First Real Breeding post

[Wesley]

Fish Baby Pictures

:teeth:

Just want to post some cutie picture. They are 9 days old and it is the cutest stage during their baby lives.




Youtube video commentary by my daughter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JReT1IQuRSs

 

[armani4o3]

Cool pic man. What type of clownfish are you breeding?

 

[tentacles]

:inlove: how big are they at this age?

 

[Wesley]

They are about 0.2 inch. Very tiny and cute.

Cool pic man. What type of clownfish are you breeding?

Thank you.

I have the plain old ocellaris (like those in my avatar), plain old percular, picasso, and black & white (Dorwin) clownfish. They all look very similar when they are babies. Most of the black color won't even start to show until at least a month or two, especially for the B&W.

 

[armani4o3]

Would love to see a how to guide on what all is needed and steps to do this. Seems very interesting.

 

[Wesley]

I don't mind creating one, if more people are interested.

 

[US Marine Coral]

Yeah, good idea. Some people might even pay you for the guide.

 

[greybolt03]

Would love to see more....

 

[thirty5]

I don't mind creating one, if more people are interested.

I would absolutely love to see a guide. I have a pair youngsters right now. But if they finally spawn I would love to try to raise the clutch.

 

[Wesley]

EDIT: removed double post.

 

[Wesley]

Yeah, good idea. Some people might even pay you for the guide.

heh. Paying? Doubtful.

I would absolutely love to see a guide. I have a pair youngsters right now. But if they finally spawn I would love to try to raise the clutch.

Nice! Let me start a quick overview guide tonight and we can start from there.

Would love to see more....

More picture/video?

Here you go. Not as cute, but not that many people have seen it. Especially when they are only 2 hours old.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eZik-4eaUY

http://youtube.com/watch?v=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eZik-4eaUY

 

[US Marine Coral]

Would you be willing to share the process. How you collect the eggs, to the larvae tank setup, to feeding what, weh, and how much, to the grow out tank phase?

 

[Wesley]

Absolutely. That's the plan. Since each of the processes you've mentioned would be a topic on it's own, lot of variations and lot of detail, I'll make an overview first. Then I'll make a separate topic for each of those processes, i.e. larvae tank setup, feeding, food culture, etc.

 

[dherrera83]

We should all have a class trip to his lab!... We can car pool! We all bring some beer and chips!... lol

 

[US Marine Coral]

Absolutely. That's the plan. Since each of the processes you've mentioned would be a topic on it's own, lot of variations and lot of detail, I'll make an overview first. Then I'll make a separate topic for each of those processes, i.e. larvae tank setup, feeding, food culture, etc.

That would be awesome. Can't wait to read them. Thanks for sharing!!

 

[jf2381]

Tagging along. I'm at 4 pairs of clowns already and would love to learn more so I'm ready when they are of breeding age.

 

[Wesley]

Aww! Every time I see the baby picture/video, I miss them a lot. I really hope I don't fall back into this rabbit hole again. So much work!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_Z2Sr_b_8I&list=PLMwDJ3HI6wtJUGNFPEwmVwe_THKkBABat&index=11

 

[rich]

especially on how difficult it was to keep get food for the hatchlings

 

[Wesley]

Well, actually, once you got the routine down, it is not difficult at all. Just tedious. Also, it's daily routine. If you don't want the culture to crash, you better train a neighbor to do the daily chore before you want to go on vacation or out for a business trip. That's the most challenge issue I had.