My first grandfishes!!
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Long Island Andy
Andy
That's awesome Lee, is anything trying to eat them?
anothermineral
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If you're unable to feed them live rotifers, I wouldn't waste your time trying to get them into a separate tank.
If you're interested in raising a clutch in the future, there are some techniques you can do the night of hatch to immediately catch the fry and get them into a separate tank. If possible, I would pull the nest right before the lights go out on the night they're going to hatch. I've had excellent success pulling the nest an hour before hatch.
If you're interested in raising a clutch in the future, there are some techniques you can do the night of hatch to immediately catch the fry and get them into a separate tank. If possible, I would pull the nest right before the lights go out on the night they're going to hatch. I've had excellent success pulling the nest an hour before hatch.
My first grandfishes!!
The nest is a cave in the bottom of my rockwork. The first video is from under the stand. Even trying to siphon them out would be tricky. Tonight they went on a field trip with mom and pop. They are about the coolest thing thats ever happened to my tank.
http://youtu.be/m2O80q2DLRg
The nest is a cave in the bottom of my rockwork. The first video is from under the stand. Even trying to siphon them out would be tricky. Tonight they went on a field trip with mom and pop. They are about the coolest thing thats ever happened to my tank.
http://youtu.be/m2O80q2DLRg
George_G
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Lee, if you want live rotifers, live nannochloropsis, live isochrysis, and/or brine shrimp eggs, I have all of the above. Just swing by and I'll give you anything you need.
"anothermineral" (hate these user id names) gave you good advise. I've never raised any chromis species, but it makes sense that they are just like clownfish -- they are both in the Pomacentridae family. Pull eggs just before hatching.
George
"anothermineral" (hate these user id names) gave you good advise. I've never raised any chromis species, but it makes sense that they are just like clownfish -- they are both in the Pomacentridae family. Pull eggs just before hatching.
George
George_G
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Ok, well, apparently the above information (and my assumption) is incorrect. They are much easier than Clownfish as they have no pelagic larval stage, and the parents not only care for the eggs, but the fry, as well, as we can clearly see in Lee's videos. And since they are so large at hatch they do not need rotifers, and can eat newly hatched brine shrimp right away.
Lee, these have to be one of the easiest marine fish to successfully breed and rear the young. So they just very well might be able to survive and grow in your DT! They must be eating something, but I would definitely try to get some newly hatched brine shrimp down to them (turn pumps off).
See:
http://www.marinebreeder.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=170&t=6624
George
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Lee, these have to be one of the easiest marine fish to successfully breed and rear the young. So they just very well might be able to survive and grow in your DT! They must be eating something, but I would definitely try to get some newly hatched brine shrimp down to them (turn pumps off).
See:
http://www.marinebreeder.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=170&t=6624
George
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My first grandfishes!!
Well, they're still out and about. I'm not sure how much time I really have or how old they are at this point. They could have been there for days who know. But they are staying near my nem and the parents are still guarding. I spotted a pair in the overflow, poor guys. Can't really get them out without disconnecting everything in the canopy. I fed them some cyclopeeze and phyto feast today and they definitely looked like they were eating in that cloud of food. I think there's a real good chance to do this in the DT, nobody is bothering them at all. I have such a community tank
I'm just not sure if it's worth the effort to start hatching brine in time. George, I wouldn't be able to get to you till like 8pm tomorrow and then looking at another day to hatch them if I'm successful at that.
I'm sure there eating something, it doesn't seem like the "swarm" has thinned out any at all. How long would they be surviving otherwise. Also what do you think the chances of this happening again now that they've done it once? I can get myself more prepared for the next time..
Well, they're still out and about. I'm not sure how much time I really have or how old they are at this point. They could have been there for days who know. But they are staying near my nem and the parents are still guarding. I spotted a pair in the overflow, poor guys. Can't really get them out without disconnecting everything in the canopy. I fed them some cyclopeeze and phyto feast today and they definitely looked like they were eating in that cloud of food. I think there's a real good chance to do this in the DT, nobody is bothering them at all. I have such a community tank
I'm just not sure if it's worth the effort to start hatching brine in time. George, I wouldn't be able to get to you till like 8pm tomorrow and then looking at another day to hatch them if I'm successful at that.
I'm sure there eating something, it doesn't seem like the "swarm" has thinned out any at all. How long would they be surviving otherwise. Also what do you think the chances of this happening again now that they've done it once? I can get myself more prepared for the next time..
My first grandfishes!!
Well, the herd has thinned tonight. The two I found yesterday in the overflow are still there, and instead of 20-30 in the DT we are down to 10-15 or so. More than 10 I think.
So I now have an idea how long I have to fatten these guys up. I am going to try and prepare for the next hatching event and at least try to raise them in the DT. I'll get at least a brine culture going. They stay close together and I could easily spot feed a few times a day with the pumps off.
Overall this has been a fantastic experience and amazed that such advanced life within my tank can propagate. It's one things to see snails and micro-organisms, but to see a swarm of little baby fishes is just so cool.
Well, the herd has thinned tonight. The two I found yesterday in the overflow are still there, and instead of 20-30 in the DT we are down to 10-15 or so. More than 10 I think.
So I now have an idea how long I have to fatten these guys up. I am going to try and prepare for the next hatching event and at least try to raise them in the DT. I'll get at least a brine culture going. They stay close together and I could easily spot feed a few times a day with the pumps off.
Overall this has been a fantastic experience and amazed that such advanced life within my tank can propagate. It's one things to see snails and micro-organisms, but to see a swarm of little baby fishes is just so cool.
Long Island Andy
Andy
Hi Lee
Just an thought, I wonder if the ones in the overflow will be okay. If you think about it. there if plenty of food going through the overflow and no real predators. In the store we had a pair of breeding Bangaai cardinals in one of the display tanks and the babies in the overflow always lived. Of course we had to pull the stand pipe to release them into the refugium and catch them at some point
I hope you're right Andy. Current fin-count is 9 in the DT and 2 still in the overflow. I've been feeding very heavy of all the small stuff I usually do once or twice a week. The tiny bit of cyclopeeze I've been hoarding is slowly disappearing. I've wanted to setup a brine hatchery for a while and some other cultures, but that would involve making room which I have little of at the moment. Who'd have thought such little kids would occupy so much territory.
