Making a list and checking it twice (no really, I am)

[cannon77]

We are looking to establish a list of Saltwater Species that HAVE NOT been bred successfully in captivity. You probably don't want to ask why but if you really want to know.......We are crazy and will do just about anything for a real challenge. Not to mention, it will give us a huge chance to make a REAL impact on the hobby and help the reefs of the world stay beautiful. It will also offer the opportunity for reef keepers around the world to have ALL CAPTIVE BRED fish in their home reef tanks. In turn it also puts us all one step closer in avoiding the harmful diseases and issue commonly brought in with our wild caught specimens.
Anyhow, this is just a starting point to get a valid list of species together so that we will be able to start doing research and development towards actually DOING IT. Thanks to everyone in advance, cant wait to see what come up from this one.........

 

[NirvanaFan]

Any of the tang species would be nice, and the yellow and hippo tangs would be extremely nice. I believe someone (a university maybe) in Hawaii got yellow tangs to a week or two old, but I could be wrong on that. You're going to have to have very large tanks for tangs though.

 

[cannon77]

Tangs would be great but the tank size is the killer there, atleast until we have the room for them. Thinking Triggers too?

 

[NirvanaFan]

Triggers would be good. Bluethroat, crosshatch, and clown triggers would be welcomed. Certain wrasses would be good also. The flasher wrasses are good sellers and expensive. I'm not sure if they have been bred though.

It really depends on what you are trying to accomplish. If you are strictly trying to advance breeding efforts and pioneer breeding new species, you have your work cut out. If you are trying to breed to diminish the amount of fish taken off the reefs, breed the most common fish. Angelfish (coral beauty and flame) would be a good choice.

 

[cannon77]

Triggers would be good. Bluethroat, crosshatch, and clown triggers would be welcomed. Certain wrasses would be good also. The flasher wrasses are good sellers and expensive. I'm not sure if they have been bred though.

It really depends on what you are trying to accomplish. If you are strictly trying to advance breeding efforts and pioneer breeding new species, you have your work cut out. If you are trying to breed to diminish the amount of fish taken off the reefs, breed the most common fish. Angelfish (coral beauty and flame) would be a good choice.

Its a combination of both efforts of saving the worlds reefs and to pioneer new species propagation efforts. Its a ridiculous effort but worth it to us. If we can pull off one species, then we will be happy. However, that would only drive us to do more and try other species

 

[duncaholic]

how much breeding experience do you have?

As for a list, it would be much easier to list the small number of species that have been captive bred in viable quantities than the other way round.

If you're looking to break new ground, then you'll want to try a pelgic spawning species, as the demersal spawners make up the vast majority of what has already been done. Centropyges seem to be the next logical step, and there is a great deal of info currently available about other peoples attempts. Both sucesses and failures.

 

[cannon77]

Just Clowns so far. This is to gain opinions of fellow reef keepers and see what would be a viable species to breed. This project is still out a few years (could happen sooner, who knows?) Like I have posted, there are thousands of species that have not been bred in captivity, we know the list is too long to post or read for that matter. Instead, we want to know what you would like to see???

 

[duncaholic]

Just Clowns so far. This is to gain opinions of fellow reef keepers and see what would be a viable species to breed. This project is still out a few years (could happen sooner, who knows?) Like I have posted, there are thousands of species that have not been bred in captivity, we know the list is too long to post or read for that matter. Instead, we want to know what you would like to see???

Ahhh I mis-understood... Then the top of my wish list for a captive bred fish would be the Austrailian harlequin tusk.

 

[cannon77]

OOOHHHH, Nice choice!! and a beauty too.

 

[nauticac4]

Mystery Wrasse...

 

[NirvanaFan]

If I were to try "the impossible" I would probably attempt breeding one of the flasher wrasses. They shouldn't need huge tanks like triggers or tangs, can be sexed easily, would further breeding breakthroughs, and you should be able to easily sell them if you did have success.

 

[coral_addict]

Any of the butterfly fish or large angels would be great. Any fish that doesn't occur often in the trade would also be a good idea because they would be easy to sell giving more incentive to others if you succeed to continue. If you're going for crazy challenging, I don't think any sharks have been bred in captivity yet...

 

[AlexS95]

^ Not true. Quite a few are actually.

 

[phil519]

MOFIB. Google it.

 

[cannon77]

MOFIB is a great site dedicated to breeding We like it a lot too
Anywho, sharks are a common captive bred species, although it would be cool to do, I dont have a million gallon tank at my disposal just yet

 

[madean]

Cannon77 just curious as to which fish you are breeding currently if I may ask.

 

[cannon77]

Picasso's
Mocha O's
GSM's
Snowflake's
Domino & Brown Saddleback
Perc's
Naked O & Regular Occellaris
Melanopus
and more clowns on the way (after our move)

 

[coral_addict]

^ Not true. Quite a few are actually.

Oh haha my bad
Then I would say, as already suggested, a flasher or fairy wrasse, or some sort of large fish like an angel, butterfly, or tang.

 

[cannon77]

Looking at maybe going after Bluejaw Triggers as one of the species?

 

[Reefing Newbie]

Wow, just came across this forum. I was thinking earlier this evening that it would be cool to buy a gigantic tank to see if I can breed tangs, specifically the blue hippo tang. One thing with these fish that require huge tanks is that maybe the zoos and aquariums should use their large aquariums to their advantage to entice these species to breed. I was thinking of buying Shamu's tank from seaworld and putting 100's of any given species of tang for spawning. Still need to win the lottery for that though. I am still a few years out before I can get a plan for a large tang tank up. Expensive enough for a 125 gallon.