Reef Discussion
Had a quick look tonight - there appears to be a white haze over the main bunch of eggs :( Would appear to be a fungus but not sure how bad it needs to be before it effects the eggs/larvae - @Dr. Schell any ideas. Some around the outer perimeter appear to be OK but time will tell I guess.
First lesson learnt - if you do remove the nest and they don't hatch return it to the parents until the next night.
Also, one of my two buckets of rotifers has crashed - the other is going strong so not sure what happened.
And everything was going so well too .... :rolleyes
First lesson learnt - if you do remove the nest and they don't hatch return it to the parents until the next night.
Also, one of my two buckets of rotifers has crashed - the other is going strong so not sure what happened.
And everything was going so well too .... :rolleyes
I have some larvae :)
I didn't want to shine the torch on the nest so I am not sure what has hatched or what is dead but there might have been 10 - 15 that I could see. Not ideal but at least it is a start.
Put some nanno and rots in the tank so that should be enough to keep them going until I get home tomorrow night.
I didn't want to shine the torch on the nest so I am not sure what has hatched or what is dead but there might have been 10 - 15 that I could see. Not ideal but at least it is a start.
Put some nanno and rots in the tank so that should be enough to keep them going until I get home tomorrow night.
Yes, I should have put the tile back in the DT last night with the parents - I won't make that mistake again. I suspect it is the ones on the outer edges that have hatched.
As you have said before @Dr. Schell
Cheers
I still need to tidy a few things up, but this is what I have setup now
Standard 2ft tank on the left - I was going to use some corflute to black out the tank but didn't get a chance to buy any. Settled on polystyrene covered in black garbage bags which seems to be doing the job. On the left is my nanno cultures - I will be putting together a light frame on the weekend using some cheap neutral white LED's which should work well.
The transformer is for the MH light which is currently over the pond - I hope to replace this light with my new multi-chip LED on the weekend. In the corner I have my airpump which is now nicely snuggled up to a hot water bottle (this was a great idea @Dr. Schell, thanks :))
I have 2 more bottles of nanno in the pond together with 2 x 20l buckets for the rots - I wanted to keep some a bit warmer so that they reproduced quicker. It will definitely be easier when the weather warms up a bit.
I also have lots of buckets, a 70l garbage bin filled with water with a SG of 1.020 (used for the nanno and rots) and a bottle of mixed Aquasol for feeding the nanno.
I think that's about it :)
A quick look this morning - there appears to be around 40 live larvae so all is not lost. I removed the tile with the remaining eggs as the fungus looked to be worse and I didn't want to risk the ones that have hatched.
I also need to get better organised at enriching the rots etc as I don't have a lot of time in the morning :rolleyes
I also need to get better organised at enriching the rots etc as I don't have a lot of time in the morning :rolleyes
I guess 40 odd is a good number for a first batch to see how things go and refine your methods. Hope it goes well.
How's that second bucket of rots looking now?
After we move and settle in I could always get some nanno and rots going to have some as a backup.
How's that second bucket of rots looking now?
After we move and settle in I could always get some nanno and rots going to have some as a backup.
@Brekel - I would love to have a few other people maintain some cultures.
The second bucket has crashed - I will be setting up two new buckets tonight so hopefully I will not lose then all.
The second bucket has crashed - I will be setting up two new buckets tonight so hopefully I will not lose then all.
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