Thread: Clown eggs
View Single Post
  #3  
Old 06-20-2011, 04:19 AM
mike31154's Avatar
mike31154 mike31154 is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Vernon
Posts: 2,073
mike31154 will become famous soon enough
Default

Raising the fry is a pretty involved process. First you need to capture them when they hatch, typically after lights out, then you need a separate tank, phytoplankton to feed/raise rotifers which is the only live food small enough for the fry (larvae actually) to eat. After a week or so, if you have any survivors, metamorphosis from larvae to actual fry happens. Many are lost during this process as well. Survivors from that I think will be able to handle live brine shrimp and slowly be weaned on to dry food. This is all written from memory of what I've read on forums and the book "Clownfishes" by Joyce Wilkerson. Unless you're well prepared prior to hatching, consider them food for the other critters in your tank. They won't survive a day in there.
__________________
Mike
77g sumpless SW
DIY 10 watt multi-chip LED build http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=82206
Reply With Quote