised babies from that pair before? Thanks it took some time and thought lol

Feltman · Mar 6, 2017

I've gotta ask what was it for u that helped u break through meta? It seems to be a big hurdle for a lot of breeders.

bobble28 · Mar 6, 2017

Feltman said:
I've gotta ask what was it for u that helped u break through meta? It seems to be a big hurdle for a lot of breeders.

For me personally I changed what I was using to tint the larval tank and I quit dripping the tank just straight water changes.(a successful breeder gave me the quit dripping advice and so far it's working out for me.)

Feltman · Mar 6, 2017

bobble28 said:
For me personally I changed what I was using to tint the larval tank and I quit dripping the tank just straight water changes.(a successful breeder gave me the quit dripping advice and so far it's working out for me.)

I've heard the dripping method is a problem for other people as well.. seems strange as in theory it should do the same thing. What were u using to tint ur water and what do u use now?

bobble28 · Mar 6, 2017

The way it made sense to me is when I stir up everything on the bottom as I'm vacuuming a spike starts to happen and dripping wasn't diluting it fast enough. I was trying to tint with rg complete which some people have luck with but I did not so I switched to omega.