Apocyclops and color in fish
Friday, June 29, 2012 6:48 PM
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For my latest batch of black ocellaris, I hatched the eggs, from the pot they were laid on, in a BRT, 'cause I had one available. I gave them some of my culture of S-rotifers that also is culturing A. panamensis quite successfully. It wasn't a large nest, and I haven't had to feed the larvae any more rotifers. I did feed the tank with RGcomplete to make the water green and the rotifers fed, but only twice a day. Temp. 82F. They've acheived meta at the usual time, but they seem bigger than normal, and also have a bright orange color, unlike larvae fed exclusively on rotifers and regular Otohime A. These larvae have never seen Naturose. My guess is their orange color is a result of the Apocyclops processing the pigments in RGcomplete, similar to the way that T. californicus does. Well fed T. californicus has an orange color to it, whereas A. panamensis does not. And yet, my newly metamorphosized fish are beautiful!
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