Feeding fry

[30yrs]

Hi every one sorry in advance if this has been covered some were else on the site but i have a breeding pair of Redfin Anthias. i have so far been unable to keep them for more than a week i have now got the babies separated but have no idea what to feed them.
Any suggestions will be gratefully appreciated.

 

[Surfzone]

Parvocalanis copepods. Would be what I would use as first foods. I'm not too sure on actually raising the larvae are like but I would imagine that it would be difficult. More so than clowns.

 

[30yrs]

I feed frozen marine dinner, so i stated this morning instead of thawing it i held it in over the babies and rubbed it and tiny bits came of and the fry/larvae went mad for it so fingers crossed that it works.
i seem to be in uncharted waters as there is no info any were plenty about Clowns but not Anthias.

 

[Gareth elliott]

I forget his name but there is researcher out of hawaii who has managed to breed butterflies successfully. A lot of his research will apply to this similar platonic eating fry. I believe they were semilarvatus for the google search.

 

[30yrs]

Someone else told me the same thing about the butterflies being successfully breed but haven't been able to find any info. i think the main challenge i have is that this is all going on in my little 4ft home aquarium and not in a million dollar facility.

 

[Gareth elliott]

For keeping live food do not need a huge facility

Recently had to clean all my cultures out but i use this very simple system, switching to glass bottles i cut..

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The temp controller is linked to the grow lights.

 

[30yrs]

Cool that's something i should consider

 

[sabeypets]

Are you collecting eggs?

 

[30yrs]

No i think they are live bearers as i just get babies in the tank hiding in the overflow box and under a piece of rock that i can see from the side of the tank.

 

[Gareth elliott]

No i think they are live bearers as i just get babies in the tank hiding in the overflow box and under a piece of rock that i can see from the side of the tank.

Have any pictures of the fry? Perhaps we can id the species.
There are not many live bearing fish, botolids(probably spelled that wrong). Are the only species i have seen in the trade at any regularity. Most likely some eggs were present on rocks or frag etc.

 

[30yrs]

This is the best i have, but last night after the tank had been in darkness for about an hour i went looking for more with a torch and found a hole lot more babies hiding in rock crevices last night a lot bigger then the ones in the vid and they are a pail red/orange color so now i'm thinking they maybe from my clowns that are hosting an anemone that's facing the back of the tank so if they are laying eggs i would be able to see them. with the number of babies in the tank i'm convinced that one or more will survive long enough for me to identify them.

Not sure if this has uploaded the video

 

[30yrs]

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• 30yrs
• Jul 5, 2019

 

[30yrs]

update on the babies i have found babies all though the tank hiding in the crevices in the rock work sum are a lot bigger than others and i'm starting to think that they are clowns and not Anthias as i all so have a pair of purcula clowns, but what ever they are there getting bigger. I have bought a bottle of mixed Copepods that i will be adding to the tank tonight fingers crossed they help feed them. I'm going to need a second tank setup just for the babies if they get big enough.
please Let me know if this is something you all want to hear about and i will keep updating.

 

[sabeypets]

Anthias are pelagic spawners releasing eggs in to the water column. What you are seeing are young mysid shrimp

 

[sabeypets]

Most fish and invertebrates have a platonic stage (including clowns and anthias) where they just float around in the currant (they don't hide). What you are seeing are a healthy bunch of mysid, amphipods and copepods.