Rearing Picasso Percula Clownfish!
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bluespotjawfish
Well-Known Member
What type of crushed powder?
Otohime is what I use.
This is a single spawn from one of my picasso pairs
4 weeks and 1 day old.
(CLICK to watch the video)
That's a great video, so many of them little guys
I want the one on the left with the white spot!dalbertson
Member
NIce!! Thanks for posting.
They almost look like twins
The pic on the right is when I first got him/her and the one on the left is from today. The other Picasso is much more elusive, but is in the upper right hand of the photo on the left.
xjaydub20x
New Member
You are an inspiration!
You might actually want to use Reed Mariculture's RotiferDiet or RotiGrow product line to culture rotifer, it's alot more efficient and cost-effective comparing to using DT. (just make sure you dilute it enough, so you don't overdose)
Agreed! It is expensive stuff ($70 per liter) but goes a LONG way.
My Saturdays...
99% of aquaculture is cleaning. :columbo:
My Saturdays ('day off' from my full time job) go like this....
99% of aquaculture is cleaning. :columbo:
My Saturdays ('day off' from my full time job) go like this....
- Sleep in late past 5:30am and wake up at 7:00am.
- Brush hair & teeth then make a strong pot of coffee.
- Make 1st cup of coffee
- 7:10-7:40 am - everyday morning chores;
- check rotifer density in fry tanks and add more if necessary
- feed phyto to all rotifer cultures
- feed young juvenile clowns in hatching system (10 tanks)
- feed growout system (7 tanks)
- thaw mysis - feed seahorses (2 tanks)
- thaw mush - feed breeders (9 tanks)
- thaw mush - feed QT (wash hands well)
- Make 2nd cup of coffee
- 7:40-12:00
- turn off ATO's on every system
- scrape bottoms and sides of all tanks (ALL tanks - clean QT last and wash hands)
- make 3rd cup of coffee
- vacuum each tank
- replace with new salt water (mixing new 60 gallon batches as needed)
- turn on ATO's
- replace micron filters with clean ones
- clean 5 skimmers
- Drink large glass of chocolate milk as a reward and make a quick lunch
- 12:00 - 1:00
- Sort any picassos/Snowcassos that are large enough to sell and video/upload to store
- Feed all fish again
- REST until 7pm when it will be time to feed the fish again
jjmoneyman
RS Sponsor
I think you need MORE COFFEE!
Yeahitstrue
New Member
I noticed you say you start sorting at about one o'clock... but when do you finish? Your fans all want to know!
Not long since they are all under 1". I sorted and uploaded from around noon - 1pm. While the upload was going I did a few more fish chores. There is always something that needs doing.
Just this week, I started using several Eheim automatic fish feeders to 4 of the 40 gallon breeder grow-out tanks. So far, I like them a lot. The extra feedings during the day will keep the juvenile's tummies full all day long
jjmoneyman
RS Sponsor
Are you telling me you have another full time job? You need to breed fish full time.
dalbertson
Member
Re: My Saturdays...
The fruits of your labor are quite amazing. Take a peak!
The fruits of your labor are quite amazing. Take a peak!
99% of aquaculture is cleaning. :columbo:
My Saturdays ('day off' from my full time job) go like this....
- Sleep in late past 5:30am and wake up at 7:00am.
- Brush hair & teeth then make a strong pot of coffee.
- Make 1st cup of coffee
- 7:10-7:40 am - everyday morning chores;
- check rotifer density in fry tanks and add more if necessary
- feed phyto to all rotifer cultures
- feed young juvenile clowns in hatching system (10 tanks)
- feed growout system (7 tanks)
- thaw mysis - feed seahorses (2 tanks)
- thaw mush - feed breeders (9 tanks)
- thaw mush - feed QT (wash hands well)
- Make 2nd cup of coffee
- 7:40-12:00
- turn off ATO's on every system
- scrape bottoms and sides of all tanks (ALL tanks - clean QT last and wash hands)
- make 3rd cup of coffee
- vacuum each tank
- replace with new salt water (mixing new 60 gallon batches as needed)
- turn on ATO's
- replace micron filters with clean ones
- clean 5 skimmers
- Drink large glass of chocolate milk as a reward
- 12:00 - 1:00
- Sort any picassos/Snowcassos that are large enough to sell and video/upload to store
- Feed all fish again
- REST
Re: My Saturdays...
Beautiful! Thank you for the encouragement
Beautiful! Thank you for the encouragement