17 Days ... & Counting

Dave Tea has been trying to raise tomatoe clown fry. He has six fry that have made it to 17 days! He is feeding them rotifers and baby brine shrimp. They look very happy and healthy. I'll try to get some pictures soon. Anyone else having success with clowns? What can he expect next?

Wow, I went up to see David for some turbo snails yesterday and took a grundle of pics. I need to get them prepared and will edit this post asap. Keep reading....below...

One of my own babies looked like this:

and I wrote an article of my procedure that I'm happy to send to anyone that requests it by email. Adam gave my address.

Editing this post and answering Shane's questions from below, there were only four left. David seems to be on the right track, but I believe they need more food, as you can see from the cleanliness of the tank, there's not much in there to eat on a continual basis. We put a lot of BS Nauplii in before I left. I wish I had taken a pic after they had gorged and I also forgot to get a pic of the parents! Sorry.

Edited by Mark Peterson

Mark,
Sorry we missed you! You did get the right answering machine. Do you think Dave is on the right track. I don't have much advice to offer as I have never tried to raise fry. I am impressed with his success thus far though. Please post your pictures. I think people will find them interesting. Were all six fry still alive?

Here are Davids previous batch of ~16 day old A.frenatus after metamorphosis (where they change from larvae to real fishies!)(yes they have a second line, a broken line in this case, that may later disappear):


I see 2 in each of these pics








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Do the fry feed on the copepods, or on the copepod spawn?  Would it be an "idea" to raise the fry in a refugium?  (selection of sizes of food items and types) Or would they decimate the 'pod population to the point of no return too quickly? Would Grammarus sized 'pods prey on the tiny larvae?  So many questions . . .

    I have a very good, big (DIY) system for raising
nannochloropsis (rotifer algae) and I am willing to help, but
only if I am appreciated.   I have had much success with rotifers
too. But... I don't have anything going right now. Could start
some though. I live in Ogden.

JimL

I can share fry food, but I live on the other side of the planet!

I've got an empty nursery tank right now, might be a bit 'till I need it!
Darn it!

Can any one else get the movie to work??

That is awesome!!!  acerob - yes it worked in Media Player 9 for me.

It worked for me.  They are sooo cute.  Great job so far!

I will be going up past Brigham City in the next week or two.  I could take a bunch of whatever anyone wants to send.  I will let everyone know on this thread when I will be going for sure.  It will be a Saturday.

Rodney