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Thank you so much for all that updated information. OK I will go with a 10 gallon. Just bought a 6 gallon ha but that is why there are returns. Thanks also for the desk light. Ha yes, who uses fluorescent anymore. Your advice is much appreciated. I have the rotifer culture, bucket and so on coming from reef nutrition but I neglected to the the algae green which I suspect I also need. An updated experience would be wonderful if you are so inclined!!Sounds like you're on the right track. With the snagger, removing it to empty and adding it back in the tank is what I've done. You'll need to have a healthy culture of rotifers going. Usually if you buy a million or so to start, you can grow a larger culture in a 5g bucket in roughly a week. You can feed the rotifers live phyto but I've found it's much easier to use rgcomplete. It's essentially very condensed and refrigerated phyto so a little goes a long way. With all the other work you'll have going on, this will make your life easier. Similarly, you can use live brine shrimp but you may want to omit that and use the various size tdo chroma boost. You can just keep it in the fridge and use immediately instead of having to prep and hatch brine shrimp every 24 hrs. Again, one less thing to worry about.
Lol, your question about the florescent light made me realize how long it's been since starting this thread! 10 years this may- time flies. I like to keep things as simple as possible so for lights i use something like this currently.
The specs on the light say it's about 5 watts. I have it mounted about 2 ft above the tank and even then I have it angled away from the tank and not pointed directly down. In the beginning you need very little light. But after a week or so you'll be increasing it so then I just start angling the light back towards the tank again.
10 gallon tanks are what I use now too. I would not recommend using 2.5g. you'll be fighting ammonia and nitrate so the more water volume you have the better. Some people use even bigger tanks as well. If you have a nice size rotifer culture going you should have plenty of rotifers for the tank to feed. You'll essentially be co culturing rotifers with the clownfish fry so they will also be reproducing in the grow out tank.
I have a clutch of Bali clownfish eggs I'm looking to hatch around Tuesday. I'm thinking maybe I should update the process and this thread or keep this more like a q&a and start a new thread.
Yeah! I'd love you see more on your setup and what all you got. Once my clowns grow up more I want to give it a go!Sounds like you're on the right track. With the snagger, removing it to empty and adding it back in the tank is what I've done. You'll need to have a healthy culture of rotifers going. Usually if you buy a million or so to start, you can grow a larger culture in a 5g bucket in roughly a week. You can feed the rotifers live phyto but I've found it's much easier to use rgcomplete. It's essentially very condensed and refrigerated phyto so a little goes a long way. With all the other work you'll have going on, this will make your life easier. Similarly, you can use live brine shrimp but you may want to omit that and use the various size tdo chroma boost. You can just keep it in the fridge and use immediately instead of having to prep and hatch brine shrimp every 24 hrs. Again, one less thing to worry about.
Lol, your question about the florescent light made me realize how long it's been since starting this thread! 10 years this may- time flies. I like to keep things as simple as possible so for lights i use something like this currently.
The specs on the light say it's about 5 watts. I have it mounted about 2 ft above the tank and even then I have it angled away from the tank and not pointed directly down. In the beginning you need very little light. But after a week or so you'll be increasing it so then I just start angling the light back towards the tank again.
10 gallon tanks are what I use now too. I would not recommend using 2.5g. you'll be fighting ammonia and nitrate so the more water volume you have the better. Some people use even bigger tanks as well. If you have a nice size rotifer culture going you should have plenty of rotifers for the tank to feed. You'll essentially be co culturing rotifers with the clownfish fry so they will also be reproducing in the grow out tank.
I have a clutch of Bali clownfish eggs I'm looking to hatch around Tuesday. I'm thinking maybe I should update the process and this thread or keep this more like a q&a and start a new thread.