Rearing Picasso Percula Clownfish!

[Woodstock]

Spawn#4 - larvae is now 8 days old!

Spawn #4 is showing their first white band already at 8 days old!

Look closely

 

[MarvinsReef]

Me too! The sideburns and face spots are just adorable! I wonder if all of the spawns will show those markings.... time will tell

and time will tell when I'll have a pair in my tank...

Spawn # 4 is looking good as well... thanks for the daily pics...

 

[Woodstock]

I ran out of rotifers yesterday so I am curious to see if #4 develops differently from #3 being fed only nauplii and powdered flake this early.

 

[GSELLERS]

do you have any starter cultures?

 

[Woodstock]

No. I'll order a large bag from Welcome to Reef Nutrition once I know if the itsy-bitsy white bugs aren't harming the rotifers.

http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/livestock-breeding/34155-oh-no-rotifer-crash.html

I either cleaned my rotifer culture containers too well (very possible) or there is an infestation of bad bugs in it.

With my 10x magnifying glass I can just barely see the 300+ per ml of tiny white/clear bugs.
They are a fraction of the size of a rotifer and I can just barely see them with the 10xglass.
They move in a constant zigzag movement towards one direction (down or up).
There are millions upon millions of these tiny white bugs for every 1 rotifer

Are they injuring the rotifers?
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[michael_cb_125]

Well I abesolutely Suck. how have I missed this?
I just spent way to much time at work reading all 35 pages, I am a bad boy. I want like 47. Not 45 not 50...47. Sounds like a good number to me. HaHa.
I have so many questions, but I know you are busy, so I will refrain from asking. They are so cute!!!! Way to go Woodstock (I mean Mamma Clown)
~Michael

 

[Woodstock]

Well I abesolutely Suck. how have I missed this?
I just spent way to much time at work reading all 35 pages, I am a bad boy. I want like 47. Not 45 not 50...47. Sounds like a good number to me. HaHa.
I have so many questions, but I know you are busy, so I will refrain from asking. They are so cute!!!! Way to go Woodstock (I mean Mamma Clown)
~Michael

LOL Michael :grind: Thanks for taking the time to read it all... now get to work

 

[Frankie]

Oh my goodness! 36 pages already! I need a recap Doni! I think having more mods has freed up to much of your time~

 

[Woodstock]

Spawn#4 - at 8 days old

A few pics from this afternoon. Spawn #4 is 8 days old now

 

[Woodstock]

Spawn#3 - @ 21 days old!

Spawn #3 at 21 days old

 

[Woodstock]

Oh my goodness! 36 pages already! I need a recap Doni! I think having more mods has freed up to much of your time~

Thanks for stopping by Frankie Have you chosen any favorites yet?
I have.. LOL

 

[Frankie]

That is so cool Doni! Thanks

 

[Frankie]

I like the one with the dot under his eye!

 

[Woodstock]

I think there are several with dots under the eyes....
One with a dot under the left eye,
one with a dot under the right eye,
And today I saw one with two dots - one under each eye!

 

[Woodstock]

Bad pic but you can see the two dots

 

[SeahorseBT]

Wow they are getting big. You have a lot of nice ones there.It looks like maybe a quarter of them are picassos?

 

[Woodstock]

It would be safe to say 25% are picassos but possibly more. It seems the ones with a lot of crazy white like the very back of the tank so it is tough to get them in a group shot.

 

[lcstorc]

More incredible growth pics. I can't wait to watch them continue to develop. You can already pick out individual markings on different ones. That is so cool.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

21 days and only the picasso are of legal drinking age

 

[dalilgriffith]

These are puzzle clowns, that one looks like it has a puzzle peice attached to the side