Well I couldn't have done it without all of you!
I've always been passionate about rearing fish but the support you all show for it puts it in high gear.
Hopefully Faith and Fabio will get in gear soon too!
Mate for C. interrupta
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Well I couldn't have done it without all of you!
I've always been passionate about rearing fish but the support you all show for it puts it in high gear.
Hopefully Faith and Fabio will get in gear soon too!
No luck with the bandits yet. I have them in a 110 gallon (smaller pair) and a 180 gallon. Both tanks are 30 inches tall. They are one of my favorite fish and I hope I get to work with their larvae again soon.
Alberta-newb
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Thank you Karen for today's new video, "Blondie" is so cute!
Francis
Francis
I've updated the blog with a link to todays P. venusta and unknown blonde video. Our blonde is still going through meta and is still an unknown. At this point the pigment in her fins does not look like any of the species she could have come from"¦"¦.
I'm still looking forward to a surprise when she finally gets through meta and maybe with the temps starting to warm up we'll get there soon.
http://fromfisheggstofry.blogspot.com
I'm still looking forward to a surprise when she finally gets through meta and maybe with the temps starting to warm up we'll get there soon.
http://fromfisheggstofry.blogspot.com
Ambition
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Karen, the fish are looking great!
Out of curiosity, do you happen to have any pictures of your venusta pair, specifically the female when she is noticeably gravid? Just want to compare a known gravid female Paracentropyge genus/complex to mine to see if what I'm seeing is gravid or just fat. It would help if she weren't so dang camera shy and my phone's camera didn't blur every little movement by them. :lol:
Out of curiosity, do you happen to have any pictures of your venusta pair, specifically the female when she is noticeably gravid? Just want to compare a known gravid female Paracentropyge genus/complex to mine to see if what I'm seeing is gravid or just fat. It would help if she weren't so dang camera shy and my phone's camera didn't blur every little movement by them. :lol:
There are only two venusta left and they had to be separated. :sad2:
There had been some chasing and displaying for a while but it wasn't serious. Then in the span of a couple of days the largest became aggressive and territorial. Only the second largest stood up to the bully. I moved the smaller ones out but they were in a weakened state and I treated them with antibiotics which may not have been a good idea. I think the bullying stress, the move and the treatment combined was too much for them. It was a sad day.
So we have the two largest left. The largest lives with the grow out clowns and seems very happy and not aggressive towards them at all. The second largest is still in their grow out tank with the unknown blonde and the two of them get along great.
There is a photo of each adult on the Rising Tide update site. http://risingtideconservation.blogspot.com
Thank goodness I have a fish photographer friend with a good camera since I can never get a good shot either! Sorry the female doesn't look hydrated in the photo but the cool thing with the venusta is that my female has a pale bar at the base of her caudal. I haven't seen that in any other venusta (but I haven't seen many in person). All of the juvies (which should be female) also had the pale bar and there is a photo of that as well on the above link.
The hydrated females have a look about them that's hard to explain but looks different from being plump after dinner. It's as if the plumpness extends a littler further back than normal and comes up a little higher on the sides. Sometimes they'll fool you and produce eggs without looking very plump so it's best to start checking for eggs. I normally have the better spawns around the new moon and start checking the week before.
I think I know what the blonde is"¦..:spin1:
Over the last several days she has been gaining color quite rapidly and is really starting to look close to C. acanthops. I had added 20 acanthops eggs to the venusta eggs at the beginning of the larval run since I had so few eggs to start with. I could tell the difference between the larvae and I thought I had lost all the acanthops early on. I had thought our blonde's body shape looks too deep to be acanthops but today I asked Frank B. to look at the video and he agreed she could be acanthops (he has raised them previously). He also showed me a photo of one of his larvae that did have a similar body shape to our girl. So although I'm not 100% sure I am leaning in that direction.
Ambition
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Thanks for the link and explanation, Karen.
My female multibar, when viewed from above looks like the lower portion of her abdominal area is getting squared off on the posterior area. The plumpness is significantly larger than that of the assumed male, and extends to the the midline of the bady when looking at the side. I might have to break down and just take a few hundred shots and see if any turn out since it is really hard to explain. :lol:
I did see some prespawning nusseling by the male late last week, so I'm hoping for the best. A camera that is linked to my computer might be in my future so I can watch them in the evening without actually distracting them (if they see me enter the room they beg for food until they see me leave).
My female multibar, when viewed from above looks like the lower portion of her abdominal area is getting squared off on the posterior area. The plumpness is significantly larger than that of the assumed male, and extends to the the midline of the bady when looking at the side. I might have to break down and just take a few hundred shots and see if any turn out since it is really hard to explain. :lol:
I did see some prespawning nusseling by the male late last week, so I'm hoping for the best. A camera that is linked to my computer might be in my future so I can watch them in the evening without actually distracting them (if they see me enter the room they beg for food until they see me leave).
humaguy
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Good luck Kyle! :bounce1:
