Clown Gobi Fry

[Paul B]

For the third week in a row my clown gobi pair laid eggs and frankly, I didn't believe it. The first time I was all excited, the second week I saw eggs again and I was starting to doubt it as they look like bubbles. Now today I see those "bubbles" again and I was sure they are bubbles as I didn't think a small fish such as a clown gobi could lay so many eggs. So I tried to collect some of those "bubbles" I stuck a device like a baster next to the Bubbles but they would not come off. So I scraped some off and sucked them up. I had a couple of them in a container and they looked like dust.
(I have old eyes) So I sucked one dust particle up and put it under my 100 year old vintage microscope.
The dam thing is a living gobi. It is breathing and moving his eyes around. I could swear it winked at me so I assume it is a female. I don't have one of those cool camera's that connect to a microscope so this is the best you get.

The eggs are here in between the two clownfish.

 

[Euroreefer]

must be cool seeing them that small under the microscope..lol... Lovely couple.

 

[MikeC]

Very cool!

 

[Paul B]

The tube is on the eggs attached to that acropora. There are bubbles coming up the tube which pushes water into the container. There is a coffee filter in the container covering the holes so the fry don't escape. This should collect a large portion of the fry as they hatch. I am not sure I will be able to see them but like everything else I do, it is an experiment. For food there is a sponge filter on the intake of my UG filter that I have not removed to clean in a month or so. It is teeming with life. That is what I will put in with the fry for new food. If they don't like to eat that, they will get leftovers from my dinner so I hope they like linguini and clams

 

[SteveZ15]

Thats really cool ,you always have some interesting contraptions .

 

[duromega]

amazing!!
good luck with the babies

 

[JimmyR1rider]

I could swear it winked at me so I assume it is a female


I have seen you in person. You are not that attractive!! Lol

 

[Paul B]

I have seen you in person. You are not that attractive!! Lol

That's right, I am not that attractive at all so maybe she was just sneering at me.

 

[Majano Wand]

Very cool!!!

 

[homegrowncichlid]

I have a small kreisel which I make using a 2-liter soda bottle and a couple of acrylic panes. I was trying to grow out sexy shrimp larvae, but only got them to go 3 instars and gave up.
As you can see it has 2 inputs for air tubing which would move water flow counter clockwise, up the side channel . It is open top, and has a single row of water vent holes on the very bottom. I would hold it against the glass using magnets. I painted it to prevent larvae from going towards the light and have a cardboard cover for the viewing side. It has a window on that so the larvae would stay in the middle of the krestle. I set it up within the main tank, and in theory waste would deffuse out the vent holes. You can cut more if you want.
You want it? I'll trade for future fry. I guess you'll need to culture some food for them. Maybe some green water from the ocean?
Bottom view

top view

 

[Paul B]

Very cool

 

[Paul B]

Today there is another batch of clown gobi eggs and she looks pregnant again.
I know they are eggs because I keep putting them under the microscope.
That's a lot of eggs for such a tiny fish. I must have gotten a really good batch of worms to feed these guys