Help! my video of Thousands of baby diamond gobies to feed

[lildraken]

I would most likely try to remove the larvae after hatching by turning off all the water pumps and allowing them to swim towards the light and then scooping them up. I used a pitcher last time and caught hundreds of babies. I don't know when egg laying occurred, but I have a theory it may have been when the moon was full, it would make sense in the wild for the babies to hatch and swim towards the moonlight. I did notice that the female would sometimes peer out at me from within her nest with her beady eyes. both displayed swimming motionless as if circulating water around the entrance of the nest from time to time.

Hatching occurred around 9pm. well the next full moon is December 31st so lets see if they they do anything then. i'll keep everyone posted.

 

[billsreef]

I've found hatch is typically 4 days after spawning, with spawning occurring every couple of weeks without any correlation to moon phase. So keep your eyes open

 

[lildraken]

I've found hatch is typically 4 days after spawning, with spawning occurring every couple of weeks without any correlation to moon phase. So keep your eyes open

two weeks? oh no! I wish I could get a camera into their burrow but then I feel like a peeping tom. lol

 

[billsreef]

A little fiber optic camera in the burrow would be cool

 

[lildraken]

I'm kind of confused now. I've noticed that the more colorful goby is the one that gets gravid. I'm sure they have laid eggs now because he/she was pretty fat (for a goby) for a few days and today both of them did not leave their burrows until I put food in the tank this evening. After eating, the smaller less colorful one got buried inside the burrow while the other one is hanging out and sifting sand as usual.
this leaves two questions:

1. If the more colorful is a male, then why does he get fatter?
2. What is that white material around the egg mass that looks like filter floss? hum..I wonder if there is a correlation.

 

[lildraken]

breeding diamond gobies

breeding diamond gobies

They're at it again! This time I put a rock next to the glass and sure enough they burrowed beneath it to lay their eggs. I put a piece of cardboard over the glass so that they think they're completely covered until it is picture time! I don't think they were too happy with the unexpected photo shoot! muahahhah:lolspin:

Yesterday

 

[Zooid]

Wow, nice, huge egg ball.
Good luck.

 

[Zooid]

Wow, nice, huge egg ball.
Good luck.

 

[Zooid]

Wow, nice, huge egg ball.
Good luck.

 

[billsreef]

That's a great shot :beer:

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

That's awesome! Are you set up to raise the fry this time?

 

[GreshamH]

I've gotten cultures of various things from both Reed's and Seahorse Source. Both rock, IMO. Actually, both have gone out of their way to do really nice things for me for no terribly good reason, other than that I was just their customer.

With your location, I would try Seahorse Source for cheaper (and probably quicker) shipping. They are also in Florida.

Cheaper shipping, probably, quicker, can't get any quicker then overnight unless you go pick them up from S.S. yourself The price of the rotifers is wildly different though (1m=$20 compared to 100K for $8)

We both have different rotifers. Dan has both L and S types. We currently only offer our special L160 which is between his L and S. I'm not sure what size is needed for these gobies but that should be taken into consideration.

 

[Iwishihadgills]

wow very cool

 

[nauticac4]

Did you do anything special to pair them and could you post pictures of the male and the female (are there any differences?). This is awesome best of luck trying to raise them.

 

[Sandy Williams]

I have Clarki Clowns that lay eggs every 2 weeks, I had a hatching day before yesterday. I haven't been confident enough to raise them or their food yet. It's really neat to watch them hatch but at the same time sad to see them go.

 

[Zooid]

OOps, sorry about the duplicate posts

 

[natep206]

I would assume id they dont take rotifers they'd want something smaller. Are you going to start culturing experimental foods? starting with rots? keep everyone posted! not much is known about the breeding habits of these guys.