Blue Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus) Breeding Log
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Pmesyngier
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Hello I finally appeared!
The aquarium was building at the beginning of 1997 until April, 2001 (when "arrived" the economic crisis to the Argentina, and the owners wanted to disarm it.
The measurements were 12.5m long, 0.67m width, 1m height. Giving a whole of 8400 liters!
It was populated for a great variety of species between; angels, tangs, clowns, butterflies, etc. Recibian a daily abundant nourishment composed by three eaten daily of the major possible variety of dry available food on the market, besides every two or three days they was feeding with fresh food like fish or shimp.
The conduct of the species in general was very different from that of an aquarium of minor dimensions (minor to 1000 liters) already territorial fishes like big surgeons who in a domestic aquarium can manage to kill, here were swimming together, or butterfly fishes like C. auriga, C. ephippium, C. falcula ate scale and fresh spinach together with the surgeons!!
Inside the group of surgeons I had four P. hepatus that always were swimming together. One day after having cleaned the aquarium and changed water (the water was turbid) Observe that two of them struck themselves and one liberate transparent eggs of 1mm of diameter approximately, that lamentably were dragged for currents to a few seconds.Lamentably I could not return to attend such an event.
Here there are some photos of the aquarium
The aquarium was building at the beginning of 1997 until April, 2001 (when "arrived" the economic crisis to the Argentina, and the owners wanted to disarm it.
The measurements were 12.5m long, 0.67m width, 1m height. Giving a whole of 8400 liters!
It was populated for a great variety of species between; angels, tangs, clowns, butterflies, etc. Recibian a daily abundant nourishment composed by three eaten daily of the major possible variety of dry available food on the market, besides every two or three days they was feeding with fresh food like fish or shimp.
The conduct of the species in general was very different from that of an aquarium of minor dimensions (minor to 1000 liters) already territorial fishes like big surgeons who in a domestic aquarium can manage to kill, here were swimming together, or butterfly fishes like C. auriga, C. ephippium, C. falcula ate scale and fresh spinach together with the surgeons!!
Inside the group of surgeons I had four P. hepatus that always were swimming together. One day after having cleaned the aquarium and changed water (the water was turbid) Observe that two of them struck themselves and one liberate transparent eggs of 1mm of diameter approximately, that lamentably were dragged for currents to a few seconds.Lamentably I could not return to attend such an event.
Here there are some photos of the aquarium
Pmesyngier
New member
Hello I finally appeared!
The aquarium was building at the beginning of 1997 until April, 2001 (when "arrived" the economic crisis to the Argentina, and the owners wanted to disarm it.
The measurements were 12.5m long, 0.67m width, 1m height. Giving a whole of 8400 liters!
It was populated for a great variety of species between; angels, tangs, clowns, butterflies, etc. Recibian a daily abundant nourishment composed by three eaten daily of the major possible variety of dry available food on the market, besides every two or three days they was feeding with fresh food like fish or shimp.
The conduct of the species in general was very different from that of an aquarium of minor dimensions (minor to 1000 liters) already territorial fishes like big surgeons who in a domestic aquarium can manage to kill, here were swimming together, or butterfly fishes like C. auriga, C. ephippium, C. falcula ate scale and fresh spinach together with the surgeons!!
Inside the group of surgeons I had four P. hepatus that always were swimming together. One day after having cleaned the aquarium and changed water (the water was turbid) Observe that two of them struck themselves and one liberate transparent eggs of 1mm of diameter approximately, that lamentably were dragged for currents to a few seconds.Lamentably I could not return to attend such an event.
The aquarium was building at the beginning of 1997 until April, 2001 (when "arrived" the economic crisis to the Argentina, and the owners wanted to disarm it.
The measurements were 12.5m long, 0.67m width, 1m height. Giving a whole of 8400 liters!
It was populated for a great variety of species between; angels, tangs, clowns, butterflies, etc. Recibian a daily abundant nourishment composed by three eaten daily of the major possible variety of dry available food on the market, besides every two or three days they was feeding with fresh food like fish or shimp.
The conduct of the species in general was very different from that of an aquarium of minor dimensions (minor to 1000 liters) already territorial fishes like big surgeons who in a domestic aquarium can manage to kill, here were swimming together, or butterfly fishes like C. auriga, C. ephippium, C. falcula ate scale and fresh spinach together with the surgeons!!
Inside the group of surgeons I had four P. hepatus that always were swimming together. One day after having cleaned the aquarium and changed water (the water was turbid) Observe that two of them struck themselves and one liberate transparent eggs of 1mm of diameter approximately, that lamentably were dragged for currents to a few seconds.Lamentably I could not return to attend such an event.
Pmesyngier
New member
Upps! I´m having some problems with the photos :lol:
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
Drats- no pictures! Thanks for the description of the aquarium and spawning, Pmesyngier.
Now I'll go back to the URS forum. Nice seeing you here, Dman. I need to make a trip up to the great white north and see what you got cookin'- Argentina is a little too far for me to travel!
Now I'll go back to the URS forum. Nice seeing you here, Dman. I need to make a trip up to the great white north and see what you got cookin'- Argentina is a little too far for me to travel!
Pmesyngier
New member
Finally I hope that this works!!!!
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Pmesyngier
New member
yeah!:smokin:
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
this is the aquarium the Paracanthurus spawned in?
MimicTang
In Memoriam
These guys have been breeding flame angels since 03? Maybe they gave up?
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/july2003/media.htm
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/july2003/media.htm
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
is there a connection to this thread's topic?
Pmesyngier
New member
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8731045#post8731045 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Gary Majchrzak
this is the aquarium the Paracanthurus spawned in?
Yes, why?
Luis A M
Premium Member
Well,let see...err....pigmies and hepatus are both fishes,right?<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8732699#post8732699 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Gary Majchrzak
is there a connection to this thread's topic?
Or rather,hepatus are tangs,and mimic tangs are tangs that wished they were pigmy angels
:lol:
Luis A M
Premium Member
Creo que quiere mostrarte que pudo poner tu foto en el cuerpo del mensaje<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8733591#post8733591 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Pmesyngier
Yes, why?
Wasn´t that tank a Guinness Record candidate?.I was amazed,though I disliked those crazy proportions.
Imagine a tank 125 cm long being 10 cm tall and 6.7 cm wide!
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
I was expecting to see a deeper aquarium. It doesn't appear to be set up like a reef aquarium- it looks like a "fish only" system. Was there any liverock or sandbed critters at all in there?
What were the fishes fed and how often?
What lighting was over the aquarium? Did it simulate the lunar cycle. Sorry for all of the questions. I understand if you do not know the answer to all of them.
BTW- I've had the pleasure of talking to John Tullock and J.R.
What were the fishes fed and how often?
What lighting was over the aquarium? Did it simulate the lunar cycle. Sorry for all of the questions. I understand if you do not know the answer to all of them.
BTW- I've had the pleasure of talking to John Tullock and J.R.
Dman
New member
Gary,
You should add one more to your list of aquarium nuisances: Hands.
I agree abou the depth part as well, being under the impression they needed the better part of 6 feet in depth to spawn, Ah never mind, that's Angels.
As for the point to the post, we pretty much fly by the seat of our pants with threads here, there's a lot of regulars so we kinda pick up on each others' sense of humour as well, anyhoo, I digress. The link to the flames was probably to point the original poster in another, yet moderately parallel direction, in that both species are damn near impossible for us basement hobbiest and slightly OCD-afflicted sociopaths to try.
That about cover it?
BTW- I once spent a whole weekend not talking to myself.
You should add one more to your list of aquarium nuisances: Hands.
I agree abou the depth part as well, being under the impression they needed the better part of 6 feet in depth to spawn, Ah never mind, that's Angels.
As for the point to the post, we pretty much fly by the seat of our pants with threads here, there's a lot of regulars so we kinda pick up on each others' sense of humour as well, anyhoo, I digress. The link to the flames was probably to point the original poster in another, yet moderately parallel direction, in that both species are damn near impossible for us basement hobbiest and slightly OCD-afflicted sociopaths to try.
That about cover it?
BTW- I once spent a whole weekend not talking to myself.
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