Another barbouri babies thread

[Alan Gabriel]

Someone my son knows has a clutch of barbouri babies she is giving us.

I've set up a bare tank with a small heater and powerhead, running through foam pads and a foam wheel, fitted in the lid. I'll put a filter bag over the pump inlet to stop it sucking up babies, not that it's very powerful.

I breed my own San Francisco Bay brine shimps every day so feeding shouldn't be a problem if they will take them. I did think of getting some rotifers as well.

I've reared maroon clowns before and they need to be kept in green water (water tinted green with phytoplancton), which helps with the water chemistry and keeps the rotifers alive.

Do I need to keep the ponies in green water? Presumably they are more advanced when released by the male than clowns hatching from eggs.

[denise.gardner]

i feed mine 4/5 times a day on mix of bb rotifers and copepods.i dont use green water apart from feedng rots etc,te babies are very advanced compared to reidi.i also raise y bb in water that has vitazin in its supposed to increase appertite.i make up 5 mixes of brine shrimp aday because after afew hours they lose there nutritional value.barbouri babies hitch from birth so they have to have something to hold onto else they will grab each other and end up all knotted up.i put in some reefsafe plastic plants so theycan be washed yours denise

[Alan Gabriel]

Thank's for the help Denise. I'll get some plastic plants tomorrow.