talkalot82 Posted October 2, 2019 Author Share Posted October 2, 2019 (edited) Day 20 Almost ready for grow out tank. They are eating and growing like crazy.. Cool thing about my clowns is they are use to me all the time in their tanks that they are non aggressive clowns Edited October 3, 2019 by talkalot82 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBret Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Some random questions. Have you been able to count how many days from when the eggs are layed to when they hatch? Are you hatching the eggs in the tank where the babies are being raised or collecting them from a different tank they are born in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted October 3, 2019 Author Share Posted October 3, 2019 (edited) This could one was a super small clutch of eggs. I had about 50 baby's hatch. And I have 42 baby's now. My clutch before I had 150 some hatch, but I lost most when I had a rotifer crash. I made out with about 65. Looks like the eggs they have laid now have about 200 eggs. But I'm not hatching this batch, I don't have a empty tank yet. I use a 20 gallon Ada tank because it's seemless to hatch. Then about day 26, I move to grow out 10 gallons. I can do about 100 clowns in a 10 gallon. But I only have 1 Ada. I pull eggs out before they hatch. The day they are to hatch I pull them rock and all. If you don't mom and dad will eat the baby's before you can nicely pull them or see them. They have to be raised In a blacked out tank. Most people use 10 gallon with 5 gallons of water in it. Or I use 20 gallon with 7 gallons of water. Some people use a 5 gallon bucket with 4 gallons of water Edited October 3, 2019 by talkalot82 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted October 3, 2019 Author Share Posted October 3, 2019 (edited) Mine hatch day 10. But it matters on the type of clowns, tank temperature as well. The closer to 80 degrees the sooner they hatch Edited October 3, 2019 by talkalot82 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted October 3, 2019 Author Share Posted October 3, 2019 Most my eggs always hatch. Can take 2 days to hatch all eggs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted October 4, 2019 Author Share Posted October 4, 2019 Day 21 Baby's think instant baby brine shrimp is crack. I swear. They are getting big. Happy fish. Just a few more days in their tank and they can go to their filtered tank. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share Posted October 5, 2019 Day 22 Trying to convert all baby's off live food completely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted October 6, 2019 Author Share Posted October 6, 2019 Day 23 Today was the first day I checked for nitrates. And it was high when they're juveniles they don't really notice but as they get older they will notice nitrates. Did a huge water change. though I had zero parts per million of ammonia. my tank temperature is still reading 79.8 degrees. So that is good. I'm keeping these babies in this tank a little bit longer than normal so I don't give them shocked when I move them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted October 11, 2019 Author Share Posted October 11, 2019 Day 27 I have this baby clown that likes to swim through the bubbles. Till he Carries a bubble beard. Then swims around. Over and over again. Thought he had a growth on his face. Freaked and then it popped. He went back to bubbles and did it again 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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