pregnant mandarin

[doublereefer69]

very excited to see this..I would love to attempt raising these beautiful fish.
I have a male and female in my 30 gallon. male for about a year, female slightly less... they are both eating frozen food and love it. I was just curious if anybody else around had attempted or had any luck with raising the fry. I have read an article or two online but haven't been able to find much, i believe they lay their eggs slightly after dust and i would have to collect them from the water column some how? not to sure, any advice would be appreciated.

 

[_shorty_]

Not sure, but look forward to following you progress!

 

[Mazzy]

Exciting!

And just curious - I know it's normal to pull the eggs with sw fish but is this because there's so much more flow in a reef tank or are sw fish just typically not very good parents/leave their eggs to fall to predation and such??

 

[doublereefer69]

good question.. im not sure as to the reasoning i just know the fry wont survive on their own. people say that adult mandarins are hard enough to keep so im pretty sure it will be a task raise the fry..im up for the challenge tho!

 

[Baltimore Bryan]

Here's a couple links I've seen on breeding mandarins. ORA breeds them, so it can be done. However, it may be very difficult for a hobbyist at home. If I remember, the problem may have been getting food small enough for the fry to eat until they settled out, but I haven't read through these in awhile. Good luck!

http://en.microcosmaquariumexplorer.com/wiki/Breeding_the_Green_Mandarin

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=824111

Bryan

 

[doublereefer69]

thanks a lot bryan..two good reads