Recent content by Dman

Sean, Fransisco brings up some valid points, I swear clown fish fry are the dirtiest creatures in the ocean, you wouldn't believe how big of a mess a thousand well fed fry can make. The feeding regime for growing out fry is way too intense to piggyback to an established reef system. Also clowns...

Slim to none if you keep yelling :D If they're mated, then pretty good. The larger is usually the female and raising the fry is not that difficult if you have lots of time, money, patience and a little luck. I would call it somewhere between "brain surgery" and "poking yourself in the eye with...

No way to get Cyclop-eeze down there? Makes a pretty good second food. Just out of curiosity, how big is the average spawn on the Ocellarus? Dman

Chico, That's great, I wish my survival rate was as high (I'm working on it). Did you manage to find paprika esters? And from what I've read, fish oils are one of the best ways to boost HUFA's in the broodstock diet. What are you using for a first food? Dman

Chico, Keep us posted. Dman

Francisco Andrade, I didn't realize that they had been spawning for that long. I would think that that would bring with it a new set of circumstances. It sounds like you make your own food, here's what I would try, it's a shot in the dark from my end, but I can't see how it would hurt. Vary the...

Another possibility, one that I've had problems with, is with the aeration. If it's too strong the current it produces will suck in the fry and slam them to the surface. There's two ways that I've used to solve this, I turn off the airstone the night of the hatch and I feed, feed, feed the...

I have taken the liberty of posting a link to this thread on one of the Canadian boards http://www.aquariumpros.ca/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1852 [/url]