Clown Fish Eggs update

[ShirleyM]

Well, we were gone for the T-giving holiday, so while I could read up on what to do, I couldn't manage getting it done...the eggs hatched on schedule, the 8th night, last night.

I also realized we have True Percs, not False Percs, for whatever that is worth knowing...interesting for me.

However.....I learned these guys lay eggs every two weeks...and I also realize now that they've probably been laying eggs for quite awhile and I just never noticed before...we did catch them in the act of laying, which is the only reason we knew there were eggs there. They hang around the yellow polyps 24/7 anyway, and there's been a bare spot on the polyp rock for ages, so I guess that's their egg-laying spot.

If we can get a green water "factory" going, and raise rotifers, I'll let you know and see what happens. We can raise brine shrimp successfully...done that a lot in the past.

The video of the egg laying is pretty cool. They synchronized very well according to the book's description of the process.

Take care,
Shirley

[seafishes]

Shirley this is so exciting. I wish you the best of luck raising the little ones. Please continue to keep us posted...


P.s. I want a t-shirt with a picture of the snowboarding garden eel on it from your website, that's such a hoot!


Best of luck,

Lori

[Alice]

Shirley;

Good luck on getting all set up. It will be great fun and highly interesting to see how it all goes. I remember when Gary had his baby clowns, he posted ongoing pics and I loved to see them grow.

Alice

[ShirleyM]

Thanks for your support and comments...sort of inspires me to try to make a go of this...

Lori, I'll email you the image as a 300dpi tif if you want it - that's a great T-Shirt idea!
What's your email address? Do you have cable modem? It will be a large file. (were you serious?)

Take care,
Shirley