I have 6 of them left and they were in a 20g tank that was plumbed into the main dt. I think they are so much easier to raise than the clowns I had raised. I love the fact that they are mini me's of the parents. Mine are about 6 months old now and will tear some mysis up now. I did start mine out on APBreed TDO-A and worked up to TDO-C untill they could eat frozen. Tried the baby brine but they never really ate that. Good luck and cannot wait to see the pictures. said:
That is soooooooo good to know as I let the guy at Reed Mariculture talk me OUT OF the brine kit since the babies were still swimming day 2 and all I had was rotifeast to feed them. He thinks the flow in the fuge is just enough that they were tricked into thinking live food was going by them. All eight still in the fuge. The larger one stays by himself.
He is twice the size of the others. I really wonder if he is part of this brood. Is that possible that there was a brood prior to this? If so, I would think he would be a LOT bigger than just double this itty bitty size of the others. Not sure how I would have missed it. I spend an hour or 2 each night with the flash light. In the DT there were 3 power heads going and he was swimming back and forth toward the back without any issues. When I feed, he bolts right out into the open while the other 7 still huddle in the caulerpa. Very different behavior. The bigger one is swimming down low close to the mud while the little ones are almost at the surface.
I have no clue on lighting for them. I left the light on the first night. I wasn't sure about frightening them, but went ahead and shut the lights off for 4 hours yesterday. I added some snails as I know that much light is going to bring me some algae issues, though it should stay confined to the fuge only being the black walls to contain the light.
I have the TDO-A arriving this morning with more Rotifeast. That's it ... no live food. I'm worried, but hopeful. I wasn't ready or prepared for this.
The first picture is what I took not knowing I had a live fish. I was probably shaking as it is blurry. The second one looks like he has POPEYE, but he doesn't ... that is just the illusion from the camera against the round container. Third one is a strange angle but clear. He is not missing a fin. [smilie=lol.gif]
I tried to get pictures of all eight, but can't with the reflection from the light and with the light off, my cheap camera doesn't see anything but black. All 4 walls are black acrylic so I can only look down to get a picture. I'll keep trying.