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Build-A-Reef
Happy Thanksgiving to all those celebrating!
Day 40
Baby Count: 8
The black pigmentation along their caudal fin, second dorsal, and anal fin still developing. Becoming much more apparent on Boss, he looks messy because of it's abnormal pattern. A cute messy though. It looks like 3 more of them are getting more black pigment as well. Gave them some more nutramar nova, BBS, and flake today.
Anyone have a good idea for measuring their size?
Clutch 4
Day 14
Baby Count: 9
It looks like 6 of the 9 now have at least their full first stripe, and only one (that I can tell) has his second stripe.
Picture of one who seems to be already hosting the heater (only has one stripe)
I need to concoct a fake anemone for these guys, and all future babies, out of airline tubing.
Clutch 5
Day 1
Baby Count: ~120
I woke up this morning all excited to see how many babies I had! And I had... 2. It was a disappointment. There was also a small circle of dead eggs starting, the rest of the eggs looked ok, however. About an hour later I checked on them again and the circle of dead eggs had gotten twice as large! I knew I couldn't wait until tonight or they'd all be dead, so I put the top back on them and covered them all up. I checked 5 hours later and I was pleasantly surprised
Lots of babies swimming around! The circle of dead eggs had gotten larger, but all of the living eggs had hatched out. I guess they just needed more time to hatch!
I took a picture of the dead eggs before removing the pot, and counted the dead eggs to guess-estimate how many fry had hatched. I also took two picture of the tank to attempt and count the fry. From these two sources I'm estimating around 120 fry that hatched. Quite a bit of them are on the bottom, but upon going near them they pop right up and swim away, so hopefully they're just resting. I added more rotifers, however, and many more popped up and started eating.
Here's half of the tank with a bunch of the little guys swimming around
And two of them in a close-up
One thing that has always stumped me is how the eggs die. They always die in a pattern, in a circle. I think it has something to do with the amount of airation they are receiving, but I cannot be certain.
Here's the picture of the dead eggs I took:
As you can see, the patch of dead eggs is quite circular. All of the eggs surrounding that circle of dead eggs were still viable and hatched. I'm considering buying Formalin and dipping the eggs in it before putting them in the tank to hatch, but I haven't decided yet. I'm just happy so many hatched!
Day 40
Baby Count: 8
The black pigmentation along their caudal fin, second dorsal, and anal fin still developing. Becoming much more apparent on Boss, he looks messy because of it's abnormal pattern. A cute messy though. It looks like 3 more of them are getting more black pigment as well. Gave them some more nutramar nova, BBS, and flake today.
Anyone have a good idea for measuring their size?
Clutch 4
Day 14
Baby Count: 9
It looks like 6 of the 9 now have at least their full first stripe, and only one (that I can tell) has his second stripe.
Picture of one who seems to be already hosting the heater (only has one stripe)
I need to concoct a fake anemone for these guys, and all future babies, out of airline tubing.
Clutch 5
Day 1
Baby Count: ~120
I woke up this morning all excited to see how many babies I had! And I had... 2. It was a disappointment. There was also a small circle of dead eggs starting, the rest of the eggs looked ok, however. About an hour later I checked on them again and the circle of dead eggs had gotten twice as large! I knew I couldn't wait until tonight or they'd all be dead, so I put the top back on them and covered them all up. I checked 5 hours later and I was pleasantly surprised
Lots of babies swimming around! The circle of dead eggs had gotten larger, but all of the living eggs had hatched out. I guess they just needed more time to hatch!
I took a picture of the dead eggs before removing the pot, and counted the dead eggs to guess-estimate how many fry had hatched. I also took two picture of the tank to attempt and count the fry. From these two sources I'm estimating around 120 fry that hatched. Quite a bit of them are on the bottom, but upon going near them they pop right up and swim away, so hopefully they're just resting. I added more rotifers, however, and many more popped up and started eating.
Here's half of the tank with a bunch of the little guys swimming around
And two of them in a close-up
One thing that has always stumped me is how the eggs die. They always die in a pattern, in a circle. I think it has something to do with the amount of airation they are receiving, but I cannot be certain.
Here's the picture of the dead eggs I took:
As you can see, the patch of dead eggs is quite circular. All of the eggs surrounding that circle of dead eggs were still viable and hatched. I'm considering buying Formalin and dipping the eggs in it before putting them in the tank to hatch, but I haven't decided yet. I'm just happy so many hatched!
Wonder how the Anemone out of Airline will work out.
If the wife finds out im in trouble 
