Some settling may occur

The gobies are 35 days old now and most have settled to the bottom.  I think I'll set up a new tank with a filter so I don't have to vacuum daily.

Neptune's janitor

It seems like all I do is clean and feed and work on pumps and lights all day everyday.  It takes a lot of maintenance to keep all this old used equipment running smoothly, and it takes a lot of cleaning and feeding to keep all these fish in top condition.  Working with larvae and cultures that are too small to see clearly can be a pain.  Today I found a goby in the water I was about to dump.  No telling how many babies get tossed out with the bath water.

YWG day 25

They are starting to look like fish, or I can finally see them. :)  I would guess meta to happen soon and for them to settle out of the water column next week.
People always ask me how to sex the cardinals. It's really easy.  The male is the one with the mouth full of eggs and the female is the one with eggs hanging off her midsection:)

The New Blacks

Here's a first peak at the offspring from Etta and Miles.  You can see a few on top of the Ocellaris fish ball.  At 2 months they aren't really black or orange.  I can't wait to see how they turn out.

Spit 'em out!

I love Bangaii day.  He's been holding for 22 days.  I catch the male in a collection cup and encourage him to release the babies.  They pop out like perfect copies and are ready to eat live food.  Jazz is also a mouth brooder. They just spawned this morning and he has a mouth-full.

I hatched the Onyx Percs last night.

And here's a shot of the Gobies at day 19.  Still much smaller than the hours old clownfish.

Pearly Picasso

That solitary picasso is now 3 months old. Mostly white, like the Platinums, I'm calling this variety Pearly Picasso.

Ocellaris day 1

These are offspring from my first clownfish Opie and Alice.

These guys hatched last night and you can see they are probably 4 times the size of the gobies.

I can quickly see if they have full bellies or not.

Of all my cardinal pairs, this is the only male that has held eggs in a year.  They should be ready to hatch soon.

ywg day 10

Day 10 and these guys are still much smaller than newly hatched clownfish.

YWG day 8

This is going to be slow-going. They are just now getting big enough to see. Next week we should get some better shots of the tiny larvae.  Makes me appreciate how big the clowns start.