thebicyclecafe
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12/pack. Probably right around our group buy price. They were able to get a lot more than we could so I am sure that helped. Either way, win for us!
Group buy for Lobster/prawn eggs? (Dragonet/finicky fish food)
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12/pack. Probably right around our group buy price. They were able to get a lot more than we could so I am sure that helped. Either way, win for us!
thebicyclecafe
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About three minutes into feeding and still eagerly feeding.
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thebicyclecafe
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Glass jar with nylon mesh on top.
thebicyclecafe
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As a supplemental feed... a few months? I'm still on my first cube and I've fed twice a day since Thursday to my three dragonets in one tank. Each pack has 20 cubes. So it will go far.
JaihWill
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How are you feeding? Are you placing the lobster eggs inside the jar or on top of the jar?
thebicyclecafe
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On top. They cling to the mesh a bit better than rock. Still working on a better solution but main objective is to find a way that the fish recognize and the shrimp can't get to. It's still too close to the rockwork so the shrimp can just hop on.
jalisco
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I'm a pretty well known good tipper at the Sushi restaurants in my area and have good relationships with them. Is there any reason to not call in a favor and have them order extra tobiko (flying fish roe) for me.
Tobiko comes in several colors which are derived from different natural ingreediants like beet juice for red, yuzu citrus for yellow, squid ink for black all of which sound either innoccuous or beneficial to me. The only one I'd question is the green which gets its color from wasabi.
What do you guys think?
Tobiko comes in several colors which are derived from different natural ingreediants like beet juice for red, yuzu citrus for yellow, squid ink for black all of which sound either innoccuous or beneficial to me. The only one I'd question is the green which gets its color from wasabi.
What do you guys think?
thebicyclecafe
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It's not very expensive compared to what you would pay at the LFS. You can get it at a supermarket like Ranch 99 pretty easily, and in big trays. That would be like a year's worth of food. Most fish will eat it but do rinse it first as the coloring washes off. However, the success rate with fish eggs for dragonets is hit or miss. I have had one mandarin take it, reluctantly, out of my pair. The prawn eggs are different- smaller particle size, smells stronger, and all of my dragonets took to them without training. I can tell the prawn eggs incite a different feeding response.
D-Nak
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My understanding is that most tobiko and masago that you can find is processed, not only with coloring but other flavors.
For example:
Masago:
Ingredients: Capelin roe, high fructose corn syrup, soy sauce (soybean, water, wheat, salt), salt, monosodium glutamate, FD&C Yellow #6.
Tobiko:
Ingredients: High fructose corn syrup, soy sauce (soybean, water, wheat flour, salt), salt, monosodium glutamate, FD&C Yellow #6, PD&C Red #4
This is not to say that it's not safe for the tank, but it's possible that some fish may not be into the shoyu flavor and the MSG may give them a headache. :lol2:
For example:
Masago:
Ingredients: Capelin roe, high fructose corn syrup, soy sauce (soybean, water, wheat, salt), salt, monosodium glutamate, FD&C Yellow #6.
Tobiko:
Ingredients: High fructose corn syrup, soy sauce (soybean, water, wheat flour, salt), salt, monosodium glutamate, FD&C Yellow #6, PD&C Red #4
This is not to say that it's not safe for the tank, but it's possible that some fish may not be into the shoyu flavor and the MSG may give them a headache. :lol2:
jalisco
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While I have you here... When clownfish spawn in a mixed reef, I can't see many reef safe fishing getting past the clowns to eat the eggs. At what stage do the fry get consumed and by who?
I'm guessing at best a frequently spawnng pair of clowns in a < 50 gallon DT would provide the tank with a fun treat?
I'm guessing at best a frequently spawnng pair of clowns in a < 50 gallon DT would provide the tank with a fun treat?
D-Nak
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You're exactly right on all aspects -- the parents do a great job of guarding the eggs from fish. The only other creature that I saw eat the eggs are urchins, which the parents cannot defend against. I promptly removed them from my breeding tanks.
The fry hatch typically between 7-9 days (actually at night), at which time they become food for the tank or get sucked into the filtration system. They don't last long, possibly just hatch night, so they're not a long term food source. I've never found any dead fry in my skimmer collection cup. Before I started raising the fry, it was like the eggs just disappeared.
