Ron Popeil
Love them clownfish.
it took just eight weeks this time.
So it begins.
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Ron Popeil
Love them clownfish.
its a challenging experience for sure. i tried my hand at raising chrysopterus fry a year or so ago and this species in particular seemed like they were half an inch for months and months.
this go around, ill probably have someone else raise the fry for me as im just not set up with the space or time as i used to be.
this go around, ill probably have someone else raise the fry for me as im just not set up with the space or time as i used to be.
kerusso316
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Nice Ron.Let me know.I would love to trade you a some Sandrasinoes{thay is spelled wrong}.Orange skunks babies to make some nice pairs.
wicked_NaCl_h2o
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Oh you finally posted pictures of your healthy pair of chrysopterus.
I wish you lived in my area, I would so help you raise the fry. Not fair, I'll probably have to wait a few more years before my chrysopterus decide to mate.
Please show us more pictures
I wish you lived in my area, I would so help you raise the fry. Not fair, I'll probably have to wait a few more years before my chrysopterus decide to mate.
Please show us more pictures
Ron Popeil
Love them clownfish.
thanks folks.
i picked up these fish october 8th. there were four of them that came in, all large and approximately the same size and kept in individual containers. seeing almost no size distinction, i chose the first and third fish in the row. my friend took the other two.
i spoke to the wholesaler about the origins of the fish, and how long they had been in transit since usually day three is when this species begins to fail. apparently they had been collected at least 8 days prior to me picking them up. they had stayed at the collection station for four or five days, then shipped to hawaii and kept there for a few more days before being shipped to oregon. this was encouraging information, especially since all the fish looked really healthy.
my friends two fish immediately began to destroy each other. obviously two females.
for whatever reason, the two i chose responded well to each other. infact, they have been the most intimate of any clown pair ive ever seen. they are constantly side by side touching, its pretty neat to watch them interact.
the first week they struggled however. after placing them in a QT tank for a few days, i decided they were ready for an established tank. they always hid deep within the anemone, and i rarely saw more than a tail fin or a flash of yellow. but then a few days later one of them was breathing heavily, wobbling in place with sunken in features, no sloughing of slime however. disheartened and knowing that any of the medicated treatments i had tried on brook had always failed, i put them both back in QT with copper, not expecting much more than dead fish the next day.
the copper worked. maybe it was amyloo they spontaneously acquired. whatever it was, they responded well to the copper and within a week were swimming and acting like nothing had ever happened. soon enough they were back in my tank, and have been ever since.
as expected, and despite my best dietary efforts, their brilliant colors faded within two weeks. i feed mostly a food called aquadine, and focused heavily on the algae blend and protein blend. they were very shy and skittish fish for along time, and now consider my hands in the tank a nuisance if there isnt any food involved.
interestingly enough, they started aggressively cleaning not very long after reintroduced back into my tank. but it was sporatic and not regular. each time it was usually in a different place. being both fish were nearly the same size, i couldnt decide which was the male and which was the female. the night before the spawn, one fish looked swollen a lot lower in the abdomen than usual after a good feeding. i had my suspicions there were eggs in there.
and to my surprise, 8 weeks after bringing them home, a bright orange nest awaited after getting home from work. very pleased.
it took six months for my last pair, and their first nest was disorganized and pale in color. the following are some pictures after i brought them home. ill get some recent ones up soon enough.
thanks again for all the support! ill be in contact with a local breeder here soon enough, and i really hope to get lots of these going on a scale i wasnt able to a year ago.
i picked up these fish october 8th. there were four of them that came in, all large and approximately the same size and kept in individual containers. seeing almost no size distinction, i chose the first and third fish in the row. my friend took the other two.
i spoke to the wholesaler about the origins of the fish, and how long they had been in transit since usually day three is when this species begins to fail. apparently they had been collected at least 8 days prior to me picking them up. they had stayed at the collection station for four or five days, then shipped to hawaii and kept there for a few more days before being shipped to oregon. this was encouraging information, especially since all the fish looked really healthy.
my friends two fish immediately began to destroy each other. obviously two females.
for whatever reason, the two i chose responded well to each other. infact, they have been the most intimate of any clown pair ive ever seen. they are constantly side by side touching, its pretty neat to watch them interact.
the first week they struggled however. after placing them in a QT tank for a few days, i decided they were ready for an established tank. they always hid deep within the anemone, and i rarely saw more than a tail fin or a flash of yellow. but then a few days later one of them was breathing heavily, wobbling in place with sunken in features, no sloughing of slime however. disheartened and knowing that any of the medicated treatments i had tried on brook had always failed, i put them both back in QT with copper, not expecting much more than dead fish the next day.
the copper worked. maybe it was amyloo they spontaneously acquired. whatever it was, they responded well to the copper and within a week were swimming and acting like nothing had ever happened. soon enough they were back in my tank, and have been ever since.
as expected, and despite my best dietary efforts, their brilliant colors faded within two weeks. i feed mostly a food called aquadine, and focused heavily on the algae blend and protein blend. they were very shy and skittish fish for along time, and now consider my hands in the tank a nuisance if there isnt any food involved.
interestingly enough, they started aggressively cleaning not very long after reintroduced back into my tank. but it was sporatic and not regular. each time it was usually in a different place. being both fish were nearly the same size, i couldnt decide which was the male and which was the female. the night before the spawn, one fish looked swollen a lot lower in the abdomen than usual after a good feeding. i had my suspicions there were eggs in there.
and to my surprise, 8 weeks after bringing them home, a bright orange nest awaited after getting home from work. very pleased.
it took six months for my last pair, and their first nest was disorganized and pale in color. the following are some pictures after i brought them home. ill get some recent ones up soon enough.
thanks again for all the support! ill be in contact with a local breeder here soon enough, and i really hope to get lots of these going on a scale i wasnt able to a year ago.
Ron Popeil
Love them clownfish.
Ron Popeil
Love them clownfish.
thank you! although i confess its been hastily thrown together and moved around, since for a time, that anemone was having a good time cruising everywhere and over everything.
Ron Popeil
Love them clownfish.
it was settled for over a year in the same spot, the middle of the tank. then suddenly without any provocation, it just began to shift back and forth in the tank, before settling somewhere near the rear corner.
wicked_NaCl_h2o
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Jordan, I sent you a pm..
Congrats on having a mated pair of chrysopterus again.
you must be really happy.. I know I would be.
If I ever say I'm not jealous of you right now.. I would be so lying.
Congrats on having a mated pair of chrysopterus again.
you must be really happy.. I know I would be.
If I ever say I'm not jealous of you right now.. I would be so lying.
Ron Popeil
Love them clownfish.
thanks christina, i really appreciate it. feed heavily! i was feeding twice to three times a day. and without any other fish in your system, i think you could have a spawning pair in six months. an unsubstantiated claim, but my fingers are crossed for you...
i run a 400w halide with XM 20k bulbs. i really need to figure out how to balance the colors on my camera. makes everything look so washed out and purple.
i run a 400w halide with XM 20k bulbs. i really need to figure out how to balance the colors on my camera. makes everything look so washed out and purple.
