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

[jeff@zina.com]

MOFIB. Google it.

Cannon77 is on MOFIB under a different screen name and it's being discussed there, as well as many other forums.

The project is world-wide on a lot of forums to get all the best possible info.

Jeff

 

[tommyb]

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.

At the MBI workshop on Saturday this was discussed and there have been some success stories. Sorry I do not have the specifics of each aquarium and fish but basically the the eggs are collected after a spawn and then shipped to the university where they try to raise them. From my understanding it is very hard to determine what the larvae eat. One method was to add wild plankton which had various different kinds of copepods and watch which ones the larvae go for.

 

[cannon77]

Cannon77 is on MOFIB under a different screen name and it's being discussed there, as well as many other forums.

The project is world-wide on a lot of forums to get all the best possible info.

Jeff

Not sure if you have me confused with someone else Jeff? I am on several forums throughout the country, however, my screen, avatar and everything else is the same on everyone of them. Not sure what you are getting at with that one?? Just curious......

 

[jeff@zina.com]

Not sure if you have me confused with someone else Jeff?

Nope. Just confused with the visions in my head I guess.

I do see you on MOFIB with the Cannon77 screen name, so I'm not sure what I was thinking when I posted.

Jeff

 

[jeff@zina.com]

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.

Most do. Most are also prevented from distributing the offspring commercially. The places that have the ability to breed them can't sell them and the places that would sell them can't economically breed them enough to make it profitable.

Jeff

 

[cannon77]

Nope. Just confused with the visions in my head I guess.

I do see you on MOFIB with the Cannon77 screen name, so I'm not sure what I was thinking when I posted.

Jeff

Nice! I was thinking stole my forum identity for a minute, HAHA. And yeah, I have those same moments of insanity......wait, I mean moments of pure bliss and harmony

 

[mark0933]

Here are a few to consider:

Bluespot jawfish
Helfrich firefish
Flame wrasses
Labouti wrasse


Mark

 

[cannon77]

Thanks Mark, we will be adding a few Wrasse's to the "wish" list.