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  Change Page: 12 > | Showing page 1 of 2, messages 1 to 20 of 25 - powered by ASPPlayground.NET Forum Trial Version Author Message louicopp Total Posts : 19 Reward points : 49 Joined: 5/16/2011 Location: Rugby, Warwickshire, GB Status: offline MBI: 65 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus erectus Saturday, July 30, 2011 9:50 AM (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:  Pairs/groups Size of Individuals:  Approx. 6inches Age of Individuals:  Male 2.5 - 3 yrs, Female 2 - 2.5 yrs Date added to Tank:  2009 Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank:  34 gallon now 75 gallons Substrate Details:  Live sand Filtration Details:  4 stage internal filtration system, now sump with live sand, rock rubble, chaeto    Water Changes:  25 - 30% fortnightly Water Temperature:  72 - 74 Lighting:  2x T5's, 4x blue LED Lighting Cycle:  13 hours on Other Tank Inhabitants:  Premnas epigrammata x1, Premnas epigrammata x 1, Sphaeramia nematoptera x 2 Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types:  Frozen mysis, krill, enriched brineshrimp Feeding Schedule:  twice daily Spawning Details Date of First Spawn:  13/11/2012     Spawn Time of Day:  Early morning, between 8am - 10am       Dates of Consecutive Spawns: several, including 06/05/2011, 12/31/2011, 01/14/2012, 10/27/2012, 12/11/2012, 12/29/2012                  Courtship Details:  colour flashes, courtship dance consists of rising in the water column.  Female usually points her snout straight upwards when she is ready for the egg transfer.  Male and female perform a "maypole dance", entwining each other, and male opens his pouch ready to take the females eggs. Egg Size:  2mm Egg Color:  orange Egg Count:  unknown Hatch Details Hatch Date:  11/10/2012, 01/14/2012, 12/25/2012, 01/12/2013   Hatch Time of Day:   Early morning, between 8am - 10am. # Days after Spawn:  14 days (this is pretty consistent with this male)     Larvae Description:   Perfect replica's of parents.  Independent.  Able to hitch. Larval Tank Details Temperature:  68 - 70 degrees Size of Larval Tank:  8 gallons Substrate Details:  none Other Tank Decor:  plastic plants for hitching Filtration Details:  small internal filter Lighting:  T5  Lighting Cycle:  14 hours Water Changes:  small changes done daily as waste is removed, and water replaced.  100% water change every 2 - 3 days. Larval Feeding Details Food Types:  live enriched brineshrimp (1 - 3 days old), frozen Cyclopeeze Feeding Schedule:  4x daily Metamorphosis/Settlement Date of Settlement Start:  19/06/2012, 01/14/2012, 01/12/2013           Days after Hatch:  0     Date of Settlement End: 19/06/2012     Description of Fry:  fry are born perfectly formed.  Grow-Out Tank Details Temperature:  72 - 74*F Size of Grow-Out Tank:  21 gallons Substrate Details:  Caribsea Indo-Pacific black Other Tank Decor:  Macro algae, dead rock (seeded in tank) Filtration Details:  live rock, live sand Lighting:  TBC Lighting Cycle:  around 12 hours - no set schedule Water Changes:  40% once per week Size at Transfer:  2.5 - 3 inches Age at Transfer:  average 5 month Grow-Out Feeding Details Food Types:  frozen mysis (various brands), frozen brine shrimp, frozen krill, live enriched adult brine shrimp Feeding Schedule:  2 - 3 times per day.  No set schedule. Additional Information (No Pictures or Videos in the Section Please) Miscellaneous Information:  I am looking to upgrade my grow out tank.......husband permitting! You will be required to provide photographic or video 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. PHOTOS AND VIDEO S MUST BE PLACED IN ADDITIONAL POSTS, NEVER IN THE FIRST POST IN A JOURNAL. <message edited by louicopp on Friday, February 8, 2013 1:00 PM>   #1 louicopp Total Posts : 19 Reward points : 49 Joined: 5/16/2011 Location: Rugby, Warwickshire, GB Status: offline MBI: 65 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus erectus Saturday, July 30, 2011 10:03 AM (permalink) Newborn seahorses   1 Week old   3 Weeks old   5 Week old <message edited by cmpenney on Saturday, July 30, 2011 11:05 AM>   #2 cmpenney Total Posts : 2772 Reward points : 1443 Joined: 7/18/2005 Location: Reading, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 70 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus erectus Saturday, July 30, 2011 10:05 AM (permalink) Cool.. Do you have any pictures of the pregnant Male? <message edited by cmpenney on Saturday, July 30, 2011 11:05 AM> Chad Penney - MBI Council Agis quod Adis   #3 louicopp Total Posts : 19 Reward points : 49 Joined: 5/16/2011 Location: Rugby, Warwickshire, GB Status: offline MBI: 65 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus erectus Saturday, July 30, 2011 10:22 AM (permalink) I do (apologies for the quality).  This is my male during the last week of this pregnancy - This is a picture, which I couldn't resist posting, of him and one of the fry from his first brood. <message edited by louicopp on Monday, January 7, 2013 1:28 PM>   #4 cmpenney Total Posts : 2772 Reward points : 1443 Joined: 7/18/2005 Location: Reading, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 70 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus erectus Saturday, July 30, 2011 10:24 AM (permalink) That is a great picture! Were I you, that would be my avatar right there. <message edited by cmpenney on Saturday, July 30, 2011 11:06 AM> Chad Penney - MBI Council Agis quod Adis   #5 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: Hippocampus erectus Saturday, July 30, 2011 10:35 AM (permalink) awesome….   <message edited by cmpenney on Saturday, July 30, 2011 11:06 AM>   #6 louicopp Total Posts : 19 Reward points : 49 Joined: 5/16/2011 Location: Rugby, Warwickshire, GB Status: offline MBI: 65 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus erectus Saturday, July 30, 2011 11:51 AM (permalink) Originally Posted by cmpenney That is a great picture! Were I you, that would be my avatar right there. Thanks....and great idea   #7 Rook Total Posts : 804 Reward points : 1287 Joined: 8/30/2006 Location: Grosse Pointe Park, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 0 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus erectus Saturday, July 30, 2011 11:51 AM (permalink) Very Nice.  I hope my ponys get busy.  Any tips to get them active, or did it just happen for you? Rook   #8 louicopp Total Posts : 19 Reward points : 49 Joined: 5/16/2011 Location: Rugby, Warwickshire, GB Status: offline MBI: 65 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus erectus Saturday, July 30, 2011 11:59 AM (permalink) It honestly doesn't take much for seahorses!  As long as they have the right environment and don't have anything in the tank (tankmates/corals) that can cause them stress then they are likely to start breeding. How many do you have and do you know how old they are?     You do occasionally get pairs that don't breed, and even some of the best breeders experience this from time to time.       #9 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 Thursday, April 5, 2012 2:29 PM (permalink) I see there's a broken picture above - assuming that was the picture of the brooding male?  Can you repost?   #10 louicopp Total Posts : 19 Reward points : 49 Joined: 5/16/2011 Location: Rugby, Warwickshire, GB Status: offline MBI: 65 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus erectus Monday, January 7, 2013 1:28 PM (permalink) Its taken a while but I've fixed the link.   #11 louicopp Total Posts : 19 Reward points : 49 Joined: 5/16/2011 Location: Rugby, Warwickshire, GB Status: offline MBI: 65 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus erectus Monday, January 7, 2013 1:56 PM (permalink) These are pictures of the seahorses that were born in January (spawn date 1/14/2012)   #12 louicopp Total Posts : 19 Reward points : 49 Joined: 5/16/2011 Location: Rugby, Warwickshire, GB Status: offline MBI: 65 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus erectus Monday, January 7, 2013 2:01 PM (permalink) This is the most recent brood, born on the 25th December (spawn date - 12/11/2012) - sorry about the picture quality!   #13 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: Hippocampus erectus Monday, January 7, 2013 5:48 PM (permalink) They look great! http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage "Making captive breeding easier."   #14 louicopp Total Posts : 19 Reward points : 49 Joined: 5/16/2011 Location: Rugby, Warwickshire, GB Status: offline MBI: 65 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus erectus Tuesday, January 8, 2013 4:16 AM (permalink) Thank you   #15 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 Tuesday, January 8, 2013 9:19 AM (permalink) Why no reports by you on this species?  You clearly have all 4 events documented in this Journal.   #16 louicopp Total Posts : 19 Reward points : 49 Joined: 5/16/2011 Location: Rugby, Warwickshire, GB Status: offline MBI: 65 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus erectus Tuesday, January 8, 2013 11:47 AM (permalink) Hi Jim,   I've been struggling with my journal and subsequent hatch reports.  Tal's been helping me with these so hopefully I'll have the two that I've submitted approved soon and then I can adding some more.     I've been struggling with the spawn, hatch and settlement stages and relating each to seahorses but I think I'm getting there now.   Louise   #17 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 Tuesday, January 8, 2013 1:59 PM (permalink) As somebody who has my H. erectus MBI icon, Spawn is the egg transfer from the female to the male.  Hatch is when the male releases the fry.  With seahorses, "settlement" is considered when they start to hitch.  Since H. erectus hitch at birth, Hatch and Settlement are essentially the same day.  Hope this helps!   #18 louicopp Total Posts : 19 Reward points : 49 Joined: 5/16/2011 Location: Rugby, Warwickshire, GB Status: offline MBI: 65 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus erectus Thursday, January 10, 2013 12:53 PM (permalink) Thanks Jim!  It does help and now I have a record so I can refer back  Just got my first hatch report approved.....now for the others   #19 JC Clownfish Total Posts : 128 Reward points : 188 Joined: 9/22/2012 Location: portland, OR, US Status: offline MBI: 0 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus erectus Saturday, January 12, 2013 1:39 AM (permalink) thats cool man good job im going to atempt them someday but dont have the time with all my clowns untill i work from home id like to get a few from you thoe when there ready are you local to portland or ?   #20 Online Bookmarks Sharing: Facebook Digg Google del.icio.us StumbleUpon Change Page: 12 > | Showing page 1 of 2, messages 1 to 20 of 25 - powered by ASPPlayground.NET Forum Trial Version

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