Raising "Black" A. ocellaris clownfish on OmegaOne Foods

[omegatom]

I would like to report on a recent clownfish rearing project I have conducted. Two years ago I picked up two juvenile "Black" A. ocellaris clownfish from Dick Perrin at Tropicorium and have reared them together in a 10 gal. tank using OmegaOne Marine flake and OmegaOne Marine pellets. This Spring they started spawning, so I decided to try rearing a batch. I used live rotifers from Reed Mariculture and algae paste to feed the rotifer cultures. I hatched out the nest in a 10 gallon tank wrapped in black card board on April 12, 2009 and started with rotifers followed by live baby brine on day 5 followed by OmegaOne frozen baby brine for 2 weeks. Gradually they were weaned to OmegaOne powdered flake diet and have stayed on that till now. They were transferred from the larval tank to a 10 gallon tank in my adult system at 3 weeks. At 3 and a half month from hatch, many are now over 1 inch in length and doing fine. Below is a picture of the adult pair with eggs in their pot, followed by the juveniles just after transfer and finally a recent photo of the juveniles. Although I have not raised any fish in over 25 years it is still fairly easy especially with the new foods. , http://i956.photobucket.com/albums/ae49 ... C00573.jpg[/img],,[img]

[omegatom]

Just for comparison, here is another pair of regular clownfish that spawn periodically and I have recently raised a batch of their fry.

[ZoaChic]

NICE JOB!

Congrats that inspires me to be my next project. Right now i'm feeding My Newborn seahorses Omega Mysis and will track the growth of them compared to those feed another food,

[omegatom]

Looking forward to an update on your baby seahorses. I know they can be very difficult even on live foods. What kind are you working with? Are you using the frozen or Freeze-dried Mysis? I am having very good results with powdered flake diet for both the clownfish and several batches of Firemouth cichlids. Still getting seahorses to take non-living foods is certainly a challenge. Of course in the wild mysis would be the most appropriate food with baby brine as a second choice to mix the diet.

[ZoaChic]

Both parents are TR so.. not much concearn there. I lost my male due to a unstable rock
Back to square one for me