Mate for C. interrupta

[paka]

Sorry for the delay in replying. I've been busy with fun fish chores and I got sucked into the excitement of the peppermint angels!

RayL and H.reidi.MN- That methods of pairing has worked best for me but keep in mind that I'm introducing the fish to each other usually in the Q tank or other neutral turf. It is more difficult to introduce a new fish to a mate in an established tank where one of the fish has been in residence.

Tactics- I had invested in Fabio and a female in 2010. A local wholesaler brought them in for me and I believe they had come from Blue Harbor. They were great for several months and then I had an outbreak of Amyloodinium. It was my first and only outbreak and I believe it was introduced on a fresh clam which is why I freeze everything before feeding now. I lost the female and was lucky to save Fabio. This happened in Dec. of 2010 when the TV reality show Survivor was won by a guy named Fabio. That's how my Fabio got his name since he is not only better looking than the male model Fabio, he is also a survivor! Three years later he is now a jumbo sized handsome interrupta.:inlove:

SantaMonica- Thank you. I think a lot of people believe that the color in captive bred fish in general is not as good as wild fish but check out the photos that maximus posted on post number 545 page 22 of this tread. Those photos are interrupta captive bred by Frank Baensch and I think their color is awesome.

We ended up using indiegogo rather than kickstarter and the funding period is finished but you can still view the page and the info there. It's titled "A girlfriend for Fabio"

 

[Tactics]

Thanks for the short story Karen. I'm sorry you lost the female.

But now I know why you named the fish Fabio. I always thought you had a penchant for long maned men found on the cover of romance novels .

 

[wayne in norway]

Karen - do you have a full list of pairs that you're working with currently?
What would you like to work with, what's your priority? And what's holding you back - time, practicality?

 

[paka]

But now I know why you named the fish Fabio. I always thought you had a penchant for long maned men found on the cover of romance novels .

Too funny! I'm glad I cleared that up!!

 

[paka]

Karen - do you have a full list of pairs that you're working with currently?
What would you like to work with, what's your priority? And what's holding you back - time, practicality?

Here's the list:
Interrupta pair, joc pair, flameback pair, bandit pair - I consider these within the Fabio/Faith project.

I've recently started a new job which is to work on hatchery methods for Hawaiian aquarium fish. It's funded by Rising Tide Conservation and is for a year. This is now my full time regular job and includes the Bandit angel pair, Potters angel pairs and flame wrasse pairs/harems. I'm very excited about this job as well as the Fabio/Faith project. Both are to share information and they compliment each other.

Other pairs that I have and look forward to working with are the P. venusta pair (currently in a larval run with them while they are spawning). Regal angel pair, Tinkers butterfly pairs and ventralis anthias pair. I also still have the G. watanabei pair and several clownfish pairs. There are other fish I would like to work with that are in the same genus as some of the above fish and I hope to move on to those when I get rearing methods for the above fish figured out.

Priorities are the Rising Tide project fish for work and the Fabio/Faith fish for home. The fish spawn during different seasons and sometimes that drives the priorities. In general before the Rising Tide project and the Fabio/Faith project came about I wanted to focus on raising fish that don't seem to adapt as well to life in captivity after being caught in the wild.

I'd say time is the number one thing holding me back and space is a close second. As I gain knowledge in this I change things around in the fish garage and it is currently not a very efficient work space. If I could start from scratch i'd make it all different and then that would probably change again another year from now!

 

[WayneL333]

Here's the list:
Interrupta pair, joc pair, flameback pair, bandit pair - I consider these within the Fabio/Faith project.

I've recently started a new job which is to work on hatchery methods for Hawaiian aquarium fish. It's funded by Rising Tide Conservation and is for a year. This is now my full time regular job and includes the Bandit angel pair, Potters angel pairs and flame wrasse pairs/harems. I'm very excited about this job as well as the Fabio/Faith project. Both are to share information and they compliment each other.

Other pairs that I have and look forward to working with are the P. venusta pair (currently in a larval run with them while they are spawning). Regal angel pair, Tinkers butterfly pairs and ventralis anthias pair. I also still have the G. watanabei pair and several clownfish pairs. There are other fish I would like to work with that are in the same genus as some of the above fish and I hope to move on to those when I get rearing methods for the above fish figured out.

Priorities are the Rising Tide project fish for work and the Fabio/Faith fish for home. The fish spawn during different seasons and sometimes that drives the priorities. In general before the Rising Tide project and the Fabio/Faith project came about I wanted to focus on raising fish that don't seem to adapt as well to life in captivity after being caught in the wild.

I'd say time is the number one thing holding me back and space is a close second. As I gain knowledge in this I change things around in the fish garage and it is currently not a very efficient work space. If I could start from scratch i'd make it all different and then that would probably change again another year from now!

Congratulations on your new job Karen. Good luck as well on all your projects, especially the bandit one. Hopefully we'll see little bandits and Interrupti swimming around soon :fun4:

 

[aquaph8]

Karen that sounds like an awesome job and really shows how well you have done so far, you should be really proud of your accomplishments.

 

[MikeandNicole]

Very cool Karen.
Congratulations on the new job with rising tide!

 

[paka]

Thank you. This is definitely my dream job and I'll be making the most of it!!

 

[Eville]

Awesome inside information about your projects. I saw on sustainable aquatics Facebook that they are attempting tangs (yellow and regal blue). If I remember correctly I read something about a year ago saying that Hawaii University has attempted these as well. Do you know if they are still trying? It would be awesome to see baby butterflies and wrasses as well. Good luck!

 

[paka]

Awesome inside information about your projects. I saw on sustainable aquatics Facebook that they are attempting tangs (yellow and regal blue). If I remember correctly I read something about a year ago saying that Hawaii University has attempted these as well. Do you know if they are still trying? It would be awesome to see baby butterflies and wrasses as well. Good luck!

It's Hawaii Pacific University/Oceanic Institute that has been working with yellow tangs. I've heard their fish were spawning again so I hope they're working with them.

I've updated the blog with the P. venusta progress.
http://fromfisheggstofry.blogspot.com
fingers crossed for them

 

[paka]

I've updated the blog with a video (mostly out of focus) of Paracentropyge venusta at 14 days old.

Hope you enjoy it.
http://fromfisheggstofry.blogspot.com

 

[WayneL333]

Wow, how cool is that Karen!?! So are you basically out of the woods withs these little guys now or could there be anymore potential pitfalls?

Thanks for the update and congrats!

 

[aquaph8]

They look like those creepy deep water anglers at this point, haha. About how many are there?

 

[meanpressure]

Paka,

That is really exciting. Keep up the great work and thanks for taking the time to share with us. How many days until we will see them full developed? What will you be feeding them? sorry for all the questions, thanks again.

 

[paka]

Wow, how cool is that Karen!?! So are you basically out of the woods withs these little guys now or could there be anymore potential pitfalls?

Not out of the woods yet! (wish I was). They are ahead of schedule in terms of development compared to other fish I've worked with and that could be normal for them. Getting past day 18 is normally a stumbling block for me but these guys are past that stage at day 14 so that's nice. They also got through swim bladder inflation and that's usually a stumbling block. Fingers are crossed but anything can happen. My main worries are bacterial infection and stinging hydroids from the wild plankton.

 

[paka]

They look like those creepy deep water anglers at this point, haha. About how many are there?

Just think of them as ugly ducklings!
It's difficult to count them but I'm guessing there are about 30 left. I know that sounds like very little compared to what we started with but I'm happy with it.

 

[paka]

Paka,

That is really exciting. Keep up the great work and thanks for taking the time to share with us. How many days until we will see them full developed? What will you be feeding them? sorry for all the questions, thanks again.

I have not worked with Paracentropyge before so I'm not sure how long it will take. They do seem to be fast in developing. I had been feeding a mix a wild plankton and cultured copepods but the wild plankton I've gotten the past week has been too dirty so it's been mainly cultured copepods.

 

[humaguy]

killer!
continued success!

 

[aquaph8]

Just think of them as ugly ducklings!
It's difficult to count them but I'm guessing there are about 30 left. I know that sounds like very little compared to what we started with but I'm happy with it.

30 is great, keep up the good work!