Caught my first clownfish babies

[~Flighty~]

The clutch of pink skunks hatched tonight and I happened by the tank right afterwards. I couldn't just sit and watch the little guys get eaten, so I scooped as many out as I could and will practice raising them. Since they are pink skunks and I was totally unprepared I don't expect any to live, but it will be good practice. This is the first time I have seen them hatch since my skunks seem to always hatch 3-4 hours after lights out for some reason. general rule of thumb is 30 min after, but maybe they are just slow.

I think I got about 25 of them, so I'll try to buy some live rotifers tomorrow. This winter I will get serious with phyto and rotifer cultures.

Does anyone near me have a rot culture going? AG carries a refrigerated live rot product, so I'll plan on trying that.

The little proto-fish are pretty cute.

 

[Chris L]

good luck cindy

 

[nickyblase]

that's cool! I'm sure it's easier scooping out the live babies once they hatch than pulling out the parents (pre-spawn) and risking them never spawning again.

Good luck & let us know how it goes!

 

[GinaD]

Congrats! You'll have to take pics!

Good luck!

 

[starrfish]

That's awesome Cindy. I'm still waiting for my pair to lay some eggs. Good luck raising them. Keep us posted on the progress (and pics of course!).

 

[Kevin McG]

Great news Cindy! good lucj with them.

 

[Gina McReeferson]

That's awesome Cindy! I hope you have success with them. I hope our clowns spawn, I'd like to try that.

-Gina

 

[OceanGuy]

Rotifer cultures

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If you google Carolina Biological and then search under cultures rotifer
you will find that they have beginning rotifer starter cultures for $10.25. They ship quickly if you order with a credit card. I think they are in North Carolina.
You can get the cultures going in coke bottles and use an air pump to put in oxygen once a day. I feed them wheat which comes with the starter kits.


Connecticut Valley Biological is in western Mass, I think Southampton, and they have cultures for $5.75 or $5.50 if you order 4 or more.

Both are great places for supplies. They are what I use them for all of my school biological orders.

The clutch of pink skunks hatched tonight and I happened by the tank right afterwards. I couldn't just sit and watch the little guys get eaten, so I scooped as many out as I could and will practice raising them. Since they are pink skunks and I was totally unprepared I don't expect any to live, but it will be good practice. This is the first time I have seen them hatch since my skunks seem to always hatch 3-4 hours after lights out for some reason. general rule of thumb is 30 min after, but maybe they are just slow.

I think I got about 25 of them, so I'll try to buy some live rotifers tomorrow. This winter I will get serious with phyto and rotifer cultures.

Does anyone near me have a rot culture going? AG carries a refrigerated live rot product, so I'll plan on trying that.

The little proto-fish are pretty cute.

 

[~Flighty~]

I jsut don't have time to get cultures going this week, so I am trying them on refrigerated rots. If anyone has a culture close to here or wants to try these themselves let me know. This winter I will be really investing some time and doing it right. This is practice.

 

[ahmer1781]

Cindy, how bout some pics??? I love lookin' at baby clowns!!