Last Supper

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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	Last Supper Thursday, February 16, 2012 6:51 PM (permalink) 0 I always feed my broodstock a varied diet of mostly frozen foods but I'm wondering if there is any particular type of food, more fat or protein, that would make a difference when fed on the expected spawn day. http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage "Making captive breeding easier."
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CableGuy Total Posts : 591 Scores: 7 Reward points : 731 Joined: 8/26/2010 Location: Saint Clair Shores, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 635 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan	Re:Last Supper Thursday, February 16, 2012 7:53 PM (permalink) 0 I notice that mine don't eat on the day they spawn... or if they do it is very sporadic. -Adam
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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:Last Supper Thursday, February 16, 2012 8:04 PM (permalink) 0 Originally Posted by CableGuy I notice that mine don't eat on the day they spawn... or if they do it is very sporadic. Interesting, mine never refuse food. http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage "Making captive breeding easier."
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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:Last Supper Friday, February 17, 2012 8:17 AM (permalink) 0 I think mine eat more just before spawning, and if I walk by the tanks while they are at it, they look at me like, "where's my snack?"
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waldend Total Posts : 604 Scores: 10 Reward points : 1855 Joined: 10/5/2010 Location: Lafayette, IN, US Status: offline MBI: 310 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI)	Re:Last Supper Friday, February 17, 2012 9:23 AM (permalink) 0 My Darwin's wouldn't eat on the evening they were to spawn but my Onyx would eat literally minutes before. I am wondering how quickly the food you feed would be processed and nutrition delivered to the eggs. Maybe the key meal would be the night before.
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ignatz Total Posts : 79 Scores: 0 Reward points : 161 Joined: 12/2/2010 Location: Longwood, FL Status: offline MBI: 75 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI)	Re:Last Supper Friday, February 17, 2012 9:52 AM (permalink) 0 My female Ocellaris might nibble the day of the spawn but the day after she lays is a glutton... almost jumping out of the tank to get the food and won't allow the male to eat. Next day back to normal.
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luis a m Total Posts : 451 Scores: 2 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:Last Supper Friday, February 17, 2012 10:28 AM (permalink) 0 My clowns(I assume we are all speaking clowns here) stop spawning,take their food,and then return to their thing.
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Fishtal

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Re:Last Supper Friday, February 17, 2012 10:37 AM (permalink)

Originally Posted by waldend

My Darwin's wouldn't eat on the evening they were to spawn but my Onyx would eat literally minutes before. I am wondering how quickly the food you feed would be processed and nutrition delivered to the eggs. Maybe the key meal would be the night before.

That's what I was wondering too.

http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage
"Making captive breeding easier."