Too many babies!
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ReidiLoverLinds
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What kind of seahorses do you have barbara?? I didn't realize you had seahorses!!! I love seahorses!! SEAHORSES!
Lifes A Beach
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Reidi, yes I have seahorses too! I have H. erectus, 2 males. I had a mated pair a few years ago and they were having babies every 2 weeks. I tried raising them too (my motherly instinct again) but only had one alive for 5 weeks. I didn't know about rotifers back then. I lost that pair while I was on a trip. I replaced them with 2 males so no more babies. I have my hands full now with the clownfish fry!
Thanks for all your help with rotifer advice. It was the key to getting my numbers up and growth success.
--Barbara
Lifes A Beach
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Brett, thanks for the offer...I'll be in touch with you. Your gsm babies are doing great! They're starting their 10th day and will probably start them on bbs in the next day or so. These fry are definitely bigger than the ocellaris fry in the beginning so they get a good healthy head start on life! I'll post more pics soon.
--Barbara
--Barbara
Lifes A Beach
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Here's an update of what's been going on with all the babies.
The gold striped maroon babies are now a month old. I have 13 that have made it. I thought the numbers would be higher on this batch since the fry seemed bigger when they hatched. The mother of this clutch was huge (much bigger than my original ocellaris female that's been spawning). I don't know if that has anything to do with how big the fry will be when they hatch. Here's a few pics of them (got your message Andy lol):
--Barbara
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The gold striped maroon babies are now a month old. I have 13 that have made it. I thought the numbers would be higher on this batch since the fry seemed bigger when they hatched. The mother of this clutch was huge (much bigger than my original ocellaris female that's been spawning). I don't know if that has anything to do with how big the fry will be when they hatch. Here's a few pics of them (got your message Andy lol):
--Barbara
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Lifes A Beach
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My original pair (male black/white and female orange/white) are keeping with their regiment of spawning every 10-11 days. They laid eggs again last night, a nice big clutch. The last batch of eggs hatched this past Wed. night (8th night after spawn) and another great hatch. They were scheduled to hatch Tues. night but the last few clutches have been hatching over 2 nights so I decided that when the lights went out in the main tank where the eggs are that I would keep the moon lights on all night to see if that would stall the hatch by one night. It worked! Wed night when the lights went off, I removed the tile and placed it in the nursery tank. An hour later, almost all the eggs had hatched.
I did have a slight setback with one of my hatches of March 10th. I had a few of the juvis die. To this point, I did not have any die after meta. With a little help from a friend (thanks, Bill!) I found that the ph in the tank was very low. After some adjustments to bring the ph back up, all are doing fine again. I learned that I cannot take for granted a little debris in the bottom of the tank. Daily cleanings are a must.
As for the pair and the giagantic anemone - they are spawning like clockwork also. And the anemone still looks beautiful. Now, no one yell at me but it's still in the 20-gal. tank under pc lighting and doing great. To everyone that sent pm's about the anemone, I'm keeping it!! If it splits, I'll let you know. There is another clutch of eggs now on the rock under the anemone and scheduled to hatch tomorrow night. I've noticed with this pair (compared to my first pair) that the male is not as attentive to the eggs. But, I guess with the good flow in that tank, the eggs stay aerated and hatch 100%. Since they hatch in the 20-gal tank, I have to scoop the fry. The last hatch I was up until 3 am to get them. Having the clutch on a tile is so much easier. But, with all that is going on, the night of the hatch is the best of all!!!
--Barbara
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I did have a slight setback with one of my hatches of March 10th. I had a few of the juvis die. To this point, I did not have any die after meta. With a little help from a friend (thanks, Bill!) I found that the ph in the tank was very low. After some adjustments to bring the ph back up, all are doing fine again. I learned that I cannot take for granted a little debris in the bottom of the tank. Daily cleanings are a must.
As for the pair and the giagantic anemone - they are spawning like clockwork also. And the anemone still looks beautiful. Now, no one yell at me but it's still in the 20-gal. tank under pc lighting and doing great. To everyone that sent pm's about the anemone, I'm keeping it!! If it splits, I'll let you know. There is another clutch of eggs now on the rock under the anemone and scheduled to hatch tomorrow night. I've noticed with this pair (compared to my first pair) that the male is not as attentive to the eggs. But, I guess with the good flow in that tank, the eggs stay aerated and hatch 100%. Since they hatch in the 20-gal tank, I have to scoop the fry. The last hatch I was up until 3 am to get them. Having the clutch on a tile is so much easier. But, with all that is going on, the night of the hatch is the best of all!!!
--Barbara
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Lifes A Beach
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I have also made a few additions to my parent family. I acquired a pair of black & white ocellaris and a pair of gold striped maroons. I have them temporarily housed in seperate 20-gal. tanks until I get my garage project under way. That will mean another move for them so I'm not sure when I'll see eggs, I'm sure it will be a while before they get settled.
Another reefer has a pair of Banggai Cardinals that spit out its babies and got in touch with me to see if I could "save" them. So, now I have 4 1-day old cardinals I'm raising too. I'm getting the reputation of being the fish rescue camp here. How can you say "no" ??? (lovin' it!)
--Barbara
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Another reefer has a pair of Banggai Cardinals that spit out its babies and got in touch with me to see if I could "save" them. So, now I have 4 1-day old cardinals I'm raising too. I'm getting the reputation of being the fish rescue camp here. How can you say "no" ??? (lovin' it!)
--Barbara
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FB
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Looks good. Keep up the great work.
I couple of the fish in the last pic look very skinny. What are you currently feeding them. I find that when my fish look like that they have a higher rate of starving if even one feed is missed. This is why I have really increased my bbs feedings. They start to put some weight on and seem a lot more resilient.
FB
I couple of the fish in the last pic look very skinny. What are you currently feeding them. I find that when my fish look like that they have a higher rate of starving if even one feed is missed. This is why I have really increased my bbs feedings. They start to put some weight on and seem a lot more resilient.
FB
Lifes A Beach
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I had read in other posts that some breeders were skipping the bbs and going right to dry food. So, I decided to try keeping them on rotifers a little while longer (since my rotifer cultures are doing so well) and then starting them on Otohime A. I think this may have affected their growth and their mortality rate. I think that I will not skip the bbs portion of their feedings. I also tried this with my second pair's hatch and didn't have as good a survival rate as I have with those that have been on bbs.
So, the bbs hatcheries are going again strong and will continue using the bbs as their second stage of food source. Otohime A has worked out very well as their third stage of food source. I'll stick with that!
--Barbara
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So, the bbs hatcheries are going again strong and will continue using the bbs as their second stage of food source. Otohime A has worked out very well as their third stage of food source. I'll stick with that!
--Barbara
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Lifes A Beach
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Here's some pictures of the Banggai Cardinal fry. I just can't get over how cute they are!!! In the first picture, it looks like they're posing for the picture (actually I think they're looking for me to feed them!).
Barbara
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Barbara
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