Ok lets try to have babies!

Hendersonracing · 01-23-2008, 04:15 PM

Ok My perculas have spawned and caught me by suprise..now 10 days later the eggs have hatched & swam away probably in my shimmer or trigger...lol

Ok I plan on trying to raise these babies next time...I need youralls help!!!

Im going to buy plexiglass & place it were the eggs were laid.

how often do they lay eggs from this point on?

what kind of tank do I need to set up for the babies?

I understand I need to raise rotifers?

any help appreciated!

Thanks Joe

Hendersonracing · 01-24-2008, 04:24 PM

anyone have any luck with rotifers? I understand I need to set up a rotifer tank?

Hendersonracing · 01-29-2008, 12:22 PM

Ok my fish have spawned for the second time.....were is the best place to buy rotifers to get my tank started????any help is appreciated....after this batch Im sure more will come?

also any tips on not to do's?

evansbr · 01-29-2008, 05:59 PM

you can get rotifers from florida aqua farms, Sachs aquaculture and reed mariculture. also for ease of use I'd get rotifer diet from reed mariculture.

VWD · 01-29-2008, 06:02 PM

http://www.thereeftank.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=87525

Rots are not real hard to raise, 5 gallon bucket will do the trick. Check out that link and the link about green water,

Hendersonracing · 01-30-2008, 09:37 AM

how about these live rotifers?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...:X:RTQ:US:1123

VWD · 01-30-2008, 10:04 AM

reed 's is where and who I like to deal with

http://www.reed-store.com/?category=58&subcategory=30

Hendersonracing · 01-30-2008, 10:22 AM

Ok cool do I just call them & they tell me what I need?

Looks pretty easy to culture them just take your time & make sure you keep the rotifers fed? what is the floss for?

also when you move the larva( clown babies) over into there own tank do You just add the cultured rotifers to the new larvae tank or do you add them straight to the culture?

evansbr · 01-30-2008, 01:47 PM

easiest way is have the babies born in the tank your gonna raise them in.
I move the flower pots mine spawn on the night they will hatch. the rotifers are raised in a seperate tank, siphoned out thru a 53 micron screen, then added to the larval tank. dont add Rotifer water to the larval tank. when you move the eggs to their tank for hatching use water from the parent tank. also keep the salinity of the rotifer tank and larval tank fairly close as I think its .005 or .007 difference that kills them and then the larvae have nothing to eat. My rots 1.015 my larval tanks 1.020... works pretty good for me.

Hendersonracing · 01-30-2008, 03:16 PM

I keep my parent tank @ 1.026 so I would have to mix up some new larvae water to get the salinity close to what you should keep the rotifers at 1.017?

evansbr · 01-31-2008, 03:08 PM

I keep the rotifers at 1.015 because they reproduce quicker, higher salinity slows them down. my parents are at 1.020 since its not a reef tank, just a 20 gal tank with two fish and flower pots. the eggs seem to do fine at 1.020. any reason you run at 1.026 on the parents? (like in a reef tank?)

Hendersonracing · 01-31-2008, 03:41 PM

I run my reef at 1.026....Ill acclimate the eggs over hope that will work!

racerw · 02-07-2008, 04:11 PM

Any pics of the eggs? We love pictures.

Hendersonracing · 02-07-2008, 05:44 PM

they just hatched in the tank I wasnt ready...now I have pots in place and rotifers on the way to culture...Ill keep everyone posted!

BonesReef · 02-08-2008, 04:59 PM

Would love to see pictures of the parents

I've had a large amount of success if you have any questions let me know.