My Black Ocellaris pair are spawning!!!

[05TurboS2K]

OK, I got to page 7 yesterday reading this. I went out and got a 2 BW Percs and a carpet

Waiting for babies. The perc's have already made friends. It's obvious in this group which is the female already. Waiting to have clutches, hope its just a few months away.

 

[rkelman]

Thanks Featherdusters. I'm glad you are enjoying the thread. I'm going to upload some more pictures this weekend. I started feeding the youngest some BBS tonight. Hopefully none die... When they get to 7-8 days they eat so much I can't dump enough rotifers in to satisfy them.. They need something meatier. Good luck with yours 05 turbos2k.

 

[rkelman]

I don't have much to update really. They ate most of the last nest. There is probably 100 eggs left. I doubt I'll bother rearing them. We'll see, I'm a sucker. I bought the wood to build a 8x2ft rack system to house 10 tanks and my phyto / rots. It will be sooo nice having everything in 1 place. I also bought myself a Canon Rebel XTI digital SLR so I'm posting a bunch of pics


Here's the youngest ones they are now 9 days old. There is 2 that haven't finished Meta yet. 1 looks like a Larvae still. Its funny because most are getting 2 stripes now. They are on BBS / Rots since yesterday with no deaths from the BBS. I've fed a bit more sparingly this time perhaps that's the ticket. I think there are about 150 / 200 left.

Here's the middle ones. They are 25 days

 

[rkelman]

Here's the older ones they are 64 days old.

Since it Mothers Day here's some pics of the parents.

Dad is a bit camera shy.

Mom

 

[agsansoo]

Great photos ! The 64 days olds are just beautiful !

 

[jeff209]

they all are beautiful what are you going to do with all of the older guys when they get bigger?

 

[parkpark]

does the ammonia alert really work? I have never seen this before

 

[rkelman]

Thanks agansoo I'm going to sell them justartedreefer. Yes the ammonia alert works great parkpark. I think most breeders use them. Here they are $10 and last a year.

 

[Doni]

I am thoroughly enjoying this thread!
Thank you for taking the time to share it with us

 

[jeff209]

do you have any buyers

 

[rkelman]

Thanks Doni. Yes I have some buyers

 

[MYDRAAL]

I can see the eyes now. This is so cool. I might have missed it, but what time at night were yours hatching? Is it around the same time everytime? Great pics of babies BTW

 

[sheaker_head]

information very complete, very be of benefit to i am doesn't know anything around cultivation.THANK'S VERY MUCH

rkelman best from best :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
greetings anemonemonemonenemo

 

[vincent6396]

Great job rkelman, got myself a pair of those last week. Hopefully they'll mate in the future and I will follow on how you have raise them, seems like a great guide.

 

[NeveSSL]

Dude... rkelman... cannot thank you enough for your thread!

I have recently become interested in breeding, now I'm already hooked just as bad as when I first wanted a reef tank! This is definitely the next step for me in this hobby. I'm working on getting my first job out of college this summer... if I do, we're renting a house with a basement and/or garage that is all MINE AND MY FISH'S! lol

Thanks again, bro!

Brandon

 

[rkelman]

Thanks Vincent / Brandon I'm glad you like it.

 

[rkelman]

I finally got around to building my rack for my Clowns. I just finished the electrical today. Its 8ft long x 2 ft wide x 36" tall to the top shelf. I'm going to keep all the tanks up top and my Phyto / Rots ect down below. I have 7 outlets up top for the tanks (i'm going to have 8 up there) and 2 on the lower shelf. All protected by a GFI of course on a dedicated circuit. I installed 2 4ft light fixtures up top for the Clowns and one below on its side for the Phyto which is replacing a single bulb 2 ft lamp. I shouldn't have to rotate my bottles to get even cultures anymore. It also give me room to grow 10 bottles of phyto if I want to. Its going to be nice having everything in one place finally. Here's some pics.

 

[NeveSSL]

Very nice, man!

How many tanks are you thinking of putting on there? I'm assuming more than the two that reside there now.

Brandon

 

[rkelman]

8 in total up top. I figure that will be enough to keep up to 1 pair. We'll see.

 

[NeveSSL]

Very cool man. Thanks!

Brandon