agsansoo

OK, Instead of making a new thread every time my maroon's spawn. This will be my main thread on my attempt to raise baby maroon clownfish !

Clutch #7:
Last night I placed my DIY fry snagger into my main display tank. Even though Thrusday night is hatch night. Well after one hour I managed to catch five fry. Tonight I hope for a couple of hundred.

The eggs a few day ago:

Shawnie

amazing pics...so much to look at...to be honest, im not seeing the eggs but again, im not sure what to look for...its so magical to look at sw tanks ...ima gonna keep up on this cause its soooo interesting..thanks for sharing!

agsansoo

The little orange dots are the eggs. Right at the male clownfish's nose.

Shawnie

awesome! I see them now!

agsansoo

They turn silver a few days before they're ready to hatch.

The few I caught last night are so so small ! They are the size of (for the girls) an eyelash, (guys) size of a .007 mechanical pencil lead that has just broken off.

Shawnie

LMAO .. nice comparison for both sexes!! cant wait to see pics as they progress

agsansoo

Clutch #7 arrived last night without a problem. Not as many as I thought, around 100. This morning all still looked well. I will get some picture up when I get home from work tonight.

agsansoo

Today I returned home from work and rushed over to the fry holding container, only to notice the fry all pointing to the outer edge of the container instead of swiming around. They look thinner and darker, not a good sign.

agsansoo

agsansoo

Photo explained:
1) Fry on the night I caught them in my snagger.
2) Close-up of #1.
3) Rotifer cultures.
4) The 5 quart fry holding container.

Can you see the fry on the lower right side of the bucket ?

Mike

This is awesome Andy - looking forward to following this thread.


Mike

agsansoo

Hopefully it's a long thread. I have not made it past day 5 in previous attempts.

Shawnie

maybe they just want you to take some time off work and keep an eye on them ...great pics!

Martinismommy

OMG this is amazing!!!!!!!! I am so excited for you.....I sure hope the little guys make it....Keep the photo's coming

agsansoo

Thanks everyone. If been real hard getting the supplies I need to arrive in time for this clutch of fry. Everything has to be ordered online, and that's been a challenge.

angelfish220

What does one feed sw fry? dont they need a certaint type of plankton from the ocean?

agsansoo

I feed them live saltwater rotifer for 10 days, followed by live BBS (baby brine shrimp).

agsansoo

Update:
Clutch #7 is no more. So still having trouble keeping these little maroons alive. I think it was too much light all day Thursday, made them too weak.