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•  Breeding Journal, Species: Sphaeramia nematoptera

  Change Page: < 12 | Showing page 2 of 2, messages 21 to 37 of 37 - powered by ASPPlayground.NET Forum Trial Version Author Message Caesra Total Posts : 317 Reward points : 195 Joined: 7/4/2011 Location: Cherry Valley, IL, US Status: offline MBI: 80 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Sphaeramia nematoptera Wednesday, October 5, 2011 11:06 AM (permalink) He is still holding the eggs this morning.   #21 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: Sphaeramia nematoptera Wednesday, October 5, 2011 4:33 PM (permalink) this fry a are reallly small i have tried them with l rotifers with no success someone told me that they have to be raised with s rotifers  goood luck   #22 Caesra Total Posts : 317 Reward points : 195 Joined: 7/4/2011 Location: Cherry Valley, IL, US Status: offline MBI: 80 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Sphaeramia nematoptera Wednesday, October 5, 2011 10:26 PM (permalink) Note: tank temp 80 solid last 5 days, was 77-78 early in the holding.  Salinity ~1.022   #23 Caesra Total Posts : 317 Reward points : 195 Joined: 7/4/2011 Location: Cherry Valley, IL, US Status: offline MBI: 80 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Sphaeramia nematoptera Wednesday, October 5, 2011 11:45 PM (permalink) Well I decided to strip as this is the night he seems to always swallow.  Attached are some scope shots of eggs.  I will try to get pics up tomorrow of my make shift tumbler and eggs.   Personally, the heartbeat in the vid was exciting for me..my first.   Editing to add for someone curious:  Stripping was as basic as catching in a specimin container (like you see at LFS when they bag your fish) and making him mad.   He swam right in to the container.   Stick my fingers in container and chase him for a few seconds and they are all released.         <message edited by Caesra on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 11:58 PM>   #24 Caesra Total Posts : 317 Reward points : 195 Joined: 7/4/2011 Location: Cherry Valley, IL, US Status: offline MBI: 80 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Sphaeramia nematoptera Wednesday, October 5, 2011 11:55 PM (permalink) Originally Posted by efren villegas this fry a are reallly small i have tried them with l rotifers with no success someone told me that they have to be raised with s rotifers  goood luck I have read info stating that S or SS are required, but I cant get a source, and further info seems to indicate S really are just smaller Ls and the size diff is pretty insignificant.  I have only found small amounts of info on 'successes' on PJs or Apos and each report is so vauge, almost like raising them was nothing.    I am honestly totally amazed that that PJs and Apos are listed as bred, when the only source of info I can find is a 'for sale' sign on ORA, which of course does nothing for breeding them.   I kept up hope after my last successful release because the fry (well some) were actually decent sized, closer to 3mm some a tad larger.  But most reports seem to indicate closer to 2mm, which is insanely small.   None-the-less, I am bound and determined.  Cultures, Andy, I am waiting =).   #25 Caesra Total Posts : 317 Reward points : 195 Joined: 7/4/2011 Location: Cherry Valley, IL, US Status: offline MBI: 80 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Sphaeramia nematoptera Thursday, October 6, 2011 12:13 AM (permalink) Some additional photos,   and vids.   #1: male carrying   #2: Eggs collected   #3: Eggs in makeshift tumbler   #26 Caesra Total Posts : 317 Reward points : 195 Joined: 7/4/2011 Location: Cherry Valley, IL, US Status: offline MBI: 80 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Sphaeramia nematoptera Thursday, October 6, 2011 8:37 PM (permalink) Well some hatched last night, but seemed to be dead pretty fast.  Today I kept an eye on things and corrected the crappy tumbler I made as needed to keep the eggs flowing.  I scoped a few eggs this evening, and it seem liked there was more development, but no signs that any of the eggs were still alive.   #27 Caesra Total Posts : 317 Reward points : 195 Joined: 7/4/2011 Location: Cherry Valley, IL, US Status: offline MBI: 80 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Sphaeramia nematoptera Thursday, October 6, 2011 8:38 PM (permalink) The female is nipping quite a bit again, so will probably have another batch soon.  I think I am going feed them exclusively Rods over the next several weeks and see what happens.  During the times of consitent and successful spawning of any of my cardinal pairs, they were receiving exclusively Rods in healthy doses.   #28 Caesra Total Posts : 317 Reward points : 195 Joined: 7/4/2011 Location: Cherry Valley, IL, US Status: offline MBI: 80 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Sphaeramia nematoptera Friday, October 14, 2011 10:08 PM (permalink) The male was holding eggs again this morning.  80 degrees, salinity 1.021   #29 Caesra Total Posts : 317 Reward points : 195 Joined: 7/4/2011 Location: Cherry Valley, IL, US Status: offline MBI: 80 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Sphaeramia nematoptera Tuesday, October 25, 2011 11:42 PM (permalink) Well he finally started eating today.  I saw a few small larvae in the water column last night, but they were so small I didnt make much attempt to collect.  I did get a few and put them into the larval container that has some pods, and rots, but I don't expect much.   Side note: I did do a ph test on the system this weekend and found it is a bit on the low side, around 7.9.   Temps have also been swinging from the season change.  The system is starting to stabalize back to 80.   #30 Caesra Total Posts : 317 Reward points : 195 Joined: 7/4/2011 Location: Cherry Valley, IL, US Status: offline MBI: 80 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Sphaeramia nematoptera Saturday, November 19, 2011 9:53 PM (permalink) another spawn today, was noticed shortly after lights on.   #31 Caesra Total Posts : 317 Reward points : 195 Joined: 7/4/2011 Location: Cherry Valley, IL, US Status: offline MBI: 80 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Sphaeramia nematoptera Friday, November 25, 2011 9:52 PM (permalink) he lost them on the 23rd.  no apparent cause.   #32 Caesra Total Posts : 317 Reward points : 195 Joined: 7/4/2011 Location: Cherry Valley, IL, US Status: offline MBI: 80 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Sphaeramia nematoptera Friday, February 3, 2012 8:31 PM (permalink) spawning seems to be pretty solid at this point, every 14-20 days the male is holding again.  At this point he appears to be holdign to term, but I cant verify as I am usually out of town.   my assumption is if he is holding two weekends in a row (which is when I am home), he is making it to term.   I am planning on taking these guys with me at some point to my other location so I can continue to work on them.   #33 Caesra Total Posts : 317 Reward points : 195 Joined: 7/4/2011 Location: Cherry Valley, IL, US Status: offline MBI: 80 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Sphaeramia nematoptera Saturday, April 21, 2012 10:54 PM (permalink) No time to attempt to rear, but spawning is occuring like clock work every 9-12 days.  Feeding is pretty minimal.  2x a day very moderate amounts, but I beleive this is the 6th spawn in a row.  Lost count with being out of town and not keeping exceptional records.   #34 Caesra Total Posts : 317 Reward points : 195 Joined: 7/4/2011 Location: Cherry Valley, IL, US Status: offline MBI: 80 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Sphaeramia nematoptera Sunday, May 6, 2012 12:01 AM (permalink) egg transfer still continues like clock work.   Still not able to focus on this as I am traveling too much.   #35 Caesra Total Posts : 317 Reward points : 195 Joined: 7/4/2011 Location: Cherry Valley, IL, US Status: offline MBI: 80 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Sphaeramia nematoptera Tuesday, October 9, 2012 1:03 AM (permalink) These guys were moved out of the breeding setup into an isolated tank on it's own filtration.  I am doing water changes, but feeding 25% of the water from this tank into my reef tank, and then returning the 25% back to this change.  This is being done 1-2 a week, and should provide relatively consistent parameters.   The tank will host softies and has a marineland reef capable LED light and small skimmer.   Other fish introduced to this tank at this point are my ruby cards.    The PJs were moved to this tank on Sept 30.  the female was showing fin nipping aggression starting tonight (10/8)   #36 Caesra Total Posts : 317 Reward points : 195 Joined: 7/4/2011 Location: Cherry Valley, IL, US Status: offline MBI: 80 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Sphaeramia nematoptera Tuesday, October 16, 2012 3:34 PM (permalink) Discovered today.  I have not been watching very close, as the pair have been very shy since being moved.    Params: PH 9.3, Alk 10.5 dkh, Calc 440, Nitrates 0 Food mix of meaty foods, mysis, bloodworms, Rod's, spirulina & flake  Feed schedule: (2x a day)     #37 Online Bookmarks Sharing: Facebook Digg Google del.icio.us StumbleUpon Change Page: < 12 | Showing page 2 of 2, messages 21 to 37 of 37 - powered by ASPPlayground.NET Forum Trial Version

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