my hippocampus erectus just had babies!!!! :) Part II

Scratch-D · 12/11/2008, 06:05 PM

Here is the setup:

The netted breeder is at the top of the tank
I have covered the light by placing a piece of flat plastic between the light and glass canopy.
I set a small lamp near the bottom right corner of the tank so that the light is coming from the bottom
I have begun to introduce frozen baby brine shrimp to the water in the breeder 2wice a day and started to hatch artemia. The goal is go feed all frozen asap as raising brine is a pain in the ***....

Any comments / helpful hints are welcome.......

video:
http://i172.photobucket.com/player.s...d/PICT0272.flv

Scratch-D · 12/11/2008, 08:13 PM

the rest of the pix

ReefNutPA · 12/11/2008, 08:48 PM

Congrats on the fry! Words of wisdom though..... be prepared to hatch brine 24/7 for the next few weeks

Tom

PAULNOTB · 12/13/2008, 04:37 PM

Make sure you are using the brine within 12 hours of hatching or the nutritional value goes way down. I think (its been a few years) you can enrich the brine after about 36 hours after hatching. Someone else may want to chime in on the timing. I would definitely have a tank set up for fry seperate though because you may have to treat for hydroids eventualy and you dont want to do this in your main tank. good luck Paul

Scratch-D · 12/13/2008, 05:05 PM

why will the hydroids appear?

PAULNOTB · 12/13/2008, 09:24 PM

It is thought that they arrive in the shrimp eggs or in the frozen mysis. ?

Bluespot22 · 12/13/2008, 11:45 PM

Be careful with having the fry with adults...Monitor the water params closely. Good luck!

hartsafire · 12/27/2008, 08:49 PM

I always use a seperate fry tank, bare painted bottom , much easier to vacume waste. I got a rigid air tube hooked a little larger flex air tube on the end and wa- la .. a long handled vacume wand!!! Just becareful not to catch the fry in the wand, If they do get sucked up you can retrieve from the bucket, but also check the wand and tubing for those who didnt make it to the bucket!!

12/11/2008, 06:05 PM	#1
Scratch-D Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 196	my hippocampus erectus just had babies!!!! :) Part II Here is the setup: The netted breeder is at the top of the tank I have covered the light by placing a piece of flat plastic between the light and glass canopy. I set a small lamp near the bottom right corner of the tank so that the light is coming from the bottom I have begun to introduce frozen baby brine shrimp to the water in the breeder 2wice a day and started to hatch artemia. The goal is go feed all frozen asap as raising brine is a pain in the ***.... Any comments / helpful hints are welcome....... video: http://i172.photobucket.com/player.s...d/PICT0272.flv

12/11/2008, 08:13 PM	#2
Scratch-D Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 196	the rest of the pix

12/11/2008, 08:48 PM	#3
ReefNutPA Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Pottsville, PA Posts: 852	Congrats on the fry! Words of wisdom though..... be prepared to hatch brine 24/7 for the next few weeks Tom

12/13/2008, 04:37 PM	#4
PAULNOTB Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 46	Make sure you are using the brine within 12 hours of hatching or the nutritional value goes way down. I think (its been a few years) you can enrich the brine after about 36 hours after hatching. Someone else may want to chime in on the timing. I would definitely have a tank set up for fry seperate though because you may have to treat for hydroids eventualy and you dont want to do this in your main tank. good luck Paul

12/13/2008, 05:05 PM	#5
Scratch-D Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 196	why will the hydroids appear?

12/13/2008, 09:24 PM	#6
PAULNOTB Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 46	It is thought that they arrive in the shrimp eggs or in the frozen mysis. ?

12/13/2008, 11:45 PM	#7
Bluespot22 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Libertyville IL Posts: 901	Be careful with having the fry with adults...Monitor the water params closely. Good luck!

12/27/2008, 08:49 PM	#8
hartsafire Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 26	I always use a seperate fry tank, bare painted bottom , much easier to vacume waste. I got a rigid air tube hooked a little larger flex air tube on the end and wa- la .. a long handled vacume wand!!! Just becareful not to catch the fry in the wand, If they do get sucked up you can retrieve from the bucket, but also check the wand and tubing for those who didnt make it to the bucket!!