My Tiny Specs/Clownfish
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Topic: My Tiny Specs/Clownfish
Posted By: Nick801
Subject: My Tiny Specs/Clownfish
Date Posted: December 23 2010 at 1:08am
they are almost starting to look like fish =) also I can't wait to try and raise this next batch that will be hatching this weekend and it will be my first tile hatch ------------- http://www.reefinsanity.com" rel="nofollow - www.ReefInsanity.com http://www.facebook.com/ReefInsanity" rel="nofollow - www.Facebook.com/ReefInsanity 801-680-4676 |
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Posted By: ptronsp
Date Posted: December 23 2010 at 1:25am
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Nick, Are these clowns? |
Posted By: Nick801
Date Posted: December 23 2010 at 1:26am
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yeah =)
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Posted By: Sculpin
Date Posted: December 23 2010 at 1:47am
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That is way cool man! Micah ------------- 225 Reef (not really mine but i act like it is) 29 Biocube http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=45353" rel="nofollow - My Whole House System Build |
Posted By: griffith
Date Posted: December 23 2010 at 5:37am
Sweet!  Linn
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Posted By: swiftra
Date Posted: December 23 2010 at 9:23am
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Congrats Nick!! That's awesome! How old are they?
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Posted By: davser
Date Posted: December 23 2010 at 10:13am
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amaizing pics, good luck ------------- It's not about what you know but about who you know |
Posted By: Adam Blundell
Date Posted: December 23 2010 at 10:44am
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AWESOME Nick! Adam ------------- Come to a meeting, they�re fun! |
Posted By: jwoo
Date Posted: December 23 2010 at 11:36am
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Fantastic pictures Nick. You're skill has certainly improved over the past six months! ------------- None at the moment Soon: 72 Gallon Bowfront |
Posted By: Nick801
Date Posted: December 25 2010 at 12:52am
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Less then 24 hours from those last pics and they already have stripes... I swear I looked at them when I woke up around 8am and they didn't have anything, then by 6 at night they all the sudden had stripes...
crazy little things... 
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Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: December 25 2010 at 10:59am
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Metamorphosis is just around the corner. If you don't mind, could you tell us how many days old they are in each group of pics? ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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Posted By: Nick801
Date Posted: December 25 2010 at 11:34am
only crazy people keep track of that stuff... jk =) tomorrow they will be 14 days ------------- http://www.reefinsanity.com" rel="nofollow - www.ReefInsanity.com http://www.facebook.com/ReefInsanity" rel="nofollow - www.Facebook.com/ReefInsanity 801-680-4676 |
Mark Peterson wrote:Posted By: ptronsp
Date Posted: December 25 2010 at 3:46pm
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This is amazing! Nick did you take the eggs out of the tank? Give me details... this is exciting I love it! Pam |
Posted By: badfinger
Date Posted: December 25 2010 at 4:13pm
| No no nick... you weren't kidding... you too are one of those crazy people |
Posted By: Nick801
Date Posted: December 25 2010 at 11:04pm
ha =) now do we have anyone crazy enough to sit here and count these out? this is the new batch hopefully they do well
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Posted By: jcoulter17
Date Posted: December 25 2010 at 11:26pm
| open the file on paint and blackout the fish as you count and that's if you really want to know how many you have |
Posted By: kellerexpress
Date Posted: December 26 2010 at 4:53am
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that is awesome, just make sure and keep the windex away from these ones! ------------- IM 30L Kessil A160we x2 |
Posted By: backwards32
Date Posted: December 26 2010 at 1:50pm
| thats awesome. I hope my hatchery goes this well |
Posted By: Nick801
Date Posted: December 26 2010 at 2:43pm
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Well the hatch went great, all but maybe 5 hatched, and they where all looking good, woke up this morning to green/white cloudy water
with maybe only 5% alive... I maybe added too much nanno, or too many rotifers... but something caused a crash... the other 6 from the first batch are still doing really good ------------- http://www.reefinsanity.com" rel="nofollow - www.ReefInsanity.com http://www.facebook.com/ReefInsanity" rel="nofollow - www.Facebook.com/ReefInsanity 801-680-4676 |
Posted By: ptronsp
Date Posted: December 26 2010 at 3:33pm
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Dang! I am really following this .. it is really interesting to me. You are on your way Nick it sounds to being successful with this. Good for you! Pam |
Posted By: Nick801
Date Posted: December 31 2010 at 10:32am
I guess you could call this one the runt =) hes a little behind on the transformation compared to the others in his batch for some reason...
and they just laid another batch last night, but unfortunately on the rock and not on the tile 
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Posted By: Luckedout
Date Posted: December 31 2010 at 1:17pm
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Wow! How many do you think you'll end up with?
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Posted By: Josh95
Date Posted: January 01 2011 at 5:17pm
| hey nick let me know when you want to sell the oldest ones, i am in need of 1. How much do you plan to sell them for? |
Posted By: Chris Scott
Date Posted: January 02 2011 at 11:33am
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yea let us know, i may be interested in one. ------------- 55g Bowfront Corner Reef |
Posted By: Nick801
Date Posted: January 08 2011 at 3:27am
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Alright, I have Three Batches going now...
Just Caught these ones tonight. (Pic of them 2 hours after hatching) Born January 7th 
a pic of one from the tile batch Born Dec 25th 
and this is one from the batch before the tile batch you can notice its starting to get color in its fins =) Born Dec 14th 
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Posted By: Nick801
Date Posted: January 14 2011 at 2:40am
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Good news =) all 3 batches are alive, and they laid on the tile again tonight...
and the survivors born on dec 14th are getting pretty dang big, they are more like pencil erasers now rather then tiny specs... I'll update with some pics tomorrow ------------- http://www.reefinsanity.com" rel="nofollow - www.ReefInsanity.com http://www.facebook.com/ReefInsanity" rel="nofollow - www.Facebook.com/ReefInsanity 801-680-4676 |
Posted By: thathiep
Date Posted: January 14 2011 at 2:44am
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Cool!! Congrats Nick. Keep up the great work and keep us posted. Duy
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Posted By: jwoo
Date Posted: January 14 2011 at 10:45am
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That's awesome Nick! ------------- None at the moment Soon: 72 Gallon Bowfront |
Posted By: superman1981
Date Posted: January 14 2011 at 12:07pm
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Posted By: Shane H
Date Posted: January 15 2011 at 12:25pm
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Nick,
How are you growing rotifers to support these guys?
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Posted By: Nick801
Date Posted: January 15 2011 at 1:17pm
Just have two 5 gallon buckets going and keeping the water green with nanno paste from brine shrimp direct, I don't do much with them just thin them out weekly and maybe clean their bucket once a month, also run a small bubbler in their as well... but with these tiny batches I'm getting I'm pretty much just having to add rotifers once at the begining and then they multiply faster than the clownfish eat them ------------- http://www.reefinsanity.com" rel="nofollow - www.ReefInsanity.com http://www.facebook.com/ReefInsanity" rel="nofollow - www.Facebook.com/ReefInsanity 801-680-4676 |
Posted By: Nick801
Date Posted: January 23 2011 at 4:48pm
These guys are growing up fast... finally starting to look like actual clown fish =) This is a mix of the fish hatched Dec 14th/Dec 25th/January 7th
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Posted By: Chris Scott
Date Posted: January 23 2011 at 4:51pm
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nice! how many still alive in the oldest batch? ------------- 55g Bowfront Corner Reef |
Posted By: Nick801
Date Posted: January 23 2011 at 4:57pm
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Just a couple =) I wish I could keep them all alive... speaking of that, just had a whole batch hatch Friday night and 100% of them where dead with in a few hours.... so hopefully we do better than that on the next round ------------- http://www.reefinsanity.com" rel="nofollow - www.ReefInsanity.com http://www.facebook.com/ReefInsanity" rel="nofollow - www.Facebook.com/ReefInsanity 801-680-4676 |
Posted By: Luckedout
Date Posted: January 23 2011 at 5:05pm
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how big are they if you did a fts? ------------- -Ben 90g Mixed reef www.body-balancechiropractic.com |
Posted By: ptronsp
Date Posted: January 23 2011 at 9:23pm
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Nick these pics are awesome! I have some babies that are 4 days old now :), it sounds funny but I am so proud. I cannot believe how cute they are. How many tanks do you have going now? Pam |
Posted By: Jeremyw
Date Posted: January 23 2011 at 9:26pm
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How many in total do you still have alive nick? ------------- Next meeting: |
Posted By: Nick801
Date Posted: January 23 2011 at 9:44pm
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Just a dozen or so, I'm just happy I have some alive... ------------- http://www.reefinsanity.com" rel="nofollow - www.ReefInsanity.com http://www.facebook.com/ReefInsanity" rel="nofollow - www.Facebook.com/ReefInsanity 801-680-4676 |
Posted By: Jeremyw
Date Posted: January 23 2011 at 9:48pm
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Thats really good to have that many. Conrats! Let us know how it continues to go with them! ------------- Next meeting: |
Posted By: Lewy
Date Posted: January 23 2011 at 10:52pm
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that is so neat to see them progress. ------------- 40 gal w/ 20 sump |
Posted By: Nick801
Date Posted: February 11 2011 at 1:59am
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Well these guys are in the hands of Mark Peterson now =) it would be awesome if he continued the progression pics and it would be awesome to know who ends up with any of these ------------- http://www.reefinsanity.com" rel="nofollow - www.ReefInsanity.com http://www.facebook.com/ReefInsanity" rel="nofollow - www.Facebook.com/ReefInsanity 801-680-4676 |