Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani

Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (KathyL)

Fri, 16 Oct 2015 00:31:47 GMT

found the one confirmed female dead this evening. No apparant reason. Second female to die with this male. I wonder if it is his fault. The fact that he guarded infertile eggs for the last few spawns makes me want to get rid of him.
So out of 4 dotty backs, I got one pair, infertile, and now there are three, possibly all males, one murderous. grumble….

Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (KathyL)

Sat, 03 Oct 2015 15:00:57 GMT

well, the eggs didn't fungus over, but only one has developed eyes and body, the rest (hundreds) are infertile. My adult male is shooting blanks mostly....pity. He is older, but he used to do a better job... I'll give him a few more tries before he gets put out to pasture.

The other two are not spawning yet, and I'm disappointed in them. They should be by now.....

Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (JoeDigiorgio)

Fri, 02 Oct 2015 17:29:23 GMT

Following along! Still stumped by these guys over here...

Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (KathyL)

Thu, 01 Oct 2015 23:10:13 GMT

Yesterday they spawned again, so today I pulled the eggs, and put them in a tumbler with some methylene blue on a warming pad. I hope this works.

Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (KathyL)

Sun, 13 Sep 2015 13:29:00 GMT

i did pair it with the male of the tiny female, and this morning there are eggs in his pipe cave. !!!! 2 weeks together. Must have been male and female already with no switcheroo required. Will I finally get this species done?

Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (KathyL)

Sun, 05 Jul 2015 17:37:53 GMT

Two the dottybacks are tolerating each other, and flirting a bit, but neither can stand the presence of the third one. He is a paler color than the other two. He reminds me of the tiny female, that never looked well, but would spawn huge nests. She died some time ago for unknown reasons. I'll move the third dotty out soon. Perhaps I'll try to pair it with the male of the tiny female.

Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (KathyL)

Sat, 20 Jun 2015 08:48:40 GMT

Last night I moved the third orchid newbie in with the other two. Whole lot of chasing. Nobody seems to be damaged, so we'll see how this goes.

Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (KathyL)

Fri, 19 Jun 2015 09:31:25 GMT

Nothing but copying and pasteing. I intend to edit the top post if this set of broodstock works, so I just wanted to record the details here so I won't lose it. I'll fix the top post when I submit a report. Honestly, I've tried so many times with this species that the top post is very confusing.

Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (Fishtal)

Fri, 19 Jun 2015 01:33:51 GMT

What are you doing with the format?

Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (KathyL)

Fri, 19 Jun 2015 00:07:45 GMT

replicate, please delete.

Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (KathyL)

Fri, 19 Jun 2015 00:07:39 GMT

Gosh, it's been a long time since I've worked with these. I still have one old presumed male living with my Clarkii pair in a 20 gallon high. Recently got in 3 orchids from Unique Corals, and they are in QT right now. Acquired 06/16/15. For the record.
Two are housed together in QT, and appear to be flirting in that distinctive goby way.
More details for the journal:
Size of Tank: 20 gallon long, 30 x 12 x 12
Substrate Details: none except for a few PVC pipe fittings
Filtration Details: Sponge filter
Water Changes: bi- monthly, about 10 %
Water Temperature: 79
Lighting: coralife blue led strip
Lighting Cycle: 14 hours day, 10 hours night
Other Tank Inhabitants: This is QT. I have a gobie okinawae, 5 E. evelynae, and a T. decora.

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types: Frozen mash, Otohime C1, copepods and enriched brine shrimp, 2 days old
Feeding Schedule: morning and evening

Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (KathyL)

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 18:32:55 GMT

I took the recent widower, a male, and put him with the two that get along so well. Now they are all getting along in a 20 gallon tank with my remaining banggai. I am sure one of them is a male.

Does the fact that they are all so chummy mean that they are all males, with no females to fight over?

Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (KathyL)

Wed, 30 May 2012 20:51:56 GMT

Well, a day or so after i wrote the last post, I could't find any live ones, and now the spawning female has disappeared, for good.

Now I have 4 adult dottys, and no apparant pairs. Two singly housed appear to be males, and the two I have paired are getting along very well, frequently occupying the same tube, but not spawning. Sigh.

Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (KathyL)

Wed, 23 May 2012 09:07:57 GMT

Several times this morning, I've seen a tiny tranparent larva swimming in that jerky, striking at food motion. I'm not sure if there is more than one still alive in the bowl, but I'm sure there is at least one. This is much more satisfying than the BRT, when I couldn't see anything.

The larva seems to be continually striking at something, but its belly does not look any larger.

Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (KathyL)

Tue, 22 May 2012 20:42:51 GMT

I couldn't stand it. I transferred some of the water to a fishbowl, and carefully examined the rest to find the remaining larvae. I may have as many as 3. My small heater fits in, and I have an open airline to give a little stir. The larvae I could see were striking at something. I'm leaving the 18watt light on overnight.

Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (Fishtal)

Tue, 22 May 2012 10:39:11 GMT

Contrary to popular opinion, I had great results when hatching them under a bright light (see my journal). I would usually get >90% hatch within a half hour.

Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (KathyL)

Tue, 22 May 2012 10:32:23 GMT

Thanks Mindy,
I didn't get any more than a total of 6 tiny larvae. I really thought there would be more. I need to set up a fishbowl chrysel to keep these small hatches, as keeping the rot numbers up on a BRT for such a small number of larvae, when one is unsure if they are there or not, is perhaps a waste of effort and real estate.

I fed the BRT half my dwindling culture of Apocyclops panamensis, and sufficient S-rotifers, and some Isochrysis and RGcomplete.
I still can't see any larvae.

Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (EasterEggs)

Mon, 21 May 2012 23:00:58 GMT

Heh, I know that feeling of wondering if you're ever going to see them again. In my case, so far I never have. I hope tomorrow brings you many strong larvae!

Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (KathyL)

Mon, 21 May 2012 20:44:04 GMT

Not sure exactly when they spawned. It was either the evening of the 17th or the morning of the 18th. Anyway, I think they will hatch this evening. I pulled 4 premies from the hatcher this evening. Now the lights are out, and we await the big hatch if there is one.
I'll post the picture of the premies, in hopes of getting a hatching report out of this. After taking pix, I set them into the BRT. I can't help feeling that I'll never see them again…it's such a big black abyss.
Click the video.

Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (KathyL)

Sun, 20 May 2012 21:40:02 GMT

Well, they didn't hatch last night, and although I can still see some with good development, almost no yolk, hearts beating, they have not hatched this evening yet. I'll wait another hour before going to bed. BRT is ready for them.