Breed Clownfish | Saltwater Fish

[Denise]

My clowns have laid their second batch and I am going to try to keep them alive. I have some rotifers in the frige that I want to keep alive by putting them in a bucket and feeding them.

Can I feed them bio plankton? I have some for my corals and this would be easier than buying more food. How many times per day would I feed them and how much? If bio plankton won't work, what food does work and where can I buy it?

Once the clowns are hatched, how much rotifers do I feed them? Do I need to get the salinity in my culture bucket up to my tank level by acclimating the rotifers. Should the culture be kept at the same level as my tank or lower? What about the tempeture for the culture?

thanks

[admin]

I would not try to feed them bioplankton. Really the best food is rotifer diet. It doesn't effect the ph of the water as much as some of the plankton you buy in the store. Rotifer diet is available from Reed-Mariculture. As far as caring for the fry check out the main site http://www.breedclownfish.com I would try to get the salinity close in the fry tank and the rotifer tank. When you first get the rotifers make sure to put them into water that has the same salinity as what is in the shipping bag. Then gradually over several hours raise the salinity to your fry tank level. You don't want to shock the rotifers and kill them. Room temperature is the most stable for rotifers, but if you want to produce high numbers of rotifers raising the temperature can help. You run the risk of crashing the system though when the temperature is high and so many are being produced. Be sure you have a backup batch. Check the main site for the rest of your questions.