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  Change Page: 12 > | Showing page 1 of 2, messages 1 to 20 of 35 - powered by ASPPlayground.NET Forum Trial Version Author Message 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 Breeding Journal, Species: <Hippocampus erectus> Friday, August 27, 2010 1:09 PM (permalink) Breeding Journal DataSheet This first post should be updated regularly to include new information as events take place or changes are made to your system General Species: Hippocampus erectus  Social Structure:  single pair with juvie reidi and lone male Size of Individuals:  3.5-4" Age of Individuals:  approx 8 months Date added to Tank:  8-21-2010 Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank:  60 gallons Substrate Details:  deep sand bed Filtration Details:  sump, skimmer, refugium Water Changes:  25% monthly Water Temperature:  73-75 Lighting:  T5 Lighting Cycle:  14 hrs on, 10 hrs off Other Tank Inhabitants: single pair with percula clowns  Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types:  thawed PE mysis, live enriched brine, live enriched ghost shrimp Feeding Schedule:  twice daily from feeding trough (abalone shell) Spawning Details Date of First Spawn:  9/10/2010 Spawn Time of Day:  morning Dates of Consecutive Spawns:  none yet Courtship Details:  immediately upon introduction, they began to dance and rise up in the water column Egg Size: larger than percula or ocellaris eggs Egg Color:  clear with an orange spot inside Egg Count: unsure Hatch Details Hatch Date:  morning of 9-25-10 Hatch Time of Day: 2 hours after lights came on  # Days after Spawn:  Morning of the 17th day post spawning Larvae Description:  semi transparent, small yolk sac, strong swimmers that gravitate to the surface immediately upon birthing Larval Tank Details Temperature:  78 Size of Larval Tank:  20 gallon Substrate Details:  barebottom Other Tank Decor:  hitching posts - netting and plastic corals Filtration Details:  daily vacuuming bottom via water changes, hang on back filter with ceramic rings Lighting:  t5 Lighting Cycle:  24 hrs for first several days then 14 hrs on;10 hrs off Water Changes:  daily 25-50% Larval Feeding Details Food Types:  newly hatched brine; 2-4 day old enriched brine Feeding Schedule:  two-three times daily Metamorphosis/Settlement Date of Settlement Start:  9-25-2010 settle/hitch on first day Days after Hatch:  0 Date of Settlement End:  9-25-2010 Description of Fry:  strong swimmers, larger than reidi, semi transparent upon birthing then darken to black Grow-Out Tank Details Temperature: 76 Size of Grow-Out Tank: 20 gallon  Substrate Details: barebottom Other Tank Decor:  hitching posts Filtration Details:  trickle flow-through to large 300 gallon system (sump, UV, skimmer) Lighting:  normal output florescent Lighting Cycle:  14 on/10 off Water Changes:  weekly 10 % Size at Transfer:  1" Age at Transfer:  3 weeks Grow-Out Feeding Details Food Types:  NHBS, then switching to old enriched BS; at 3-4 weeks add frozen BS & cyclopeeze; switch finally to mysis and then mysids Feeding Schedule: at least 2 x per day  Additional Information Miscellaneous Information:  Eventhough there is a large UV on the 300 gallon system, I will be adding a small UV directly to the tank to help control bacteria and hydroids. You will be required to provide photographic evidence in this thread of each event submitted for the MBI Program. If your thread does not contain these photos the MBI Committee will not be able to approve your reports. <message edited by woodstock on Saturday, December 4, 2010 6:22 PM> Doni Marie~   #1 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: <Hippocampus erectus> Friday, August 27, 2010 1:11 PM (permalink) Male/female   male            female       Doni Marie~   #2 BlakeT Total Posts : 100 Reward points : 239 Joined: 8/19/2010 Location: Libertyville, IL Status: offline MBI: 170 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re: Breeding Journal, Species: <Hippocampus erectus> Friday, August 27, 2010 10:08 PM (permalink) Nice pair! Where are they from? I assume you know the risks involved with mixing seahorse species as well? Hope they do well for you!   #3 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: <Hippocampus erectus> Sunday, August 29, 2010 5:35 AM (permalink) Thanks. The erectus are from a local breeder. My two small reidi juveniles were raised by me. Yes, I'm aware of possible issues mixing species and am watching them closely. Doni Marie~   #4 Zooid Total Posts : 182 Reward points : 282 Joined: 4/14/2010 Location: Arvada, CO, US Status: offline MBI: 240 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Society of Colorado Re: Breeding Journal, Species: <Hippocampus erectus> Sunday, August 29, 2010 9:57 AM (permalink) Originally Posted by woodstock Thanks. The erectus are from a local breeder. My two small reidi juveniles were raised by me. Yes, I'm aware of possible issues mixing species and am watching them closely. For those of us that are unfamiliar with seahorses could you let us know the possible issues of mixing species? thanks Gale   #5 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: <Hippocampus erectus> Sunday, August 29, 2010 1:38 PM (permalink) Hi Gale. There are many threads on seahorse.org that explain it.... here is one: http://forum.seahorse.org/index.php?showtopic=44368&hl=mixing+species Basically, one species could give the other species a disease eventhough both appear healthy. Doni Marie~   #6 Zooid Total Posts : 182 Reward points : 282 Joined: 4/14/2010 Location: Arvada, CO, US Status: offline MBI: 240 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Society of Colorado Re: Breeding Journal, Species: <Hippocampus erectus> Sunday, August 29, 2010 2:00 PM (permalink) Thanks....I'll read through that thread   #7 BlakeT Total Posts : 100 Reward points : 239 Joined: 8/19/2010 Location: Libertyville, IL Status: offline MBI: 170 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re: Breeding Journal, Species: <Hippocampus erectus> Sunday, August 29, 2010 9:17 PM (permalink) OK, great! Please keep us posted on how they do. Congrats on raising the two reidi! They are tough. Every one is a sucess!   #8 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: <Hippocampus erectus> Tuesday, August 31, 2010 1:36 PM (permalink) Thank you Blake Doni Marie~   #9 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: <Hippocampus erectus> Friday, September 24, 2010 6:22 AM (permalink) I have a very pregnant erectus! "Mr. Green Jeans" has obviously successfully mated with "Sunshine" because his pouch is huge!  Today is the 16th day since they mated so I may move him to a birthing tank tonight.  My reidi always birthed on the 16th night when kept at 74-75 deg so I can only assume that these erectus will do the same. I'll get some photos of him tonight. Doni Marie~   #10 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: <Hippocampus erectus> Friday, September 24, 2010 8:13 AM (permalink) Congratulations, Doni Marie!  You'll find they're MUCH easier than H. riedi.  Good Luck with them!   #11 mPedersen Total Posts : 3450 Reward points : 1376 Joined: 2/27/2009 Location: Duluth, MN, US Status: offline MBI: 4975 Pnts MBI Site: Lake Superior Marine Aquarium Club Re: Breeding Journal, Species: <Hippocampus erectus> Friday, September 24, 2010 6:22 PM (permalink) Doni, do you have any pictures of the "very pregnant" male?   Also, I'm curious about the mixing of Seahorses from an "interbreeding" standpoint - are there any concerns / suspicions / techniques that prevent it?   #12 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: <Hippocampus erectus> Friday, September 24, 2010 6:57 PM (permalink) Poor fella! I just took this today. He has since been moved to a birthing tank.   You have to seperate them when they become sexually active to be sure they do not interbreed.  Doni Marie~   #13 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: <Hippocampus erectus> Friday, September 24, 2010 7:04 PM (permalink) That is one very pregnant seahorse!   What I've been doing with my reidi, rather than stressing the male by moving him, is to turn off the pump at lights off on the nights when I expect fry.  I put a big airstone (one of those big. round, weighted ones about 4-5" across) in the end of the tank opposite where they hitch.  In the morning, I turkey baste the fry out of the broodstock tank.  I'm also getting good at using a net to gently "round up" a bunch of them at once, and then hold it with the bottom half of the net still in the water, and baste them out of the net.  It takes me probably 30-45 minutes to collect 500 fry or so this way, but I really like the reduced stress on the male, and he gets to be with his honey first thing in the morning, with no separation anxiety.   #14 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: <Hippocampus erectus> Saturday, September 25, 2010 7:34 AM (permalink) Thanks Jim. I have clownfish in their tank so letting him birth there was not an option for fear of the clowns eating the fry.   I decided to move the female to the birthing tank with him. It was a good decision for sure. He perked up immediately and I could tell he was much more comfortable with her there.   2 hours after the lights came on he began birthing!!!  I was there at the right time this morning and got some AWESOME videos of him releasing the fry. It was AMAZING!!  I'll post the videos and photos soon Doni Marie~   #15 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: <Hippocampus erectus> Saturday, September 25, 2010 7:50 AM (permalink) 2 hours after the lights came on he popped! I was very fortunate to be there with camera in hand to video it!!!  He sure did have a lot of babies for his FIRST birthing!!   Doni Marie~   #16 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: <Hippocampus erectus> Saturday, September 25, 2010 7:55 AM (permalink) There were maybe 6 unfertilized/undeveloped eggs that he released prior to birthing   Doni Marie~   #17 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: <Hippocampus erectus> Saturday, September 25, 2010 7:55 AM (permalink) Newborn Doni Marie~   #18 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: <Hippocampus erectus> Saturday, September 25, 2010 10:13 AM (permalink) Congratulations, Doni Marie!  Excellent video.  That was a lot of fry for an erectus' first brood, I agree.  Way to go, Sunshine!  Do you have enough copepods for them?   #19 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: <Hippocampus erectus> Saturday, September 25, 2010 11:55 AM (permalink) Thanks Jim   But I still need your help getting the copepods going strong. I am feeding these new guys NHBS and 2 day enriched (with Dan's formula) BS. Doni Marie~   #20 Online Bookmarks Sharing: Facebook Digg Google del.icio.us StumbleUpon Change Page: 12 > | Showing page 1 of 2, messages 1 to 20 of 35 - powered by ASPPlayground.NET Forum Trial Version

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