Breeding Journal, Species: Copperbanded Cardinal Fish (Apogon margaritophorus)

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Bongo Shrimp
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Copperbanded Cardinal Fish (Apogon margaritophorus) - Thursday, June 3, 2010 10:12 PM
It's this one:
http://www.kaboodle.com/r...-usb-microscope-camera


I got it from sharper image on sale for $25 when they went out of business.

I'm looking to get this one:
http://www.celestron.com/c3/product.php?ProdID=516

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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Copperbanded Cardinal Fish (Apogon margaritophorus) - Thursday, June 3, 2010 10:31 PM
I have the second one you linked. It's great for small stuff like copepods and rotifers but the magnification is too high for larvae after they grow a bit. 

The LCD screen and video capability is nice. 
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Copperbanded Cardinal Fish (Apogon margaritophorus) - Friday, June 4, 2010 9:28 AM
NICE FULL BELLIES!  SWEET!
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Copperbanded Cardinal Fish (Apogon margaritophorus) - Friday, June 4, 2010 1:16 PM
So, how do I clean all the dead junk off the bottom of the larva tank?  And where to I get the sieves for rotifers and such?  

Hey, for now that microscope I have seems to be working pretty well for me.  It's a tad bit hard to use but it works.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Copperbanded Cardinal Fish (Apogon margaritophorus) - Friday, June 4, 2010 2:31 PM
You need to siphon the bottom of the larval tank. A rigid air line works well. See day 8 on this page: http://fishtalpropagations.com/StepByStep.aspx

You can buy the sieves from Florida Aqua Farms or make your own:
 http://fishtalpropagations.com/RotiferCultureTechniques.aspx
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Copperbanded Cardinal Fish (Apogon margaritophorus) - Sunday, June 6, 2010 5:06 PM
Cards spawned again.  Pics soon.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Copperbanded Cardinal Fish (Apogon margaritophorus) - Monday, June 7, 2010 10:31 PM
I've only got a few babies left.  They are eating but I don't want to stress them out any more.  So no more microscope pics.  I'll find some other way top get pics...
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Copperbanded Cardinal Fish (Apogon margaritophorus) - Thursday, June 10, 2010 7:36 PM
Ok I think i lost the last baby.  Next round on sunday or monday!
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Copperbanded Cardinal Fish (Apogon margaritophorus) - Sunday, June 13, 2010 8:15 PM
THE EAGLE HAS LANDED!

Round two here we go.  Got about 100 babies.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Copperbanded Cardinal Fish (Apogon margaritophorus) - Sunday, June 13, 2010 9:10 PM
he he if at first you dont succeed!!!  the good news is that this time you dont necessarily need to duplicate your work snapping pics of the fry, so they'll be less stressed I really wanna see this one through post meta!!!  congrats on your second run!    
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Copperbanded Cardinal Fish (Apogon margaritophorus) - Sunday, June 13, 2010 9:19 PM
Thanks, and you're not the only one. 
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Copperbanded Cardinal Fish (Apogon margaritophorus) - Saturday, June 26, 2010 9:23 AM
Cards spawned again last night.  I don't think I have any babies left though.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Copperbanded Cardinal Fish (Apogon margaritophorus) - Monday, July 5, 2010 7:54 PM
Ugh, dropped the eggs a week ago. I've been busy but they have not been.  Waiting for next spawn...
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Copperbanded Cardinal Fish (Apogon margaritophorus) - Tuesday, July 20, 2010 5:44 PM
Back at it.  Spawned last night.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Copperbanded Cardinal Fish (Apogon margaritophorus) - Sunday, August 1, 2010 2:44 PM
Is he still holding this time?
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Copperbanded Cardinal Fish (Apogon margaritophorus) - Saturday, August 28, 2010 8:49 PM
Any updates?
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