Rotifers for clown fry (1 Viewer)

[diver.bishop]

Does anyone know where i can get some locally?

 

[tektite]

There's a few people around Houston that have them, where are you located?

 

[diver.bishop]

59 and the beltway south guys at T&T gave me some SA Hatchery Diet not sure if that will work or not

 

[tektite]

Ah, that'll work for them when they're ~3-4 weeks old if you got the smallest 0.5mm pellet size. When they're newly hatched you need rotifers, then bbs or a much smaller pellet food until they're large enough to eat the SA food.

 

[diver.bishop]

yeah its the 0.5 mm. are newly hatched brine shrimp small enough for them? There isnt a way for me to get rotifers here quick enough i'm afraid so i might lose this first batch of eggs. going to get the plankton and try to grow my own rotifers for the next few months just incase i get another batch of eggs

 

[tektite]

Don't worry, you'll have a lot of batches after this one. You have a lot of reading up to do before being able to raise them. BBS are too big for them, they need rotifers. Let this batch go, once you have strong rotifer cultures going and all the larval tank/rearing equipment together, then you'll be ready for them.

As far as rotifers, I know that me and a few others have cultures going. You'll need to get together buckets, air pumps, and have food for the rotifers before getting any though.

Raising baby clownfish is difficult, don't rush into it. You'll probably have a batch of eggs at least every 2 weeks as long as the parents aren't disturbed and they get enough food.

 

[diver.bishop]

yup got it all together but the plankton and the rotifers but they are on order. Was caught off gaurd by this first batch. Plenty of 2 Lt bottles and 5 gal buckets, air stones, and pumps

 

[mike13oy]

I use rotigrow plus to feed my rotifers now. I stop culture phyto.

 

[diver.bishop]

how come?

 

[tektite]

You need to grow a lot of phyto, that comes with its own problems including crashes, plus the phyto culture isn't very concentrated so you have to add a lot of water with the phyto as you feed the rotifers. Just more maintenance. The frozen phyto paste is much easier to deal with, only have to feed a tiny amount of it per day. No worries of phyto crashes, its just so much easier. Shelf life of ~2 years frozen. A liter bag will last you a loooong time.

 

[diver.bishop]

where do you get ur rotigrow from?

 

[tektite]

Reed mariculture - rotigrow plus. I've got it through City Pets before, you may be able to do so too. You can order directly from Reed as well.

 

[diver.bishop]

where do you get your rotigrow from?

 

[tektite]

where do you get your rotigrow from?

See my anwer above...

 

[diver.bishop]

yeah sorry the post didnt update. Thanks

 

[diver.bishop]

Good Shot of the Clown eggs

On the right hand side of the inside wall you can see a group of the eggs

 

[tektite]

Nice, they look ready to hatch

 

[diver.bishop]

lights will go out in about an hour so we shall see. Thought for sure they would pop yesterday

 

[madehtsobi]

mine just laid today!! first time and im clueless!! lol

 

[mwilliams62]

Does anyone know where i can get some locally?

If you are still in need of some rotifers you can come over and get some from me. I am off of Memorial Drive and Kirkwood area.