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  Change Page: < 123 > | Showing page 2 of 3, messages 21 to 40 of 42 - powered by ASPPlayground.NET Forum Trial Version Author Message 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: P. fridmani (Orchid Dottyback) Monday, September 13, 2010 9:16 PM (permalink) Guess it's been a while since I updated this journal. I'm experimenting with the new RotiGreen product from Reed. I tried it with the last batch but I was out of town and wasn't able to monitor it and it failed. Not surprising, I wasn't expecting success since I left my tanksitter in charge of dosing.   I've had good luck using this product for my clowns and I'm hoping to see good results with the fridmani. I got a large hatch an hour ago and have moved most of them to the rearing tank. We'll see how it goes. I'm also about finished setting up a BRT station for rearing these fish, just waiting for the Uni-seal from Aquatic Eco-Systems. Should be here on Wed. http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage "Making captive breeding easier."   #21 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: P. fridmani (Orchid Dottyback) Thursday, December 9, 2010 8:35 PM (permalink) Pics from the first round using BRTs. There were only 5 survivors but I was away for a wekend in the beginning.  http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage "Making captive breeding easier."   #22 Arc Katana Total Posts : 929 Reward points : 1293 Joined: 10/20/2009 Status: offline MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: P. fridmani (Orchid Dottyback) Thursday, December 9, 2010 10:04 PM (permalink) Very cute!   #23 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: P. fridmani (Orchid Dottyback) Sunday, April 10, 2011 7:57 PM (permalink) My adults have started to eat the eggs on day two or three so I decided to pull them early and tumble them. After seeing Chad Vossen's beaker tumbler I decided to try using a 1000ml flask and a small water pump:         Hopefully this solves the incubation problem. I checked the last batch of eggs with the microscope and they are viable.  http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage "Making captive breeding easier."   #24 efren villegas Total Posts : 423 Reward points : 357 Joined: 12/16/2010 Location: Mexico City, México, MX Status: offline MBI: 1870 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: P. fridmani (Orchid Dottyback) Sunday, April 10, 2011 9:19 PM (permalink) have you tried the artemia hatcher? it works great for the marine bettaa and the picticromis almost 90% hatch   #25 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: P. fridmani (Orchid Dottyback) Sunday, April 10, 2011 9:27 PM (permalink) Originally Posted by efren villegas have you tried the artemia hatcher? it works great for the marine bettaa and the picticromis almost 90% hatch Hatching isn't a problem, I use the glass funnel seen above. The problem at this point is incubation since the male doesn't seem to be into it any more. Using the flask I can maintain the temp better than the funnel. That's the theory any way. http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage "Making captive breeding easier."   #26 woodstock Total Posts : 231 Reward points : 263 Joined: 8/18/2010 Location: Hillsborough, NC Status: offline MBI: 1190 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Societies of North America Re:Breeding Journal, Species: P. fridmani (Orchid Dottyback) Monday, April 11, 2011 5:08 AM (permalink) Awesome photos and videos Tal! I wish I could get eggs from my pair. I think the male could be eating them.... Doni Marie~   #27 efren villegas Total Posts : 423 Reward points : 357 Joined: 12/16/2010 Location: Mexico City, México, MX Status: offline MBI: 1870 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: P. fridmani (Orchid Dottyback) Monday, April 11, 2011 5:41 AM (permalink) I use the artemia hatcher since the eggs are laid   #28 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: P. fridmani (Orchid Dottyback) Tuesday, April 26, 2011 10:28 PM (permalink) Ok, I got my first decent hatch using the flask to incubate the P. fridmani eggs. This batch was spawned on 04-23-11 and I pulled them on 04-25-11.   Most of the eggs seemed to remain viable with little appearance of fungus, if any. The egg mass did seem to break up more than when the parents were incubating them.   The flask worked well and the larvae were drawn to the light at the top of the flask and overflowed into the BRT. The one thing I didn't think about was that the small water pump was in the BRT and had the potential to suck the hatched larvae back through. I think I realized this in time and losses were probably minimal due to the low flow of the pump and the fact that the P. fridmani larvae tend to stay near the surface/light source. In the future I'll figure out a way to isolate the intake on the pump.  http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage "Making captive breeding easier."   #29 Arc Katana Total Posts : 929 Reward points : 1293 Joined: 10/20/2009 Status: offline MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: P. fridmani (Orchid Dottyback) Wednesday, April 27, 2011 12:57 PM (permalink) Throw a big sponge on it - like the kind for an Aquaclear 70 or 110.  The 110 is about 3" or so thick - should really solve your problems.   #30 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: P. fridmani (Orchid Dottyback) Wednesday, April 27, 2011 1:19 PM (permalink) Yeah, the pump came with a sponge cover, I just had it removed. http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage "Making captive breeding easier."   #31 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: P. fridmani (Orchid Dottyback) Tuesday, July 3, 2012 2:59 PM (permalink) I lost my female earlier this year. I was lucky enough to get a new juvenile from Kevin Kohen at Diver's Den in May. After 2 weeks in QT she was moved in with the male with no issues.   This morning during the first feeding I walked in on them together in a hanging piece of PVC. Not the normal area the male was used to but...    Haven't seen the male tending to them yet bit it's a start. http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage "Making captive breeding easier."   #32 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: P. fridmani (Orchid Dottyback) Tuesday, July 3, 2012 5:29 PM (permalink) Congrats!  Weird it is in open ended pipe.  Did you sterilize the eggs at all when you incubated them in the flask? Don't let fear and common sense stop you! =]   #33 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: P. fridmani (Orchid Dottyback) Tuesday, July 3, 2012 5:36 PM (permalink) Originally Posted by EasterEggs Congrats!  Weird it is in open ended pipe.  Did you sterilize the eggs at all when you incubated them in the flask? Mine have always used an open ended pipe. No, never sterilized them. http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage "Making captive breeding easier."   #34 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: P. fridmani (Orchid Dottyback) Tuesday, July 3, 2012 5:43 PM (permalink) Oh interesting, mine always uses pipe with a cap on it even though there are open ended pipes available.     Don't let fear and common sense stop you! =]   #35 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: P. fridmani (Orchid Dottyback) Saturday, October 6, 2012 8:26 PM (permalink) Lost the original male on 10-5-12. http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage "Making captive breeding easier."   #36 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: P. fridmani (Orchid Dottyback) Tuesday, October 9, 2012 7:21 PM (permalink) Don't let fear and common sense stop you! =]   #37 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: P. fridmani (Orchid Dottyback) Thursday, November 1, 2012 12:59 AM (permalink) Update: I got a new, smaller, wild caught fish to pair with the one I got earlier in the year. The one I got in May will, hopefully, transition to male soon. The new one is pretty small so I'm not sure how long it will take for them to spawn. http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage "Making captive breeding easier."   #38 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: P. fridmani (Orchid Dottyback) Monday, November 26, 2012 12:05 AM (permalink) Took mine 3 months to start spawning.  I lost the female though, and the new female was about 1.25". Don't let fear and common sense stop you! =]   #39 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: P. fridmani (Orchid Dottyback) Tuesday, May 14, 2013 11:51 PM (permalink) Tal, which copepods were in the larvae tank you mention on page 1? Don't let fear and common sense stop you! =]   #40 Online Bookmarks Sharing: Facebook Digg Google del.icio.us StumbleUpon Change Page: < 123 > | Showing page 2 of 3, messages 21 to 40 of 42 - powered by ASPPlayground.NET Forum Trial Version

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