Raising Clownfish

[runningwild24]

I have a pair of breeding clowns and have been attempting to raise their babies for the past few months. Unfortunately, they never seem to make it past the first few days. It is impossible to take the eggs out before they hatch so I have been vacuuming out the larvae when they hatch. I typically get about 25-100 live ones. They then go into a separate tank with about two gallons of tank water and an air stone. I feed them bottled rotifers, and have seen them eat in the past.

Does anyone have any ideas on why I cant seem to keep them alive or some suggestions to try?

 

[SkyShark]

Check out MBI. Tons of excellent guides to breeding clowns.

 

[Aaron]

You need to feed them live rotifers. Dead rotifers won't work. Search youtube for raising rotifer cultures, it's more challenging and expensive than raising the clowns.

 

[SynDen]

http://www.mbisite.org/Species.aspx?q=&fori=&class=&g=23&page=20