It's official- I'm a grandfather

[masterswimmer]

:party: :party: :party:

My 2nd clutch of Ocellaris eggs hatched tonight :flower:

I went down to the tank after lights out (about 1.5 hrs) and I see all this detritus floating all over the place. Upon closer examination I see that it's baby clownfish!! woooohoooo

My wife wants me to set up a 5 or 10 gallon tank for the next clutch and see if we can be successful grandparents. I'm psyched. Joyce Wilkerson, here I come.

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[romain]

Russ, this time try to get some pics!


And yeah, congrats!

 

[masterswimmer]

Russ, this time try to get some pics!


And yeah, congrats!

Thanks Ro

I tried still pix, videos, videos with red LED's, white LED's and a flashlight. I'm thinking you can understand how small these little guys are. Miniscule is HUGE compared to them :lol:

Next time >>>>>> till adulthood!

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[Tonyscoots84]

did u happen to get some of the babys out and put them in a tank or u just left them for fish food...

 

[Tonyscoots84]

congrats btw grandpa russell....

 

[House of Laughter]

Ciongrats Swimmer, any chance they'll be black Percs

Russ :fishhit: Jim

House

 

[masterswimmer]

LOL, fish food man. Next time I'll be putting in a piece of ceramic tile for the parents to lay their eggs on. This way I can remove the tile on the 8th day and put it in the breeding tank. Much more efficient having the eggs hatch in the breeding tank than trying to save a dozen or two fry.

I wouldn't be surprised if the parents do the :bunnies: within the next two weeks. I've got my work cut out for me. Gotta get the breeding tank set up. No biggie there. Just a 5 or 10, heater, air stone and I'm set. The headache is culturing the rotifers. ugh, not looking forward to that.

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[masterswimmer]

Ciongrats Swimmer, any chance they'll be black Percs

Russ :fishhit: Jim

House

LMAO, I'm not one for the ITYS's. :wink:

R

Oh, thanks for the 'grats

 

[Tonyscoots84]

i wonder how long it will take for the fry to actually develop... i always wondered that....

 

[DevIouS]

Ciongrats Swimmer, any chance they'll be black Percs

Russ :fishhit: Jim

House

DIBS!

 

[masterswimmer]

i wonder how long it will take for the fry to actually develop... i always wondered that....

Rotifers for three weeks, that's when they should get their stripes. Then I can probably start with cyclopeeze.

DIBS!

That would be a real feat. Ocellaris giving birth to Black percs/ocell. I'd have to keep a couple of those too! :lol2:

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[rickytsui]

can i get dib too?

 

[masterswimmer]

A brief video of the male clown doing his 'job' the other night, before the eggs hatched.

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BTW, sorry for the sub par quality. It was at night under red LED's. Not the most optimal photographic setting.

 

[FRY]

congrats russ

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Russ that's awesome. Did you taqlk to Ric King and let him know !

 

[scarf_ace1981]

you peeping tom or should i say peeping russ.

great narrator voice. LOL

 

[SlamaJama]

i read if u use a flashlight u can scoop 'em out and put them in breeder tank set up...im assuming u didnt have 1 set up yet?
vbl on the next clutch...

 

[masterswimmer]

Thanks guys. The light trick would have worked. They did swim towards it. But like you said, I wasn't set up for it. Even if the tank was ready, I still have to be ready with rotifers.

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[scarf_ace1981]

russ can't you siphon them out? is that too barbaric?

 

[masterswimmer]

russ can't you siphon them out? is that too barbaric?

Not necessary to siphon. I can take a flashlight and a Lee's Specimen Containter and scoop them out. I just wasn't ready to do that yet.

Besides, when I decide to move forward with it, I'd like to have the eggs removed right before hatching. This way I'll have 100% of the fry to start with. Losses are very high in the first few days/week. They gradually taper off as they fry mature.

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