Mandarin Goby breeding?

[darthwall]

Anyone know anything about breeding mandarin gobies? I've read that they spawn in captivity but was curious if anyone has any info about it.

 

[Ed Ricketts]

You can google some folks that have bred them. Some have used wildcaught plankton, and some inland folks cry "foul" at that apparent advantage.

Wittenrich had some babies last Sept 08 at a MACNA booth in Atlanta promoting the MOFIB website (checkitout). He wrote about his experiences in his book Here

Hope that helps.

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

Here's his thread. It's a good read... it'll make you want to buy his book.
http://www.marinebreeder.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=1963&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

 

[FMarini]

Witts (matt wittenrich) book is fantastic for anyone interested at all in breeding marine fish, however, it does not contain any mandarin information. Witt bred the mandarins last year using field collected plankton.
You'll find all of the info in that MOFIB thread or his recent CORAL article

 

["Umm fish?"]

Also, here's Matt's blog site:

http://microcosmaqx.typepad.com/matt_wittenrich/

I think he mentioned at one point in the thread that he took a batch through with rots as the first food, just to see if he could do it. From what I recall, he had massive mortality but a few made it.