Advanced search

Home

Search Species Data

Dashboard

What is the MBI?

Points

AwardLevels

Breeders & Sites

Forums

•  Breeding Journal, Species: Paracanthurus hepatus

  Change Page: < 12345678 > | Showing page 4 of 8, messages 61 to 80 of 141 - powered by ASPPlayground.NET Forum Trial Version Reports tied to this Journal Spawn: http://www.mbisite.org/SReview.aspx?ID=293 Hatch: http://www.mbisite.org/HReview.aspx?ID=198 Author Message CaptCrash Total Posts : 660 Reward points : 1296 Joined: 10/23/2011 Location: Perth, WA, AU Status: offline MBI: 2050 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Paracanthurus hepatus] Thursday, December 1, 2011 7:34 PM (permalink) I started with a cupcake then upgraded to a thing-o-matic. It has an upgraded extruded ml6 (not the plus). His name is Bob. Bob is used quite a bit to make cable/pipe clips for the breeder tanks and other random stuff. I'm part way through building a centrally controlled multi tank automatic fish feeder that can feed frozen or dry. Though this has stalled a bit at the moment due to lack of time. All of the pictures that went from a grey background to a blacker background are thanks to the makerbot sticker. For those wondering what I'm on about, makerbot make 3D printers, so you can design items in 3D and print them out. Eg. I had a odd shaped hex but with a boldge on one side break in a tap, making it stop work when turned on. I managed to turn the tap off with pliers. 30 mins later I hade made a model from measurements of the pieces and printed a replacement. No trying to find a plumbing shop/plumber at 2am on a Saturday night for me.   #61 luis a m Total Posts : 451 Reward points : 1249 Joined: 3/15/2011 Location: Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, AR Status: offline MBI: 0 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Paracanthurus hepatus] Friday, December 2, 2011 11:42 AM (permalink) I still don´t understand much,but never mind. I like your new avatar.Certainly a well deserved honour badge! Have you seen Matt W.also tried them? Your pics are MICRO since MACRO comes down to 1-1 magnification and yours are way further.And you can do it without a microscope! To push macro to maximum magnification people use a bellow and invert the lens.   #62 CaptCrash Total Posts : 660 Reward points : 1296 Joined: 10/23/2011 Location: Perth, WA, AU Status: offline MBI: 2050 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Paracanthurus hepatus] Friday, December 2, 2011 11:55 AM (permalink) I have found a way to get better pictures, with less grey background.  I spent a few hours tonight working on it. Hopefully for the next batch, I can deliver clear, dark backgrounds with sharper images.   Its way past macro, I agree.  The focus control I have is pressing my thumb on the desk about 30cm away from the subject and letting the bend in the desk move the subject a fraction of a mm.   Practice is the only thing that helps.   #63 CaptCrash Total Posts : 660 Reward points : 1296 Joined: 10/23/2011 Location: Perth, WA, AU Status: offline MBI: 2050 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Paracanthurus hepatus] Friday, December 2, 2011 11:59 AM (permalink) My photos have been published on ReefBuilders.com  Matt has done a great job on putting a story along with them.   http://reefbuilders.com/2011/12/02/regal-blue-tang-spawn/#comments   #64 luis a m Total Posts : 451 Reward points : 1249 Joined: 3/15/2011 Location: Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, AR Status: offline MBI: 0 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Paracanthurus hepatus] Friday, December 2, 2011 1:43 PM (permalink) Originally Posted by CaptCrash My photos have been published on ReefBuilders.com  Matt has done a great job on putting a story along with them. http://reefbuilders.com/2011/12/02/regal-blue-tang-spawn/#comments I don´t have access to Reef Builders,can´t comment there.But it would be nice if you could have "clear larval development"edited to "clear embryonic development"    #65 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: [Paracanthurus hepatus] Friday, December 2, 2011 6:19 PM (permalink) Originally Posted by CaptCrash My photos have been published on ReefBuilders.com    You are published!  Congrats!  There's a proud moment.    #66 CaptCrash Total Posts : 660 Reward points : 1296 Joined: 10/23/2011 Location: Perth, WA, AU Status: offline MBI: 2050 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Paracanthurus hepatus] Friday, December 2, 2011 8:44 PM (permalink) Originally Posted by luis a m Originally Posted by CaptCrash My photos have been published on ReefBuilders.com  Matt has done a great job on putting a story along with them. http://reefbuilders.com/2011/12/02/regal-blue-tang-spawn/#comments I don´t have access to Reef Builders,can´t comment there.But it would be nice if you could have "clear larval development"edited to "clear embryonic development"  I have asked for the change.  I didnt spot that in the draft text.   #67 Umm_fish? Total Posts : 2835 Reward points : 953 Joined: 11/4/2009 Location: Boulder, CO, US Status: offline MBI: 775 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Society of Colorado Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Paracanthurus hepatus] Saturday, December 3, 2011 5:28 PM (permalink) Originally Posted by Is this a fry developing in one of the eggs (or do I just want to see that?)   Definitely embryonic development (congratulations). The others are dying or not developing eggs.   EDIT: Jeez. Sorry. I'm a little behind on this thread. --Andy, the bucket man. "Not to know the mandolin is to argue oneself unknown...." --Clara Lanza, 1886   #68 CaptCrash Total Posts : 660 Reward points : 1296 Joined: 10/23/2011 Location: Perth, WA, AU Status: offline MBI: 2050 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Paracanthurus hepatus] Wednesday, December 21, 2011 7:23 AM (permalink) To keep everyone up to speed on this, I have been doing a few experiments with further batches of eggs I have collected.   1. Initial batch as listed in thread.   2. Repeat of the first batch, the development process was similar, though I removed bad eggs as soon as they became apparent.  Result was identical as initial batch, all good eggs hatched. The hatch rate for good eggs was 100%   3. Left all eggs alone, no matter good or bad.  Over time, more and more bad eggs developed.  Hatch was less than 25%   4. Eggs were provided a heater set at 26C but no light (ambient light was available). Left all eggs alone, no matter good or bad.  The hatch rate was above 85%    5. Eggs were provided a heater and an airline on a slow bubble, Left all eggs alone, no matter good or bad.  Hatch rate was less than 25%  This was a small collection with only 12 eggs.   I have been able to organise a source for various copepods (and possibly ciliates).  At this stage, Im waiting till after christmas to finalise choices of species that are available here in Australia.  One of the annoying parts is that it is apparently illegal in Western Australia to use a plankton net behind a boat.   This means that I will need to get copepods from a supply several thousand km away and have then air freighted to me.  But its at least a step in the right direction.   As I learn more, Ill post info   #69 FlynnFish Total Posts : 212 Reward points : 457 Joined: 4/10/2011 Location: Warren, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 605 Pnts MBI Site: Captive Reefs.com Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Paracanthurus hepatus] Thursday, December 22, 2011 9:23 AM (permalink) Originally Posted by CaptCrash   it is apparently illegal in Western Australia to use a plankton net behind a boat. I hope you didn't have to learn that the hard way.  Can you walk with a plankton net??   #70 CaptCrash Total Posts : 660 Reward points : 1296 Joined: 10/23/2011 Location: Perth, WA, AU Status: offline MBI: 2050 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Paracanthurus hepatus] Thursday, December 22, 2011 9:37 AM (permalink) Originally Posted by FlynnFish Originally Posted by CaptCrash   it is apparently illegal in Western Australia to use a plankton net behind a boat. I hope you didn't have to learn that the hard way.  Can you walk with a plankton net??   #71 luis a m Total Posts : 451 Reward points : 1249 Joined: 3/15/2011 Location: Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, AR Status: offline MBI: 0 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Paracanthurus hepatus] Thursday, December 22, 2011 12:28 PM (permalink) Originally Posted by CaptCrash I have been able to organise a source for various copepods (and possibly ciliates).  At this stage, Im waiting till after christmas to finalise choices of species that are available here in Australia.  One of the annoying parts is that it is apparently illegal in Western Australia to use a plankton net behind a boat. This means that I will need to get copepods from a supply several thousand km away and have then air freighted to me.  But its at least a step in the right direction. As I learn more, Ill post info You don´t need a plankton net for collecting and breeding copepods.I think you need to read this: http://www.marinebreeder.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=144&t=508     #72 CaptCrash Total Posts : 660 Reward points : 1296 Joined: 10/23/2011 Location: Perth, WA, AU Status: offline MBI: 2050 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Paracanthurus hepatus] Saturday, December 31, 2011 4:49 AM (permalink) I just watched my male spawn with each of the two females in the tank about 15 minutes apart (dirty bugger).   This is the first time that the smaller female has spawned that I am aware of.   #73 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: [Paracanthurus hepatus] Saturday, December 31, 2011 10:24 AM (permalink) Excellent!  How's the plankton collecting project coming along?   #74 frannyboy Total Posts : 28 Reward points : 66 Joined: 2/23/2012 Location: Liverpool, Lancashire, GB Status: offline MBI: 0 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Paracanthurus hepatus] Thursday, February 23, 2012 2:22 PM (permalink) Amazing! Updates?!   #75 CaptCrash Total Posts : 660 Reward points : 1296 Joined: 10/23/2011 Location: Perth, WA, AU Status: offline MBI: 2050 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Paracanthurus hepatus] Thursday, February 23, 2012 6:30 PM (permalink) I'm trying to work out what plankton is working for keeping these guys alive. So far with regular collecting (every 2 days or so) I have been able to keep then alive for about 2 weeks (16-18 days post hatch). But there is no significant development or growth after about day 6. My conclusion is that I have been collecting something that is useful as a food, I just don't know what. What ever it is, however does not seem to be nutritional enough to grow the fry. The fry become very easy to kill after the first few days. Just collecting them with a pipette after about day 6 post hatch ends with mortality. After day 10-12 trying to collect them with a pipette or spoon has the same result. Overall, the progress is minimal, I have only speradically been working with tring to raise the prolarvare/larvae but I will continue and as I get actual results, I'll keep everyone informed.   #76 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: [Paracanthurus hepatus] Thursday, February 23, 2012 8:06 PM (permalink) I am happy to hear that you are still working with these fish!  I wonder if the sudden death has something to do with a lack of HUFAs in the food you're providing...?  Although I seem to remember hearing about sudden death with other pelagic fry.   #77 CaptCrash Total Posts : 660 Reward points : 1296 Joined: 10/23/2011 Location: Perth, WA, AU Status: offline MBI: 2050 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Paracanthurus hepatus] Friday, February 24, 2012 12:27 AM (permalink) Im thinking along the same lines, though Im not sure what is missing. I had the same experience with the chromis larvae last night and this morning as well, Im expecting them all to be gone when I get home today.   #78 frannyboy Total Posts : 28 Reward points : 66 Joined: 2/23/2012 Location: Liverpool, Lancashire, GB Status: offline MBI: 0 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Paracanthurus hepatus] Friday, February 24, 2012 10:00 AM (permalink) Cool! Well good luck and hopefully you'll be the first to rear a regal at home!   #79 CaptCrash Total Posts : 660 Reward points : 1296 Joined: 10/23/2011 Location: Perth, WA, AU Status: offline MBI: 2050 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Paracanthurus hepatus] Wednesday, April 4, 2012 11:18 AM (permalink) Some images from the latest batch of eggs   approx 2 hours old   Approx 30 hours old Its funny, it never gets old, watching the development within the egg. I watched one of the eggs for a good 10 minutes today as the embryo moved about.  It was especially active. <message edited by CaptCrash on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 11:30 AM>   #80 Online Bookmarks Sharing: Facebook Digg Google del.icio.us StumbleUpon Change Page: < 12345678 > | Showing page 4 of 8, messages 61 to 80 of 141 - powered by ASPPlayground.NET Forum Trial Version

•  

  Jump to: Jump to - - - - - - - - - - [Breeding Topics] - - - - MBI Rules and Regulations - - - - FAQs - - - - Getting Started - - - - Fish Breeding - - - - - - - - Amblygobius, Gobidon (Gobies) - - - - - - - - Apogonidae (Cardinalfish) - - - - - - - - Ecsenius, Meiacanthus, Salarius (Blennies) - - - - - - - - Pomacanthidae (Angelfish) - - - - - - - - Pomacentridae (Clownfish & Damsels) - - - - - - - - Pseudochromidae (Dottybacks) - - - - - - - - Opistogathidae (Jawfish) - - - - - - - - Synchiropus (dragonets) - - - - Invert Breeding - - - - - - - - Decapoda ( Shrimps and Crabs ) - - - - - - - - Nudibranchia ( Nudibranchs ) - - - - Breeding Around the World - - - - - - - - Discussões de reprodução em Português - - - - - - - - Discusiones de cría en español - - - - - - - - Zucht Diskussionen in deutscher Sprache - - - - Culturing and Feeding - - - - Fish Breeding Journals - - - - - - - - Apogonidae (Cardinalfish) Journals - - - - - - - - Pomacentridae (Clownfish & Damsels) Journals - - - - - - - - Pseudochromidae (Dottyback) Journals - - - - - - - - Syngnathidae (Seahorse & Pipefish) Journals - - - - - - - - Gobidon, etc (Gobies) Journals - - - - - - - - Synchiropus (dragonet) Journals - - - - Invert Breeding Journals - - - - Food Culturing Journals - - - - Experiment Journals - - - - - - - - Fish and Larval Experiments - - - - - - - - Phytoplankton Experiments - - - - - - - - Zooplankton Experiments - - - - System Builds - - - - Hardware & Breeding Equipment - - - - Hybridization - - - - Co-Operatives, Courses & Projects - - - - - - - - Intro to Culturing Pelagic Copepods - - - - Disease & Quarantine [Buying and Selling] - - - - Pairs and Broodstock - - - - Captive Bred Livestock [Other Forums] - - - - Annoucements - - - - Feedback / Feature Requests - - - - Meetings & Events - - - - MBI Bug Reports - - - - Off Topic - - - - Smack Talk! - - - - Introductions - - - - MarketPlace Issues

•  

  Current active users There are 0 members and 5 guests. Icon Legend and Permission New Messages No New Messages Hot Topic w/ New Messages Hot Topic w/o New Messages Locked w/ New Messages Locked w/o New Messages Read Message Post New Thread Reply to message Post New Poll Submit Vote Post reward post Delete my own posts Delete my own threads Rate post

The MBI is a division of the MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan(MASM), Inc. A 501(c)3 Corporation as determined by the Internal Revenue Service of the United State of America.
You can view MASM's determination letter by following this link