Change Page: < 1234 | Showing page 4 of 4, messages 61 to 72 of 72 - powered by ASPPlayground.NET Forum Trial Version
Author
|
Message
|
Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (Orchid Dottyback)
Thursday, December 5, 2013 9:56 PM
( permalink)
YES!!!! Well done Shannon! I told you this batch was the one.
Don't let fear and common sense stop you! =]
|
|
Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (Orchid Dottyback)
Thursday, December 5, 2013 10:23 PM
( permalink)
Thanks, Mindy! I'm not ashamed to admit that I did a funky dance when I saw the first settled fish. It was so exciting! Now I just have to get better at it...
|
|
Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (Orchid Dottyback)
Friday, December 6, 2013 1:54 PM
( permalink)
At what? The funky dance?!! :p
Don't let fear and common sense stop you! =]
|
|
Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (Orchid Dottyback)
Monday, January 27, 2014 9:02 AM
( permalink)
This weekend the little fridmanis (only two now, one of them was found dead about a month ago) are 60DPS, and it seems like they are pairing up. They had the entire bottom rack of the growout that is separated by two pieces of acrylic that have slits in them that the little fish can squeeze through. For the first month or so they were in cubes on opposite ends, but the last week or so they have been sharing the same cube. One is a bit larger than the others. I can't wait for them to spawn since I recently lost both fish of my spawning pair The pics aren't that great because of the odd lighting over the growout tank and the glare on the acrylic (plus, the acrylic was a little dirty)
<message edited by shannpeach on Friday, February 21, 2014 9:53 AM>
|
|
Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (Orchid Dottyback)
Saturday, February 22, 2014 8:26 AM
( permalink)
Great story! Congrats.
check out Kathy's Clowns, llc website: http://kathysclowns.com Captive bred clownfish and more (Wholesale to the trade.)
|
|
Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (Orchid Dottyback)
Friday, May 2, 2014 11:00 PM
( permalink)
Today I decided to peek in some of the grow out tubes and I found my little juveniles are all grown up and spawning! The little male was guarding a little egg ball. It is just the cutest thing! I also have a new pair in QT that I am hoping will start spawning in short order.
|
|
Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (Orchid Dottyback)
Saturday, May 3, 2014 11:54 AM
( permalink)
Mini eggball is gone this morning. I think I spooked the mini male with my excitement and flashlight shining.
|
|
Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (Orchid Dottyback)
Monday, May 12, 2014 9:46 AM
( permalink)
Another mini egg ball from the juveniles (now adults ). It was spawned on Saturday and I didn't check to see if he still had it this morning or not.
|
|
Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (Orchid Dottyback)
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 9:18 AM
( permalink)
Eye spots started to develop last night. This morning he still had the egg ball. It's so cute because when I check on him, he's usually just laying on top of the eggs like they are a pillow.
|
|
Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (Orchid Dottyback)
Thursday, May 15, 2014 10:47 AM
( permalink)
So the other night I pulled this egg ball (Tuesday night) and then I knocked the container over and the eggs went SPLAT on the floor. I scooped the larger clumps of eggs back up and set them to tumbling anyway. A few of them actually hatched! I just threw them in with the clingfish larvae since there weren't enough to bother setting up an entire BRT for. Hopefully the next egg ball will go better...
|
|
Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (Orchid Dottyback)
Monday, May 19, 2014 10:37 PM
( permalink)
I found another egg ball this evening. I scared the crap out of the male when I was moving pipes around and the egg ball zipped right out of his den. I bastered it back in and he eventually checked back in with them (and didn't immediately eat them) but he wasn't hanging around the egg ball either. They are in a spot that allows them to sort of gently sway in the pipe due to the water inflow, so even if he abandons them, they may be fine. Hopefully he won't eat them. The few larvae from the last hatch didn't make it long, just a few days. This isn't terribly surprising since I essentially made scrambled eggs with them shortly before the hatch :/
|
|
Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis fridmani (Orchid Dottyback)
Thursday, April 30, 2015 10:18 PM
( permalink)
Am I missing something? My first hatch was last night and, looking at the size of the 3 that hatched (I think I under tumbled) I don't see how they're going t eat the rotifers in there. Am I supposed to be using S rotifers? I am using the regular ones I've been using for my clownfish but my fridmani larvae look smaller than clownfish larvae.
|
|
|