How to feed clown fry with TDO

[Kraede]

one of the remaining babies

 

[Tbabcock]

Getting there, in a couple days they will start to really fill out. About day 25 they will have both stripes and be little clown fish for real..lol

 

[Tbabcock]

Man the struggle is real.. im on day 11 since the eggs were laid and still no hatch.. the mystery of this all can drive you nuts. All clutches before hatched like clock work on day 7. I take a brake from raising them and now this..lol
So how are your little guys doing?

 

[Kraede]

I only have 8 left, I had a new hatch 3 days ago, they ended up as food for the reef [emoji4] yesterday they were at it again:

 

[Tbabcock]

Sweet... nice clutch there

 

[Kraede]

Yep and the good part.. it's on my Duncan, and I can move that to the hatchling tank

 

[Tbabcock]

OMG.. thats funny... i have a red leg hermit with one of my stripper lip mushrooms stuck to its shell and a zoa hanging off the back.. looks like a Volkswagen with a flower and a big tail pipe.

 

[Tbabcock]

Well im at like day 11 now waiting for my clutch to hatch. I would guess if they don't tonight something went wrong but there silver so im not real sure what in the heck is happening.

 

[Kraede]

3 nemos left, but they (especially two of them) look strong [emoji51]

 

[Tbabcock]

Dang buddy... i hope they hang in there big guy. Hell mine never hatched this go around so not sure what up with that. Mine took a brake between the last clutch so im not sure if this is just part of the process as i can't find any info on why they don't hatch.

 

[Kraede]

Have they turned grey inside? Or do they look ready to hatch as they usually do? It may be fungus or a change in temperature... did you do a big water change or alter your ph lately?

 

[Kraede]

Here is a happy new year pic of my biggest juvenile [emoji4]

 

[Kraede]

Oh and I decided to raise the next batch hatching on Thursday... I have ordered three small tanks to my breeding setup, now I'm all in, I am determined to make this work!

 

[Tbabcock]

Im not sure what i did but they never hatched. I really didn't do any thing different the the previous times and the tank is pretty spot on. I will have another go at it soon. Your little guy is looking awesome.

 

[Kraede]

They are growing very fast now, all four of them have one stripe now... just the fact that I have some survivers is motivating me to give it another go or two... or three ;-)

 

[Kraede]

You still have a remarkable sucess with this being your first time. I still have trouble keeping the rotifers alive in the hatch tank.

I just read this one again, have you tried to add more phyto to your hatch tank?

 

[Tbabcock]

I did a little experiment and started a co-culture with some of my tank water after a water change. There reproducing just fine with a little more RG Complete in the water but man it make the water cloudy! I don't know how you can see the fry in the tank after that.

 

[Tbabcock]

How are the little guys doing?
My fish are lazy and havent laid yet again.. [emoji53]

 

[Kraede]

I still have four growing steadily. I was expecting hatching tonight but 2/3 apparently hatched during last night... frustrating! I will try to catch the remaining tonight, if they hatch...

 

[Kraede]

I guess I ended up with 50-80 hatchlings