Tomatoe/Ocellaris breeding!

[elekamit]

well..., i checked and I can NOT get rotifiers here in ISRAEL...

isn't there anything else they will eat!?!
someone told me they will eat the yolk of an egg (the yellow part), he said i should boil a hard egg, and then take the yellow part and crumble to tiny tiny particles in water and that they will eat it.

 

[cb747]

I have no idea i have never heard of it but that doesnt mean its not impossible. Mayube someone else can offer an opinion on that.

 

[Atticus]

It is possible to use small particle dead foods, but your survival rate will be very low. You can also use live baby brine as a first food, but only the larger fry will survive.

 

[clown fanatic]

hmmmm "....pics in the next few days" (?)

 

[cb747]

I know im terrible with posting pictures. Ive been pretty busy. I should have another hatch tonight and im doing something a little different. This time they laid the eggs on a removeable piece of rock so tonight (night 9) i removed the rock and placed it into the fry tank with an airstone gently moving the eggs around. Mama and Papa look a little upset at the moment. Hopefully i have the airstone setup correctly and theyll all hatch during the night This is the first time ive removed the eggs and they either hatch on night 9 or 10. Wish me luck!

 

[cb747]

I know im terrible with posting pictures. Ive been pretty busy. I should have another hatch tonight and im doing something a little different. This time they laid the eggs on a removeable piece of rock so tonight (night 9) i removed the rock and placed it into the fry tank with an airstone gently moving the eggs around. Mama and Papa look a little upset at the moment. Hopefully i have the airstone setup correctly and theyll all hatch during the night This is the first time ive removed the eggs and they either hatch on night 9 or 10. Wish me luck!

 

[XMASTER]

lol Well Good luck dude hope to see some picture of your hatch

 

[watchdr]

tagging along.

This is great to see and always love the pics.

 

[ediaz]

well..., i checked and I can NOT get rotifiers here in ISRAEL...

Call this number, I had a friend who ran the breeding program for Red Sea phish farm in Israel. He has a company in the Netherlands now. Maybe they can help you.

972 3 6962192

Ed

 

[RichConley]

sorry to get back to the anti-hybridization crap,

but DO NOT sell these to a store. There are many examples of fish (mostly freshwater cichlids) where a well meaning hobbiest sold hybrid fry to a store that were then eventually sold to someone as purebreds, and then bred to purebred fish. This forever taints the hobbiest pool, and is part of why some of the species we keep now dont have the colors they do in the wild.

It is fine if you are giving these to other hobbiest who know exactly what they are, but do not expose them to the general public.

 

[thecoralreef]

i think ORA had maroon/occ/perc hybrids

I don't think ORA does this cross, they may have had some at one point to sell but I believe it was Proaquatix that had the Maroon/Ocellaris breeding pair at one point. I think they lost part of the pair or both a year or so back during a hurricane move or something.
Link - http://www.proaquatix.com/speciesdetail.asp?GROUPID=200&ID=46
there is the link to the Maroon/ocellaris cross.

 

[cb747]

My clowns will be going to who ever wants to buy them from me when the time comes whether it be here or a LFS. Why else would i be raising them? Hybrids occur in the wild so im not exactly tainting anything. The only difference is i can document it whereas in the wild you cant. Im sure its more common than we all think.

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

cb747, how many would you say that you have now?

 

[cb747]

not as many as you might think-- between 100 and 200. My removing the eggs on the rock didnt work out so well. Most are dead now and the water was cloudy this morning so thats the last time ill try that

 

[ohioreef]

Sorry to hear that the eggs didn't make it. Sure would have made things easier on you if you could've done it that way.

 

[cb747]

Ill stick with my proven success method from now on. The good ole fry snagger

 

[Carman34L]

Any new pics??? It has been awhile. I was wondering if you snap and post a couple of pics of the oldest ones now, they have to be a few months old by now?

 

[cb747]

Im horrible at posting pics but by popular demand here they are taken 10 minutes ago

 

[ricordiaking]

When can I come by and check your rack out

 

[oama]

ricordiaking
That's a little forward of you!