Hi, I have a decent amount of experience culturing (10 months) copepods, plankton, and more recently, rotifers. I have decided to start off with a more challenging fish, and since no truly satisfying method has been published, I will start my own method based on successful breeders notes. To tumble the eggs, I created this:
The water will be heated to 82 degrees, and the eggs will be in the 2 liter bottles with an airstone to circulate them and pevent fungi from killing the eggs. The hatched larvae will then move to a 10 gallon tank (or tub?) with an airstone, and daily water changes. Once the fish are a little bigger, I will transfer them to a 40B that is loaded with pods & chaeto. I purchased a breeding pair, and they should arrive tuesday. I have kept a mandarins successfully, which was unfortunetaly consumed by my carpet anemone, which will go to my lfs tommorrow or this weekend.
The water will be heated to 82 degrees, and the eggs will be in the 2 liter bottles with an airstone to circulate them and pevent fungi from killing the eggs. The hatched larvae will then move to a 10 gallon tank (or tub?) with an airstone, and daily water changes. Once the fish are a little bigger, I will transfer them to a 40B that is loaded with pods & chaeto. I purchased a breeding pair, and they should arrive tuesday. I have kept a mandarins successfully, which was unfortunetaly consumed by my carpet anemone, which will go to my lfs tommorrow or this weekend.