Bangai Round 2
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can be as short as a few days.
I try to seperate the males from the females after releasing the last brood, and allow them to eat again. My experience has been the makes after carrying consecutive broods start to get thin, and then start aborting due to malnutrition.
you can read about it here
http://www.reefs.org/library/talklog/f_marini_020799.html
I try to seperate the males from the females after releasing the last brood, and allow them to eat again. My experience has been the makes after carrying consecutive broods start to get thin, and then start aborting due to malnutrition.
you can read about it here
http://www.reefs.org/library/talklog/f_marini_020799.html
spk
Premium Member
Folks,
thanks for a great response.
Kathy, yes now is the time to start that whole process. Will be aiming to get pictures right through the process and see if there is a marked difference in his mouth as the time progresses.
Mark, it looks as if there has been about 4 days between these batches, so maybe they might miss a couple of weeks between the next lot.
The really sad thing is that it looks as if I might not be around when this lot hatch again
. I will wait to see what the dates look like.
Thanks again.
steve
thanks for a great response.
Kathy, yes now is the time to start that whole process. Will be aiming to get pictures right through the process and see if there is a marked difference in his mouth as the time progresses.
Mark, it looks as if there has been about 4 days between these batches, so maybe they might miss a couple of weeks between the next lot.
The really sad thing is that it looks as if I might not be around when this lot hatch again
. I will wait to see what the dates look like.Thanks again.
steve
jnowell
New member
Glad to hear it Steve, but you gotta stay in the UK to see some hatch sometime 
Vikki can't do all your dirty work for you...even if she does love it. I think you're very lucky to have someone who is willing (and obviously quite able) to put in the time when your away. Cheers to both of you, keep it up!
Jason
Vikki can't do all your dirty work for you...even if she does love it. I think you're very lucky to have someone who is willing (and obviously quite able) to put in the time when your away. Cheers to both of you, keep it up!Jason
spk
Premium Member
Folks,
thanks for the comments. Yes I am very lucky to have such a wonderful better half. Vikki is superb.
Kathy, I am in Princeton for a couple of days and get back Friday morning. Randy has just shipped me some IA that I am really looking forward to taking home with me, and I hope that the other stuff that I ordered whilst I was in Minneaplois will get here on time this time.
Jason, I wish I was at home to see this lot, but maybe next time. I am negotiating with the office to get some time off for Paternity leave, but this is proving a little difficult at the moment.
:rollface:
Steve
thanks for the comments. Yes I am very lucky to have such a wonderful better half. Vikki is superb.
Kathy, I am in Princeton for a couple of days and get back Friday morning. Randy has just shipped me some IA that I am really looking forward to taking home with me, and I hope that the other stuff that I ordered whilst I was in Minneaplois will get here on time this time.
Jason, I wish I was at home to see this lot, but maybe next time. I am negotiating with the office to get some time off for Paternity leave, but this is proving a little difficult at the moment.
:rollface: Steve
Doc Hollywood
New member
Glad to hear, spk, looks like you are a dad again.
If he has sparted to spit, dont let nature take its course do it yourself, isolate him in a bucket with the water he just came from, carefully grab him by the tail and start dunking him until he spits them all.
If he has sparted to spit, dont let nature take its course do it yourself, isolate him in a bucket with the water he just came from, carefully grab him by the tail and start dunking him until he spits them all.
spk
Premium Member
Another 8!
Yes the male has finally released more of the little ones for me.
There are currently a total of 8 more little ones. I have tried to feed the male but he is not eating, so I can only presume that there are still a few more in there.
Will update as things progress.
Steve
Yes the male has finally released more of the little ones for me.
There are currently a total of 8 more little ones. I have tried to feed the male but he is not eating, so I can only presume that there are still a few more in there.
Will update as things progress.
Steve
Doc Hollywood
New member
I have found that he may not eat for a day or two after spitting. Dont know why mabye he has a sore jaw or something, or his swallow reflex has to kick in again. Here is a new pic of my 1 week olds.
Doc Hollywood
New member
Hey Steve,
I feed them twice a day, once at 8am and then about 4 or 5 pm. I start them out on just hatched artemia for a week or so and then start enriching the artemia before giving it to them. I either grow it out in green water or I have an artificial enrichment that is awesome but takes some mucking around to make. After 4 weeks i will start adding shaved brine shrimp into so artemia and gradually lessen the artemia so by about week six they are weened onto total solids with the occassional live treat if I have some large artemia swimming about.
Heres a pic of the 6 week olds.
I feed them twice a day, once at 8am and then about 4 or 5 pm. I start them out on just hatched artemia for a week or so and then start enriching the artemia before giving it to them. I either grow it out in green water or I have an artificial enrichment that is awesome but takes some mucking around to make. After 4 weeks i will start adding shaved brine shrimp into so artemia and gradually lessen the artemia so by about week six they are weened onto total solids with the occassional live treat if I have some large artemia swimming about.
Heres a pic of the 6 week olds.
