Latz clownfish spawning

[Maximus]

Very nice. I hope the blue lips come in for you in the future.

 

[Blue Lip]

Wow, that's awesome. Karen actually sent me a female last year and she actually spawned without a male. The eggs never hatched but it was cool seeing them nonetheless. Do the older babies have full bars?

Care to share a picture of yours?

 

[Maximus]

Here she is last year. She is now in my buddies tank.

 

[Maximus]

Here's a pic of the eggs:

 

[Maximus]

Here's a pic of her ovipositor:

 

[Blue Lip]

Still have a bunch of fry from this hatch! Pretty sure metamorphosis is about to start. This is when I start to loose a lot of them.

 

[Blue Lip]

The hatch after this one was mostly devoured by the saddle wrasse but probably still had 10 hatch.

 

[Blue Lip]

Metamorphosis has started. There was also a lot of loss this morning. I have read that for some clownfish types, there is a large loss during metamorphosis, especially with sebae type clownfish. I would say Latz clownfish fit into this category.

 

[Blue Lip]

This batch is going through metamorphosis. I had multiple already die. This is when I loose most.

 

[Bunnee911]

How long does it last and is it temp sensitive?

 

[Blue Lip]

I think metamorphosis starts quicker for the fry that eat the most. There I s always a variety of sizes 12 days into it. fry get real fat & either transform or perish within 24 hours. The dead look fat.

 

[Bunnee911]

What foods are you feeding at met?

 

[Blue Lip]

TDO A1 &B1. Also freshly hatched brine shrimp. There are plenty of rotifers too.

 

[Blue Lip]

Numbers continue to drop. Cleaned the tank yesterday & again this morning to get all the dead ones out. On a positive note, my lazt are spawning this morning.

 

[Bunnee911]

Is this still the 10 or another hatch?

 

[Blue Lip]

I started this thread with clownfish spawning. Its this batch I'm talking about. I had one batch hatch since & they spawned this morning. Here are some current pictures

 

[Blue Lip]

The 10 was the hatch after.

 

[Blue Lip]

The larger ones is the first clownfish fry I kept alive. It was from the 7th hatch & the only survivor from that hatch. The smaller one is from my 8th hatch.

 

[Blue Lip]

Thought I would give an update. I still have 17 alive from the hatch I started this post with. The hatch after I have 7. There have also been 2 more hatches and the breeding pair spawned Saturday.

 

[Blue Lip]

this last hatch seems delayed. it should have started last Monday. I have had a couple hatch each day but most happened last night. the parents are cleaning a rock getting ready to spawn again.