As near as I can tell, a lot of eggs likely hatched from the PNG White Stripe Maroon Clownfish pair’s 2nd spawn. There are probably less than 50 eggs left. Of course, this was a tiny nest to start with (compared to other Maroon nests) so I opted to just leave the few remaining eggs to fend for themselves tonight. Last night would’ve been the “6th night” by my count, with tonight being the 7th night post spawn for these eggs. I am hoping for a larger spawn and one that comes soon!
It’s just after 2 AM on May 6th, 2014, and I’ve prepared everything for an in-tank hatch with the Vossen Larval Snagger tonight. By my count, this is the 6th night post hatch, the nest looks full and ready to go. I took my own advice and set up the system’s pumps on a timer. All water pumps shut off at 2 AM, and will turn on around 4 AM. If this works well, I can simply move the 3-plug outlet (which runs internal filter, skimmer and internal UV) onto another outlet on the main power strip when not in use, but on hatch nights where I want to snag, I can just plug it into the timer (thus never having to reset the timer).
If I’m up still in an hour or so I’ll check the snagger to see what I caught so far…
Also ,the few larvae I snagged from Spawn #30 are going through settlement at this time; they have only been offered rotifers, no other feeds, with RotiGreen Omega for greenwater. A few have headstripes, and the rest should be getting near.
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