Fish Fry?

[andysgirl8800]

I moved a piece of rock to my QT yesterday so I could treat the little aiptasia anemones that had popped up. It was a lot easier to access them there. I decided to leave the rock in the QT overnight, just to make sure the little buggers were totally gone. This morning, after I tuned on the lights, no more aiptasia! Thank you AiptasiaX!

I also noticed that there were many little critters crawling around on and in the egg crate that sits on the bottom of my QT. I thought it was neat to watch. I saw several large pods, a teeny little brittle star, and fish fry! Now, I KNOW my clowns didn't mate. This rock came from another reefer's tank. I must have stolen thier clown's eggs. I can only guess that they are clown fry. They are too microscopic to show up on my camera (althrough I tried :mrgreen:).

I know they won't survive, and I don't have any phyto spawning in my cabinet, like Biff. :bowdown: But it was still neat to show my kids.

 

[mng777777]

Congrats on the fry. You should consider leaving the rock in QT for a few days as the aips tend to take a few days before they pop up again. I have found that it usually takes 2 or 3 treatments to be completely rid of them. Good luck!

 

[andysgirl8800]

You should consider leaving the rock in QT for a few days as the aips tend to take a few days before they pop up again. I have found that it usually takes 2 or 3 treatments to be completely rid of them. Good luck!

Ah! Thanks for the suggestion. I was actually going to move it back into the DT today. It does have some coral on it and I only have PCs over the QT. Think they will be alright under those for a couple of days?

Are clowns the only fish that breed in captivity?

 

[mng777777]

The corals should be ok under pc's for a few days just acclimate them back to the DT lights when you return the rock if there is a big difference in the lights over the DT and QT. As far as the fry, I know they breed chromis, seahorse, and cardinals in captivity plus I believe that they are successfully breeding angels and/or dwarf angels, though I am not positive. Possibly others too...

 

[dcantucson]

You could drive your eggs down here to Tucson to Biff. It's not THAT far! :lol:

 

[Solarfall]

You sure it's not live mysis? They kind of look like fry.

 

[Bifferwine]

You sure it's not live mysis? They kind of look like fry.

I was kinda thinking this. Clownfish eggs won't survive without the father constantly fanning them -- they grow a fungus very quickly and it kills them. I can't imagine that any eggs could have survived on that rock without the parents. And clown eggs are VERY noticeable -- they are bright colored and large in size.

Live shrimp look exactly like fish fry -- brine shrimp and mysis shrimp. Lots of people have live brine and/or mysis in their fuges. My guess is that it's one of those, not baby fish.

 

[andysgirl8800]

Probably would be live shrimp. I've not seen either before, so it would be hard for me to tell the difference. Thanks for letting me know!