Breeding Journal, Species: Elacatinus oceanops (Neon goby)

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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Sunday, March 4, 2012 11:33 PM
Did you shake the pipe? Fun!
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Sunday, March 4, 2012 11:36 PM
Quote Originally Posted by KathyL


Did you shake the pipe? Fun!

No, I attached the pipe to the stand pipe with an airstone at the bottom.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Monday, March 5, 2012 4:57 PM
It looks like about 50 have hatched. I checked the pipe and there are still a lot of eggs left. They don't look like they've fungused so I'll give them another day. 
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Monday, March 5, 2012 7:58 PM
I did that too.  Shaking works better and IS more fun.  Get the flashlight on them as well.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Monday, March 5, 2012 8:36 PM
Thanks Kathy! I did the shaky thing and most of them hatched. There are still some that aren't hatched but my hand was getting tired so I'll try again in a while. I'm estimating I probably have 150 now.
 




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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Monday, March 5, 2012 9:14 PM
very cool tal good luck 
 
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Monday, March 5, 2012 9:16 PM
Nice tip, Kathy!
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Tuesday, March 6, 2012 6:24 AM
Yay! Go Tal!
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Tuesday, March 6, 2012 7:12 AM
Nice job Tal!!!

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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Wednesday, March 7, 2012 6:43 PM
The RotiGreen cleared up while I was away today so I got a better idea of how many fry I have...



 
If they all survive me being away this weekend I'm going to have quite a few.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Wednesday, March 7, 2012 6:56 PM
Holy crap!  That's a lot of larvae!
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Wednesday, March 7, 2012 7:11 PM
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Holy crap!  That's a lot of larvae!

LOL and that's only some of them!
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Wednesday, March 7, 2012 8:08 PM
You're gonna need lots of rotifers!
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Thursday, March 8, 2012 9:27 AM
Are you going to sacrifice one to the microscope gods?  Jim has spoiled me with his posts always having some. 
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Thursday, March 8, 2012 10:31 AM
At first I didn't want to because I didn't think I had that many, now that I have a lot more I might 'scope one if I get time.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Thursday, March 8, 2012 4:28 PM
Today's group shots:
 


 
and 10X micro shots:
 




 
and a vid of one doing tricks:
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Friday, March 9, 2012 9:29 AM
You plan to start them on rots?
And Tal,you don´t need to kill any larvae to take pics.I can tell you how.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Friday, March 9, 2012 9:46 AM
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You plan to start them on rots?
And Tal,you don´t need to kill any larvae to take pics.I can tell you how.

Yes, I have them eating rotifers. That's all I have right now and I'm leaving town for the weekend. I was able to get that larvae back into the tank with no problems, what is your tip?
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Friday, March 9, 2012 10:36 AM
Rots are fine for them.
You need a thick well slide glass.You scoop the larva in there and then carefully pipette the water out until it remains still on its side.You take the pics quickly and put the water back.Then you free the larva by carefully dipping the slide in the tank.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Friday, March 9, 2012 10:41 AM
Yeah, I would do that but I don't have a well slide on hand and I need a new pipette. 
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Monday, March 12, 2012 2:58 PM
Unfortunately, none of them survived my weekend away. I thought at least a few would have been still alive. The rotifer population is fine so they didn't run out of food. I Figure the lack of detritus siphoning caused the problem.
 
On a good note, there are eggs in the pipe. Although I don't know exactly when they were laid.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Monday, March 12, 2012 3:31 PM
Better luck with the next clutch!
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Monday, March 12, 2012 6:13 PM
Get pipettes on ebay.  El Cheapo!
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Monday, March 12, 2012 6:23 PM
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Get pipettes on ebay.  El Cheapo!

I couldn't siphon because I was in Chicago for the weekend.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Monday, March 12, 2012 6:29 PM
You said something about needing to buy a new pipette...?  I got a 10 pack on ebay for $10 shipped.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Monday, March 12, 2012 6:30 PM
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You said something about needing to buy a new pipette...?  I got a 10 pack on ebay for $10 shipped.

Oh, for snagging a larvae for pics, yeah. Just haven't gotten around to it yet.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Monday, March 12, 2012 9:18 PM
Pics of spawn 2
 




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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Saturday, March 17, 2012 5:20 PM
Apparently my estimated spawn date was a bit off this time. When I checked the pipe today the eggs were gone but then I looked up near the surface and saw this...
 


 
Not as many as last time but I'm assuming that the rest were caught in the filter. They are now in a BRT for round 2.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Monday, March 19, 2012 2:02 PM
Man these guys are machines! I tried to catch them spawning last night but both of my batteries were dead. Today I was greeted with this:
 


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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Monday, March 19, 2012 7:39 PM
Yup...you have a limited window with their short lifespans,so make these routine spawnings count Tal!
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Monday, March 19, 2012 8:03 PM
Quote Originally Posted by mPedersen


Yup...you have a limited window with their short lifespans,so make these routine spawnings count Tal!

I know, that's what worries me.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Friday, March 23, 2012 4:52 PM
Update on this batch. Looks like they're pretty close to hatching.
 


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Re:Breeding Journal, Species:E. oceanops (Neon goby) - Friday, March 23, 2012 11:20 PM
Looking good!
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