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•  Breeding Journal, Species: Doryrhamphus excisus

  Change Page: < 1234 > | Showing page 3 of 4, messages 41 to 60 of 66 - powered by ASPPlayground.NET Forum Trial Version Author Message JimWelsh Total Posts : 1426 Reward points : 1486 Joined: 1/22/2010 Location: Angwin, CA, US Status: offline MBI: 1845 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Doryrhamphus excisus Monday, February 6, 2012 10:45 PM (permalink) I shipped my first batch of these out to Dan U., who will be wholesaling them to I'm not sure who.  There were 32 in this shipment -- so few, primarily because it was my first time shipping fish, and I didn't want it to be a total disaster if I did something wrong.  There are another 40 that will be ready to ship in 2-4 weeks or so.  I also set aside three more pairs, and have placed them in separate tanks, and hope to have more than one active breeding broodstock pair soon!   #41 JimWelsh Total Posts : 1426 Reward points : 1486 Joined: 1/22/2010 Location: Angwin, CA, US Status: offline MBI: 1845 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Doryrhamphus excisus Friday, February 10, 2012 11:05 PM (permalink) I'm a very happy fish breeder today -- for the first time ever, captive bred Bluestripe pipefish are available in the US from an online retailer:  http://www.saltwaterfish....ptive-Bred_p_5950.html     #42 luis a m Total Posts : 451 Reward points : 1249 Joined: 3/15/2011 Location: Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, AR Status: offline MBI: 0 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Doryrhamphus excisus Saturday, February 11, 2012 5:33 PM (permalink) This is great,Jim! I am anxious to find a male for mine and follow your path.They dont show often here though   #43 KathyL Total Posts : 2639 Reward points : 1504 Joined: 6/6/2010 Location: St. Louis, MO, US Status: offline MBI: 1605 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Societies of North America Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Doryrhamphus excisus Saturday, February 11, 2012 8:02 PM (permalink) This is awesome! I want some, and I congatulate you on a job well done, Jim!  That is a major goal for me, not just to breed one, but to make them available more broadly, and be able to keep the ones in the ocean, in the ocean!   #44 Umm_fish? Total Posts : 2835 Reward points : 953 Joined: 11/4/2009 Location: Boulder, CO, US Status: offline MBI: 775 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Society of Colorado Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Doryrhamphus excisus Saturday, February 11, 2012 10:46 PM (permalink) Congratulations, Jim! I'm proud of you, man. --Andy, the bucket man. "Not to know the mandolin is to argue oneself unknown...." --Clara Lanza, 1886   #45 JimWelsh Total Posts : 1426 Reward points : 1486 Joined: 1/22/2010 Location: Angwin, CA, US Status: offline MBI: 1845 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Doryrhamphus excisus Saturday, February 11, 2012 11:59 PM (permalink) Thank you very much, Luis, Kathy, and Andy.   #46 JimWelsh Total Posts : 1426 Reward points : 1486 Joined: 1/22/2010 Location: Angwin, CA, US Status: offline MBI: 1845 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Doryrhamphus excisus Sunday, February 26, 2012 1:37 PM (permalink) Now, it appears I'm about to "close the loop" on these guys.  I have a couple of pairs of my CB pipes that I've separated into different tanks.  Today, for the first time, I see one of my males I raised holding eggs!   Attached Image(s)   #47 luis a m Total Posts : 451 Reward points : 1249 Joined: 3/15/2011 Location: Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, AR Status: offline MBI: 0 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Doryrhamphus excisus Sunday, February 26, 2012 4:44 PM (permalink) Great!What age are they?   #48 JimWelsh Total Posts : 1426 Reward points : 1486 Joined: 1/22/2010 Location: Angwin, CA, US Status: offline MBI: 1845 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Doryrhamphus excisus Sunday, February 26, 2012 5:19 PM (permalink) Uncertain exactly what age, but they are somewhere between 5 and 6 months old.   #49 EasterEggs Total Posts : 1946 Reward points : 735 Joined: 9/22/2011 Location: Saskatoon, SK, CA Status: offline MBI: 590 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Doryrhamphus excisus Sunday, February 26, 2012 7:36 PM (permalink) Originally Posted by JimWelsh I'm a very happy fish breeder today -- for the first time ever, captive bred Bluestripe pipefish are available in the US from an online retailer:  http://www.saltwaterfish....ptive-Bred_p_5950.html   Excellent first Jim, very cool indeed!  Better get them to change it to "USA tank bred" though!   Originally Posted by JimWelsh Now, it appears I'm about to "close the loop" on these guys.  I have a couple of pairs of my CB pipes that I've separated into different tanks.  Today, for the first time, I see one of my males I raised holding eggs!   You're on a roll this year and it is only February!  I hope this is just a glimpse into your future achievements this year.    #50 JimWelsh Total Posts : 1426 Reward points : 1486 Joined: 1/22/2010 Location: Angwin, CA, US Status: offline MBI: 1845 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Doryrhamphus excisus Sunday, February 26, 2012 8:32 PM (permalink) Thanks, Mindy!  You are too kind.   #51 JimWelsh Total Posts : 1426 Reward points : 1486 Joined: 1/22/2010 Location: Angwin, CA, US Status: offline MBI: 1845 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Doryrhamphus excisus Saturday, March 16, 2013 8:38 PM (permalink) It is a very sad day in our fish room today.  The female of the original broodstock got her tail caught in the grooves of a powerhead and died. They have been living in the same tank with the same powerhead setup for over 2 1/2 years without anything like this happening.  I'm depressed.   Fortunately, I have a pair of her offspring that are breeding regularly, and I've started raising the fry from that pair.  I'll have to see if I can get the one last hatch from the eggs the male is holding sometime over the next 4 nights.   While I could pair him up with one of his granddaughters, I think I'll see about getting some more WC bluestripes that I can QT and sex a new female for him, to increase the genetic diversity of my Bluestripe line.   #52 Umm_fish? Total Posts : 2835 Reward points : 953 Joined: 11/4/2009 Location: Boulder, CO, US Status: offline MBI: 775 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Society of Colorado Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Doryrhamphus excisus Saturday, March 16, 2013 9:13 PM (permalink) Oh, Jim. I'm sorry. It always kills me when stuff like that happens. I found one of my H. comes with his head stuck inside a power head. Sigh. --Andy, the bucket man. "Not to know the mandolin is to argue oneself unknown...." --Clara Lanza, 1886   #53 JimWelsh Total Posts : 1426 Reward points : 1486 Joined: 1/22/2010 Location: Angwin, CA, US Status: offline MBI: 1845 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Doryrhamphus excisus Monday, April 8, 2013 11:52 PM (permalink) There is this odd, unpleasant feeling I get whenever I lose one of my fish.  It is a sad, unhappy feeling, combined with a very stressed feeling, like I've just had a very unpleasant argument with someone, or been through some other stressful event.  There is also a "frustrated" aspect to the feeling. I've had that feeling all day today, without having any idea why.   I came home tonight to find the female bluestripe from the F1 pair in the 29 nanno just laying on the rockwork, dead.  I have no idea what happened.  Everybody else in that tank is fine.  She was looking fine this morning, and eating just like normal.   I now have 0 breeding pairs of bluestripe pipefish.  I do have 3 fry in growout, and two adult males in two different tanks.  Looks like I need to get some more WC broodstock, and sort out some more females and/or pairs.   At least now I know why I had that feeling all day....     #54 Fishtal Total Posts : 5467 Reward points : 2908 Joined: 8/31/2006 Location: Waterford, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 585 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Doryrhamphus excisus Monday, April 8, 2013 11:56 PM (permalink) Well, that just sucks.   http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage "Making captive breeding easier."   #55 KathyL Total Posts : 2639 Reward points : 1504 Joined: 6/6/2010 Location: St. Louis, MO, US Status: offline MBI: 1605 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Societies of North America Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Doryrhamphus excisus Tuesday, April 9, 2013 11:22 PM (permalink) Sorry to hear it.   check out Kathy's Clowns, llc website: http://kathysclowns.com Captive bred clownfish and more (Wholesale to the trade.)   #56 JimWelsh Total Posts : 1426 Reward points : 1486 Joined: 1/22/2010 Location: Angwin, CA, US Status: offline MBI: 1845 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Doryrhamphus excisus Saturday, July 27, 2013 2:10 AM (permalink) Update:  The three F2 offspring I mentioned as "3 fry in growout" above have been doing well and growing nicely.  Their main diet is a combination of Tigriopus, Moina, and Apocyclops from the mixed culture buckets in the greenhouse.  I have identified them as one female and two males.  The two males do fight a lot, but not seriously enough that anybody gets hurt.   Tonight, when feeding them, I noticed that one of the males is holding a few eggs!!!!  They sure do grow up quickly.  I haven't kept good enough records to know exactly how old these are, but it can't be much more than about 5 months or so since they hatched.   #57 Derwins Total Posts : 48 Reward points : 236 Joined: 7/9/2013 Location: dinan, bzh, FR Status: offline MBI: 300 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Doryrhamphus excisus Saturday, July 27, 2013 2:39 AM (permalink) thanks a lot for repport ...and congrats i'already have a femelle waiting for a boy .. sure i had to use this topic when i got one .     #58 Fishtal Total Posts : 5467 Reward points : 2908 Joined: 8/31/2006 Location: Waterford, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 585 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Doryrhamphus excisus Saturday, July 27, 2013 1:08 PM (permalink) That's pretty quick! http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage "Making captive breeding easier."   #59 JoeDigiorgio Total Posts : 278 Reward points : 823 Joined: 2/6/2013 Location: Ft Lauderdale, FL, US Status: offline MBI: 145 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Doryrhamphus excisus Thursday, September 26, 2013 3:36 PM (permalink) I must ask, Jim, what's your opinion on harems of blue stripes? I noted in your thread that your original females did not get along and that you noticed some aggression between mature brothers, but do you think a harem can be pulled off with heavy feedings and lots of turf to share? Now I'm well aware that the authors of the numerous care sheets encouraging harems likely have never even seen these fish in real life but I can't help but wonder if there may be some substance to this. I ask because there has recently been an abundance of these fish in the LFS's where I live. While I currently have a pair that is getting along quite well (though not yet spawning), the opportunity to expand to a breeding harem will not likely knock again soon.   #60 Online Bookmarks Sharing: Facebook Digg Google del.icio.us StumbleUpon Change Page: < 1234 > | Showing page 3 of 4, messages 41 to 60 of 66 - powered by ASPPlayground.NET Forum Trial Version

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