Hi , I'm sooo new to this forum. I've used it quite a few times for answers to my questions. I have a mated pair of clown fish. She lays eggs every 15 days. Currently the pair and their anemone is living in my main tank. I'm just waiting for the ammonia levels to drop and I'll move all 3 over to a new tank.
I've tried many things to get the babies. I have a catcher that was supposed to trap them and I move them over after they hatch. I managed to catch 3 babies that way, but they died.
I finally decided to move the rock the eggs were on, in the main tank, into the fry tank, I had bubbles on it at full force. A few hatched. Maybe about 4 were alive in the morning. But they all died. I reduced the bubbles, more eggs hatched and 3 were alive in the morning. They all died. and I think i had 3 alive in the morning after the third night, but again. They all died.
What am I doing wrong? Is there any way to get them to hatch on one night? What about lighting? Clown eggs hatch only at night, clown fry don't like light. How can I light the eggs, so there's a night time, but not kill the fry that have hatched.
There's tonnes of rotifers in the fry tank. It's not a food issue. I have bristol board covering all sides of the tank and bristol board cover for the top of the tank. I can leave it perminantly covered except when feeding but then i don't have the light and dark difference for the other eggs.
Please help. This is very frustrating.
I've tried many things to get the babies. I have a catcher that was supposed to trap them and I move them over after they hatch. I managed to catch 3 babies that way, but they died.
I finally decided to move the rock the eggs were on, in the main tank, into the fry tank, I had bubbles on it at full force. A few hatched. Maybe about 4 were alive in the morning. But they all died. I reduced the bubbles, more eggs hatched and 3 were alive in the morning. They all died. and I think i had 3 alive in the morning after the third night, but again. They all died.
What am I doing wrong? Is there any way to get them to hatch on one night? What about lighting? Clown eggs hatch only at night, clown fry don't like light. How can I light the eggs, so there's a night time, but not kill the fry that have hatched.
There's tonnes of rotifers in the fry tank. It's not a food issue. I have bristol board covering all sides of the tank and bristol board cover for the top of the tank. I can leave it perminantly covered except when feeding but then i don't have the light and dark difference for the other eggs.
Please help. This is very frustrating.