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•  Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion chrysopterus

  Change Page: < 123 > | Showing page 2 of 3, messages 21 to 40 of 57 - powered by ASPPlayground.NET Forum Trial Version Author Message 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: Amphiprion chrysopterus Wednesday, May 2, 2012 10:05 PM (permalink) for the next spawn, he'll be feeding them better, and I'll try S-rotifers, if I can get them.   #21 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: Amphiprion chrysopterus Sunday, May 6, 2012 7:54 PM (permalink) I've got one brave soul left.  He's eating.  I've added copepods, Apocyclops panamensis, a couple of times.  There is now a sponge filter in the tank, making a circular current, weakly.  I've been trying to get him to eat Otoheim A, and I think I saw him strike and eat a particle.   #22 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: Amphiprion chrysopterus Monday, May 7, 2012 10:11 PM (permalink) He seems bigger, but still no metamorphosis. Still strikes at food.  I captured him in a beaker and got a good look at him.  He has an enormous shiny belly, and he is fish shaped, but still no stripes.  Maybe tomorrow.   I noticed that some smoke in the water seemed to be coming from the sponge filter.  It seems to be loaded with O. marina. I squeezed out the sponge in a container of water, and then looked at some under the scope.  There is an elusive critter in there, shaped like a tear drop, large as a rotifer, swims very gracefully.  I wonder if they are nutritious.  I may try to culture them.   #23 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: Amphiprion chrysopterus Wednesday, May 9, 2012 11:26 AM (permalink) Well,   He keeps getting bigger, and 2 white dots have appeared on his head, initially, I thought they were just reflections from his eyes, but now I think he'll be a misbar, and I think that he is just past the beginning of metamorphosis!  What do you think?         #24 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: Amphiprion chrysopterus Thursday, May 10, 2012 7:56 PM (permalink) I captured the larvae in a clear pitcher today, and it is definately still larvae.  The two white dots went away.  It's day 13.  Will they ever metamorphosize?   #25 FuEl Total Posts : 36 Reward points : 77 Joined: 11/21/2011 Location: Singapore, , SG Status: offline MBI: 0 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion chrysopterus Saturday, May 12, 2012 10:43 AM (permalink) Way to go Kathy, we need more people working on this beautiful species. I've got a pair of white tail chrysopterus, just crossing my fingers that they don't die before they breed (it happens most of the time).       #26 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: Amphiprion chrysopterus Saturday, May 12, 2012 8:31 PM (permalink) Thanks Junkai, Here are pictures of Day 15, I captured the larvae in a clear pitcher, and managed to get some kind of focus.     Fish shape, but no white stripes yet.     #27 GreshamH Total Posts : 757 Reward points : 600 Joined: 4/27/2011 Location: SF Bay Area, CA Status: offline MBI: 0 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion chrysopterus Sunday, May 13, 2012 2:37 PM (permalink) Originally Posted by KathyL for the next spawn, he'll be feeding them better, and I'll try S-rotifers, if I can get them. Several companies offer them now so it shouldn't be too hard.   Congrats on your success   #28 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: Amphiprion chrysopterus Sunday, May 13, 2012 3:57 PM (permalink) I left a message at Reed, and no one returned the call.  I'll try again.   #29 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: Amphiprion chrysopterus Sunday, May 13, 2012 9:50 PM (permalink) i was feeling a little discouraged that meta has not happened.  It's day 16.  Then i read over Ron Popeil's (Jordan) thread on RC in 2007 and his did not get stripes until day 16, so there is still time for wiggle room, and its not too late for my little guy.  He actually seems quite large for a larva, and has definately taken on a fishy shape. He seems plump. We wait...     #30 GreshamH Total Posts : 757 Reward points : 600 Joined: 4/27/2011 Location: SF Bay Area, CA Status: offline MBI: 0 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion chrysopterus Sunday, May 13, 2012 10:52 PM (permalink) Originally Posted by KathyL I left a message at Reed, and no one returned the call.  I'll try again.   Ugh, I hate our "phone system".  Having multiple office locations in different cities really makes this hard.   Call Monday, only talk to Kathy.  She is in 7am to 3pm PST.     #31 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: Amphiprion chrysopterus Wednesday, May 16, 2012 9:20 PM (permalink) Of course, just when I was about to give up on this guy, he starts getting a stripe. Pictures from yesterday:   And now today: It's day 19!!! I'm calling it the end of metamorphosis!     #32 waldend Total Posts : 604 Reward points : 1855 Joined: 10/5/2010 Location: Lafayette, IN, US Status: offline MBI: 310 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion chrysopterus Thursday, May 17, 2012 8:43 AM (permalink) Congrats! How often are they laying new nests?   #33 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: Amphiprion chrysopterus Thursday, May 17, 2012 1:18 PM (permalink) Kathy,I have frequently seen in clarkii,a next of kin species,that some individuals don´t settle nor acquire adult colour for some time,yet they keep growing nicely in their pelagic mood.I theorized that these unsettled "post larvae" could wander far away and explain the extense range of clarkii.But can´t say if this trait is shared by chrysopterus.   #34 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: Amphiprion chrysopterus Thursday, May 17, 2012 1:25 PM (permalink) Thanks Luis.  It makes sense, what you said above, in that there are two varients of chrysopterus, white tail and yellow tail, so they might be like the clarkiis.  Also kind of explains why these have not been bred much in captivity.       #35 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: Amphiprion chrysopterus Sunday, May 20, 2012 8:08 PM (permalink) I'm just happy you have a headstripe!   #36 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: Amphiprion chrysopterus Sunday, May 20, 2012 9:13 PM (permalink) Thanks Matt, Yesterday I moved Mr. Big ( the chrysopterus fish/larva)  and his sponge filter to one of my larval tanks currently occupied by week old ocellaris.  I was really afraid I would harm him by doing this, but he's "eating", really surviving on the same food as the week olds, and I needed the BRT for some orchid dottys that may hatch tonight. I put eating in quotes because even though he has clearly grown, and is twenty times the size of the ocellaris larvae, I've only been able to feed him with Oto A and NHBS, and I 've never seen him actually strike at either. My foolproof rotifer system failed me with a massive crash. I lost a lot of the ocellaris but a goodly number survived.  I've never seen Mr Big eat OtoA.  He usually avoids it even if I sprinkle it right over him. I looked, but never saw him strike it.  Today, after surviving overnight in the larval tank, he clearly struck at Oto A when it was offered.  Also his head stripe is quite clearly there.  I can see it from way across the tank (its a 30 inch long tank.)  So it seems that all is well in the chrysopterus's world. <message edited by KathyL on Sunday, May 20, 2012 11:15 PM>   #37 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: Amphiprion chrysopterus Monday, May 21, 2012 9:37 PM (permalink) May 19:   and today, May 21: with one of his ocellaris cousins in the same tank: Starting to see some yellow fins.  He's getting along pretty well with his ocellaris cousins.  No aggression yet. <message edited by KathyL on Monday, May 21, 2012 11:42 PM>   #38 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: Amphiprion chrysopterus Monday, May 21, 2012 9:41 PM (permalink) Dan asked how often they lay new nests.  Not often. It has been erratic.  The room they are housed in is prone to temperature swings.   #39 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: Amphiprion chrysopterus Monday, May 21, 2012 9:43 PM (permalink) I'm going to try for the umpteenth time to file a settlement report.     Edited to remove snarl.  It's all OK. <message edited by KathyL on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 11:39 AM>   #40 Online Bookmarks Sharing: Facebook Digg Google del.icio.us StumbleUpon Change Page: < 123 > | Showing page 2 of 3, messages 21 to 40 of 57 - powered by ASPPlayground.NET Forum Trial Version

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