430gal., L-shaped display

[Atomikk]

So you all know, Andy and I 'sat' down for an interview to showcase his unique trait of marine breeding.

I will let Andy show you all the link.

 

["Umm fish?"]

Well, Vlad, I'm not very good at self-promotion. Thanks again!

http://blog.fragd.it/2009/07/17/and...ro-typesetter-by-day-marine-breeder-by-night/

 

["Umm fish?"]

Here's a new batch of eggs at about 24 hours post-spawn. Looks like a lot are fertile.

100% crop.

And enlarged to 200%.

 

[Atomikk]

Anytime Andy. You do a lot for this hobby already!

And are those filefish eggs?

 

["Umm fish?"]

Sorry. I forgot to label them. Those are a new batch of citron goby eggs. That's some big yolk sac, huh?

 

[Atomikk]

Big sacs for big babies.. lol. How many were there on the coral?

 

[Plankt0s]

Wow, I love your micro and macro shots.

 

[jnarowe]

Incredible shots Andy. So how are those ceriths sp.? :lol:

 

["Umm fish?"]

Vlad--There is just no way to tell. Hundreds? Thousands? They parents spent about 4 hours making the nest.... Unfortunately, the babies come out really small. I don't think anyone's gotten a huge percentage through meta, probably a first food bottleneck.

biowerks--Thanks!

Jonathan--Well, they are starting to take over. I have a local guy waiting to take a breeding population from me, but they hide whenever I come near the tank with a collection bucket. They know.... I have ~10 egg packets from the Collumbellids on the display tank glass right now, too.... Eek.

Horse baby update. Day 3 (the day big die-off started on the last run). By this point last time, I had already lost 1/3 of the fry and another 1/3 would be dead by the end of the day. This time, 1 cull so far.


Some photos from just before the second feeding:

This fry looks like it hasn't started on BBS yet. But compare to day 3 from the first run. FAT belly!

This fry looks like it's been taking a mix of both foods:

And this one looks like it's solidly moved on to BBS:

 

["Umm fish?"]

And here are the 48 hour shots. Looks like maybe some eye development starting.

Full photo:

100% crop:

200% enlargement:

 

["Umm fish?"]

A very quick video of a bluespot jawfish looking for a mate:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9drg-pcPvM

 

["Umm fish?"]

And we have lots of eyes. You guys know the drill: Whole photo, 100% crop, 200% enlargement.

 

[Leonardo_]

Woow, that are some amazing photo's...

Also like the video, looks like he's being launched!

Leonardo

 

["Umm fish?"]

Thanks, Leonardo!

BTW, Vlad, now we can figure out how many baby gobies there are. Count all the eyes and divide by two....

 

[zef004]

Wow love your tank and good luck with the seahorse baby

 

[zef004]

Wow love your tank and good luck with the seahorse baby

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

What round is this Andy?
Do you think I can get biology credit for subscribing to your thead?

 

["Umm fish?"]

Thanks, zef!

What round is this Andy?

Round 42. (Isn't that the answer for everything?) Round for what?

Do you think I can get biology credit for subscribing to your thead?

Well, I'll give you credit. It may not count for much.

 

[DFL18]

Just went through all 60 pages (first 40 and these 20) and all I have to say is WOW, awesome setup and documentation

 

["Umm fish?"]

Well, thanks! I need to do another FTS here soon. But I can't completely clean the glass any longer because the collumbellid snails have invaded the display tank and have left egg packets everywhere. So every time one hatches I hurry and clean that patch of glass. All very silly, I assure you. The corals that didn't die over this last pH problem all seem to be doing really well. The purple acro is _really_ dark purple with contrasting polyps. Quite pretty when you look closely.

Day 5 on the seahorse babies and still more than 20 left. Uncharted waters, for me at least. I saw one this morning, though, that's really thin. Doesn't look to be eating for whatever reason (brain damage?, didn't make the switch from oyster eggs?). Lots of fat ones still, though.