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  Change Page: < 123 > | Showing page 2 of 3, messages 21 to 40 of 54 - powered by ASPPlayground.NET Forum Trial Version Author Message Mdoty Total Posts : 156 Scores: 1 Reward points : 1044 Joined: 7/18/2011 Location: Duluth, MN, US Status: offline MBI: 1555 Pnts MBI Site: Lake Superior Marine Aquarium Club Re:Egg fostering with clownfish Saturday, April 7, 2012 1:33 AM (permalink) 0 Originally Posted by cannon77 Lets wake up a old thread......Any news on all these trials?? Good call I have not seen this thread since it is old. Very interesting stuff, I want to know how it works out. I wonder if this might help convince pairs that have not spawned to do so.   #21 Chad Vossen Total Posts : 31 Scores: 0 Reward points : 375 Joined: 8/7/2010 Location: St. Cloud, MN, US Status: offline MBI: 300 Pnts MBI Site: Twin Cities Marine Aquarium Society Re:Egg fostering with clownfish Saturday, April 7, 2012 8:15 AM (permalink) 0 I've only had the chance to do this once since I last posted, and again it got my black and whites to start spawning after a 4 month or so of no eggs. I've only got one pair now that is not spawning, and will get them a nest when available. I also have more pairs at work waiting to come home, but I need to make room for them still.   #22 EasterEggs Total Posts : 1946 Scores: 19 Reward points : 735 Joined: 9/22/2011 Location: Saskatoon, SK, CA Status: offline MBI: 590 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Egg fostering with clownfish Saturday, April 7, 2012 9:44 AM (permalink) 0  I haven't seen this thread until now, very interesting!  It's a brilliant idea to buy "cheap" Ocellaris pairs to raise "expensive" fancy clownfish eggs.    Originally Posted by Chelle's Ocean Does it have to be a pair? Couldn't you just put the eggs in with a male and see if he will fan/mouth the eggs? Does it have to be an actual mated pair to foster the eggs?   This is also interesting.  I have a lone proven male hanging out, I bet he would love some eggs to care for.   #23 KathyL Total Posts : 2639 Scores: 13 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:Egg fostering with clownfish Tuesday, April 17, 2012 12:07 PM (permalink) 0 Here's my contribution: Once upon a time, there were 2 pair of black ocellaris clownfish on the same system.  One pair, A,  spawned predictably for about 6 months, every 11 days, and then quit.  Pair B spawns predictably every 11 days, and has done so for years.  Great pair.  Male B has a slight misbar, but all the other fish have perfect barring.  The progeny of Pair B are mostly misbars, and I don't know if it is something I'm doing wrong, or if it is caused by the genetics of Male B.   Some time ago, to attempt to get fully perfectly barred black ocellaris progeny,  I waited until Pair B had spawned, and then I switched Males A and B, so that Female B, great spawner,  was now with Male A, perfect barr.   Now the Female B/ Male A pair never missed a beat, and continue to produce fine nests with great regularity.  The other pair, Female A and Male B, seem to like each other, but have never spawned since the switch.  Female A and Male B have both spawned in the past, so they should be fertile, but they have never spawned with each other.   As an aside, I still get lots of black misbars, even from the perfectly barred pair, so I guess it's me.   Today I switched their pots.  Female B/Male A has the other pair's blank pot, and Female A/ Male B now has a pot with eggs from the spawning pair.   I'm hoping that the eggs will remind the Female A of how much fun it was to spawn, and get this pair to be productive on their own.  I'll let you know how it develops.  If it works, I want to try giving eggs to a mature pair that have never spawned.   #24 EasterEggs Total Posts : 1946 Scores: 19 Reward points : 735 Joined: 9/22/2011 Location: Saskatoon, SK, CA Status: offline MBI: 590 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Egg fostering with clownfish Tuesday, April 17, 2012 7:21 PM (permalink) 0 Thanks for experimenting Kathy and sharing your findings!  If I could find some eggs somewhere I would try this out too.   #25 Fishtal Total Posts : 5467 Scores: 37 Reward points : 2908 Joined: 8/31/2006 Location: Waterford, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 585 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Egg fostering with clownfish Tuesday, April 17, 2012 7:37 PM (permalink) 0 I'm going to trying my hand at this soon. I lost my male Darwin today and I'm getting a new male tomorrow. There are still eggs on the tile so I'm hoping he gets the idea right off the bat. We'll see.  http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage "Making captive breeding easier."   #26 FlynnFish Total Posts : 212 Scores: 0 Reward points : 457 Joined: 4/10/2011 Location: Warren, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 605 Pnts MBI Site: Captive Reefs.com Re:Egg fostering with clownfish Tuesday, April 17, 2012 9:23 PM (permalink) 0 I tried egg fostering yesterday and had good success. http://s305.photobucket.com/albums/nn201/shannyfly/?action=view&current=eggfostering.mp4   #27 KathyL Total Posts : 2639 Scores: 13 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:Egg fostering with clownfish Tuesday, April 17, 2012 9:41 PM (permalink) 0 Yay, the male is tending the eggs, and the female seems interested, too, but not eating them!   #28 FlynnFish Total Posts : 212 Scores: 0 Reward points : 457 Joined: 4/10/2011 Location: Warren, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 605 Pnts MBI Site: Captive Reefs.com Re:Egg fostering with clownfish Wednesday, April 18, 2012 5:01 AM (permalink) 0 Hurray for Kathy's fish!   #29 Fishtal Total Posts : 5467 Scores: 37 Reward points : 2908 Joined: 8/31/2006 Location: Waterford, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 585 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Egg fostering with clownfish Monday, April 23, 2012 7:47 PM (permalink) 0 Matt is trying this out with his Lightning maroons: http://reefbuilders.com/2012/04/23/double-down-clownfish-spawn/ http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage "Making captive breeding easier."   #30 Zooid Total Posts : 182 Scores: 0 Reward points : 282 Joined: 4/14/2010 Location: Arvada, CO, US Status: offline MBI: 240 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Society of Colorado Re:Egg fostering with clownfish Monday, April 23, 2012 8:13 PM (permalink) 0 I still refuse to believe that fish exists....it's too cool looking LOL.   #31 Fishtal Total Posts : 5467 Scores: 37 Reward points : 2908 Joined: 8/31/2006 Location: Waterford, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 585 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Egg fostering with clownfish Monday, April 23, 2012 8:15 PM (permalink) 0 Originally Posted by Zooid I still refuse to believe that fish exists....it's too cool looking LOL. I saw it in person 2 weeks ago so I can confirm it's real. http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage "Making captive breeding easier."   #32 Zooid Total Posts : 182 Scores: 0 Reward points : 282 Joined: 4/14/2010 Location: Arvada, CO, US Status: offline MBI: 240 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Society of Colorado Re:Egg fostering with clownfish Monday, April 23, 2012 8:20 PM (permalink) 0 Matt needs to invite me up there so I can see it LOL   #33 Zooid Total Posts : 182 Scores: 0 Reward points : 282 Joined: 4/14/2010 Location: Arvada, CO, US Status: offline MBI: 240 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Society of Colorado Re:Egg fostering with clownfish Monday, April 23, 2012 8:21 PM (permalink) 0 Has he tried changing the lighting and temperature to try and induce spawning? Or can you point me to his posts on it if he's documented it? Thanks   #34 Fishtal Total Posts : 5467 Scores: 37 Reward points : 2908 Joined: 8/31/2006 Location: Waterford, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 585 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Egg fostering with clownfish Monday, April 23, 2012 8:26 PM (permalink) 0 You can find all the details here: http://www.lightning-maroon-clownfish.com/ http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage "Making captive breeding easier."   #35 rrcg50 Total Posts : 51 Scores: 0 Reward points : 61 Joined: 10/17/2010 Location: Venice, FL, US Status: offline MBI: 10 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Egg fostering with clownfish Monday, June 4, 2012 9:37 AM (permalink) 0 I have 2 Darwin pairs that I am going to try this with. I've had both of these pairs for a long time and nothing I do makes them spawn. Bad part is I would be putting a designer pairs nest in there with them.   #36 rrcg50 Total Posts : 51 Scores: 0 Reward points : 61 Joined: 10/17/2010 Location: Venice, FL, US Status: offline MBI: 10 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Egg fostering with clownfish Monday, June 4, 2012 9:41 AM (permalink) 0 That female looks like she is ready. Did it trigger them to start breeding   #37 EasterEggs Total Posts : 1946 Scores: 19 Reward points : 735 Joined: 9/22/2011 Location: Saskatoon, SK, CA Status: offline MBI: 590 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Egg fostering with clownfish Sunday, July 1, 2012 2:26 PM (permalink) 0 I finally have some egg fostering experience!  On 06/18/12 my Darwin pair spawned.  They put most of their spawn on the vertical tile, but put 30 eggs on the angled part of the tile lean-to.  On 06/19 I pulled the angled tile from the Darwins and put it in with my fancy Ocellaris pair that have spawned before (last fall), but not for me (I got them 03/31/12).  The Occys took to the eggs right away, and seemed very excited when I put the eggs in there.  Those Darwin eggs hatched on 06/28.  Today 07/01, the Occys spawned their own nest.  Right on time for a re-spawning if those Darwin eggs were theirs.  Very cool trick!  Don't let fear and common sense stop you! =]   #38 EasterEggs Total Posts : 1946 Scores: 19 Reward points : 735 Joined: 9/22/2011 Location: Saskatoon, SK, CA Status: offline MBI: 590 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Egg fostering with clownfish Saturday, July 14, 2012 8:11 AM (permalink) 0 My Darwins spawned yesterday, and again they put some eggs on a second tile, while most of their eggs were neatly gathered on their main tile.  I decided to try moving the sparse tile (24 eggs scattered on it) into my Clarkii tank.  The Clarkii have been tile cleaning and glass cleaning for about a month now, but not really seriously.  The male Clarkii found the Darwin eggs first, and was interested in them, but didn't eat them. The female found the eggs and very quickly ate them all in a frenzy. When the rest of the Darwin batch matures a bit more I will try moving the rest of the nest over. Maybe mature eggs will help. Don't let fear and common sense stop you! =]   #39 KathyL Total Posts : 2639 Scores: 13 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:Egg fostering with clownfish Saturday, July 14, 2012 12:33 PM (permalink) 0 This sounds like a success story to me, with your ocellaris pair.  I am eager to try to get my formerly spawning pair to go for it. check out Kathy's Clowns, llc website: http://kathysclowns.com Captive bred clownfish and more (Wholesale to the trade.)   #40 Online Bookmarks Sharing: Facebook Digg Google del.icio.us StumbleUpon Change Page: < 123 > | Showing page 2 of 3, messages 21 to 40 of 54 - powered by ASPPlayground.NET Forum Trial Version

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