Tomatoe/Ocellaris breeding!

[Stoneyscoral]

A buddy of mine was suffering heavy casualties while the lights were out. He went to 24 hour lighting until after metamorphasis and did much better.

I can't wait to see this cross.

 

[keefsama2003]

same here chris im going to come over to see them after they change and pick out my 2 lol

if you can get some pics up once they get a little bigger that would be awesome and the reidi how do they look ?

 

[cb747]

Ill try to get some pics when i can take the sunday comics off the tank LOL My seahorse fry are almost double what they were 10 days ago Soon they should start to hitch and thatll make my life easier

 

[cb747]

Well the happy couple just laid more eggs I looked an hour ago and no eggs and now they are there I might try to make Joyce Wilkersons fry snagger during the week. Maybe i can get more out that way!!

 

[keefsama2003]

heh cool either way i hope more hatch
and try the 24 hour light cycle till they start to change i hear from research it helps alot

 

[Vert20]

Well the happy couple just laid more eggs I looked an hour ago and no eggs and now they are there I might try to make Joyce Wilkersons fry snagger during the week. Maybe i can get more out that way!!

Re Larval Snagger: I used a 2.5 gallon tank from petsmart and it worked real well. Also used a Mini-Jet 404 as the pump inside the coffee filter/coke bottle.
Here are some pix to help visualize it while looking at the book

Now hurry up and get some pix posted of these babies...the world is waiting!!!

 

[cb747]

That is a cool Larvae snagger! Im going to do exactly that!! Thanks so much for the pictures they will be a huge help!!!What kind of light do you use to attract them and where do you place it? As for pics youll all have to wait till Sunday when i remove the comics LOL

 

[Vert20]

What kind of light do you use to attract them and where do you place it?

Look just to the bottom left of the small tank. There is a 2 watt lamp attached just below where the U-Tube stops in the parent tank. I have that on an X-10 device so I can control the brightness of the bulb and keep it about 1/2 power.

HTH

 

[cb747]

Oh cool now i see it How long after they hatch do you turn the light on?

 

[Vert20]

My maroons hatch 45 mins after lights out on day 7. Yours will be different.

One thing I do is kill the pumps and everything as soon as the lights go out on hatch night. On my non-commercial website there is a video of hatch night shot using a small flashlight on top of the tank. http://www.reefobsession.com it might be worth looking at to get a feel for what you should be seeing.

 

[cb747]

Oh ok i turned all the pumps off as well and left the tank in darkness for almost 2 hours. I then put a small nightlight up by the corner of the tank and was able to get 19 fry out. I have no idea where the rest went. Ill definitely check the video out

 

[cb747]

Still have the 8 fry left. Started them on BBS today but still am ading rots to the tank as well. I also took the paper off the tank so i can actually see them. Unfortunately they still dont show up in pictures

 

[Travis Savant]

Thanks for the update cb747, I hope tht all your 8 fry make it

 

[cb747]

Your welcome I hope they make it too! Im real curious to see what there going to look like!
Chris

 

[Travis Savant]

I too am excited to see what they will look like .

 

[keefsama2003]

sounds good chris keep up the good work

 

[Carman34L]

hey, any pics yet?

 

[Travis Savant]

Updates?

 

[The Shrimp X]

PLEASE< GIVE US UPDATE!!! i would love to see what they look like!!!!

 

[cb747]

Np pics as my camera isnt good enough to get a real closeup! Other than that i still have 8 happy babies swimming all around Thanks for asking!