What have you had spawn and survive?
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Lyfey
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I got to watch my decorator crab in my 29g biocube spawn the other night.
I turned off the return pump to feed the tank (just the decorator crab and 3 peppermint shrimp) in the biocube. I noticed when the lights went out that I had forgotten to plug the pump back in. I Looked at the tank and saw hundred of little knat looking bugs swimming around up near the moonlight. I turned the pump back on and watched for a little bit. I saw my decorator crab "Rocky" jump off of his rock, run around the tank on the edges of the glass.. down on the sand.. jump back up on top of the rock and perch 1" below the moonlight.. he got on his hind 4 legs and I watched the belly get bigger and smaller as he shot these little buggers out of his mouth in spouts. It was really weird and it freaked me out, I watched him do it about 20 times and the tank was filled with those tiny bug looking things. No clue what was happening, I just thought he was spawning.
In my 125g reef, I saw a cleaner snail release sperm into the water! lol other than that.. no reproduction yet.
I turned off the return pump to feed the tank (just the decorator crab and 3 peppermint shrimp) in the biocube. I noticed when the lights went out that I had forgotten to plug the pump back in. I Looked at the tank and saw hundred of little knat looking bugs swimming around up near the moonlight. I turned the pump back on and watched for a little bit. I saw my decorator crab "Rocky" jump off of his rock, run around the tank on the edges of the glass.. down on the sand.. jump back up on top of the rock and perch 1" below the moonlight.. he got on his hind 4 legs and I watched the belly get bigger and smaller as he shot these little buggers out of his mouth in spouts. It was really weird and it freaked me out, I watched him do it about 20 times and the tank was filled with those tiny bug looking things. No clue what was happening, I just thought he was spawning.
In my 125g reef, I saw a cleaner snail release sperm into the water! lol other than that.. no reproduction yet.
ransomed4ever
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The guy at a LFS I go to occasionally said that some clowns spawned in a tank he maintains and a good group of the fry survived and grew to the point that they could be on their own. He said the young basically lived in a little cave that the parents defended like crazy to keep other fish away. Not sure if the story is true, but don't have a reason to doubt it either.
in the wild banggai cardinalfish associate w/ many living substrates. Diadema urchins are one of them. sea anemones are another. So no surprise about the banggai hosting.
If you want t raise more than 1 or 2/ brood, you'll have to isolate the fry and feed them
If you want t raise more than 1 or 2/ brood, you'll have to isolate the fry and feed them
Timbor
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Hmm, I would have my doubts about this one - clownfish only guard the eggs until they hatch, then the fry float away with the plankton (in the wild). From what I have read, the parents take no part in raising the young after hatching - plus the fry need food about the size of rotifers when they hatch. So unless that was a very special, dedicated system, I would highly doubt the possibility of any young surviving.
As for me, I have had stomatella reproduce like crazy, along with some feather duster type worms, and some stupid invasive macro
One day, my dream system will be a yellowheaded jawfish biotope where I can get em to spawn and try to raise the young. Although, that's a few years out yet
Tim
RedClay
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Turbo snails and lettuce nudibranchs.
The baby nudibranchs (about a dozen or so) got to about half an inch until they found their way into the overflow/sump never to be seen again... I had two adults at the time, but I noticed a spiral of eggs only a week or two after I got them so I think one was pregnant when it arrived. Still pretty cool, but its a shame they didn't make it
The baby nudibranchs (about a dozen or so) got to about half an inch until they found their way into the overflow/sump never to be seen again... I had two adults at the time, but I noticed a spiral of eggs only a week or two after I got them so I think one was pregnant when it arrived. Still pretty cool, but its a shame they didn't make it
Stanley-Reefer
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my bangaiis spawn every other month. There is ONE baby that has been living in my overflow for 2 months. The falco ate all the rest!!!
