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Aquaticpaul

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Id like to start breeding or attempting breeding of a feww type of fish, clowns, dragonets, would like to get tangs to breed, i have had seahorses for a while and am just waiting for them to mature. but if you could post some helpfull hints or breeding and rearing tank setups it woul be apprecitated.
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Hope you get your answer to your question! Until then ill be following just because i've never seen a thread about breeding tangs.
 
Step 1 - Do LOTS of reading and researching
Step 2 - refer to step 1
Step 3 - refer to step 1 and 2


Only a handful of people have ever bred mandarins, and all of those have been experienced breeders. Tangs, while they may spawn (rarely) in captivity (not in your standard home aquarium) have never been successfully raised. Sustainable Aquatics has done something close, but I believe they captured blue tang larvae and grew them out, which would make them tank-raised instead of tank-bred.

As far as my above steps go, I'm serious. Read through this entire forum (there are numerous threads on breeding and rearing setups), including the archive. Buy the books that are recommended in the threads in this forum, and read them several times, making notes as you go. When you've done both of those things, go to MOFIB and research extensively on the fish you wish to breed. When you've exhausted every available resource, come back and ask questions that you cannot find the answers to elsewhere :) Without intentionally being rude, if you are too lazy or don't have the time to search through this forum for threads about hints or breeding/rearing tank setups, you probably are too lazy/don't have the time for a full-blown breeding setup either :) Good luck on your quest!
 
Thanks for the post as for chelsey i have been on MOFIB ALLLLLOOOOOTTTTTT lately. I have done a lot of reading to and i have the time and hope things go well as for the tangs I know its a long shot but hopefully i have luck theres a first for everything :p ill post if i have any luck .
 
Aquaticpaul said:
Thanks for the post as for chelsey i have been on MOFIB ALLLLLOOOOOTTTTTT lately. I have done a lot of reading to and i have the time and hope things go well as for the tangs I know its a long shot but hopefully i have luck theres a first for everything :p ill post if i have any luck .
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When breeding tangs I have heard that the best way is in a circular tall tank with a pelagic egg catcher hooked up on the side.
 
rkelman said:
I've never heard of anyone actually breeding tangs.
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the fry have never been sucesfully reared, they would likely need more copepods than Cyntropygies, but i am pretty certain that larvae have been collected. I think groups were placed in 500 gallon circular tanks and then retrofitted with an egg catchrer at the water level ,with circular flow the eggs are pushed to the sides slurped into the collecor which is deep and allows for the bouyant eggs to foat inside , whie the water is recurculated back into the tank.

However I know for a fact that tangs have been tank raised previousy from a late stage larvae.
 
ctenophors rule said:
the fry have never been sucesfully reared, they would likely need more copepods than Cyntropygies, but i am pretty certain that larvae have been collected. I think groups were placed in 500 gallon circular tanks and then retrofitted with an egg catchrer at the water level ,with circular flow the eggs are pushed to the sides slurped into the collecor which is deep and allows for the bouyant eggs to foat inside , whie the water is recurculated back into the tank.

However I know for a fact that tangs have been tank raised previousy from a late stage larvae.
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Do you know of a link to their desighn they used i have also read that they will breed just getting the eggs and rearing the fry is difficult and also thanks for the info
 
my black mollies in my quarantine tank had 12 fry today. probably doesn't help you. but i wanted to tell someone haha.
 
Book: The Complete Illustrated Breeder's Guide To Marine Aquarium Fishes
This book touches on the subject of breeding Tangs Overview( start with 55 gallon drum with a catch on side and your return water is plumbed into the side near the bottom to create the swirl action desired to catch the eggs. The Main idea here is a really deep container) hope this helps
 
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:confused: You say that you should keep a pair of tangs in a 55 gallon drum!?
The 55 gallon drum in the book is for breeding smaller pelagic spawners like dwarf angels and basslets...
 
Quote: <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border: 1px inset ;" class="alt2"> Originally Posted by ctenophors rule
the fry have never been sucesfully reared, they would likely need more copepods than Cyntropygies, but i am pretty certain that larvae have been collected. I think groups were placed in 500 gallon circular tanks and then retrofitted with an egg catchrer at the water level ,with circular flow the eggs are pushed to the sides slurped into the collecor which is deep and allows for the bouyant eggs to foat inside , whie the water is recurculated back into the tank.

However I know for a fact that tangs have been tank raised previousy from a late stage larvae.
</td> </tr> </tbody></table> Do you know of a link to their desighn they used i have also read that they will breed just getting the eggs and rearing the fry is difficult and also thanks for the info
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At this moment there is noooo way a home breeder can breed tangs. Mandarin larvea are extremely delicate and small... I would recommend to start with easier species like clowns, gobies etc. Once you get the hang of it, you can go onto harder species, and maybe eventually mandarins.
Like mentioned above I would recommend you to read The Complete Illustrated Breeder's Guide To Marine Aquarium Fishes by Matthew L. Wittenrich.

hth
 
it's impossible to breed tang. you need a really good moon lighting which has to be as close as possible to be nutaral moon cycles and a 5,000 G tank.
 
yeah,
It's designed for pelagic spawners (like tangs, angelfish, anthias, basslets), they need the height to comfortably spawn. Limited with size, dwarf angels and basslets are used.
Unfortunately there is very very little success with pelagic spawners. Larvae are so small, that we yet have to find are good food source. People have some succes with silicates etc.
 
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