Priolepis nocturna spawning

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Priolepis nocturna spawning - Friday, May 24, 2013 2:58 AM
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My now mated pair of Priolepis nocturna (White Tiger Goby) have just spawned for the fist time.  It is a rather large spawn from the little information I have been able to gather about them.  Has anyone had any luck raising the larvae pass meta and had them fully grow out?
 
Here's a pic of part of the spawn.  They made photographs difficult with the location of the spawn.


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Re:Priolepis nocturna spawning - Friday, May 24, 2013 1:35 PM
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Saw this on the Quality Marine Facebook Page - congrats!
 

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Re:Priolepis nocturna spawning - Friday, May 24, 2013 4:19 PM
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yeah nice one ive considered picking up some of these to add to my goby collection.
 
did they pair up easy enough?
 

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Re:Priolepis nocturna spawning - Sunday, May 26, 2013 1:29 AM
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I purchased them as a pair from an LFS in Hungtington Beach.  Absolutely no issues between the two. 

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Re:Priolepis nocturna spawning - Sunday, May 26, 2013 1:31 AM
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Quote Originally Posted by mPedersen


Saw this on the Quality Marine Facebook Page - congrats!


Thank you!

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Re:Priolepis nocturna spawning - Monday, June 17, 2013 2:50 AM
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So here's an update.  The pair is now spawning on a regular basis.  The spawn roughly every 10-14 days.  Two days ago, a spawn hatched and the larvae dispersed.  There were hundreds or P. nocturna lavae swimming around my tank.  The Clowns sure enjoyed them!  The pair is going to be moved to a 20g long tank that will become the broodstock tank.  I plan on setting up a larval grow-out system, and a grow-out system once they've passed meta.  I'm having an incredibly hard time finding information on feeding the larvae.  From what I've determined they have a very small gape and, even common food sources such as diatoms were generally ignored.  I'm thinking ciliates, or a larval copepod of some sort.  I've talked to a couple fish breeding experts but I'm in "uncharted territory".   I will continue to update this thread as I learn more.  Hopefully a break through will occur sooner rather than later.

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Re:Priolepis nocturna spawning - Monday, June 17, 2013 2:55 AM
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I wonder if these would be of use: http://risingtideconservation.blogspot.com/2013/06/live-feeds-at-tropical-aquaculture-lab.html
http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage
"Making captive breeding easier."

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Re:Priolepis nocturna spawning - Monday, June 17, 2013 3:00 AM
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Thanks Tal.  I'll look into acquiring some through my hatchery friend.  I'm also going to contact algagen and see if they have any recommendations.  

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Re:Priolepis nocturna spawning - Monday, June 17, 2013 3:03 AM
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So it's been 3 days since the last clutch dispersed and I just found a new spawn.  I'm assuming it's from last night.  I was very busy this morning and didn't check.

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Re:Priolepis nocturna spawning - Monday, June 17, 2013 9:22 AM
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They might be the same size as my Hypleurochilus geminatus (Crested Blenny) I raised in the past. Their food was S-type rotifers.
Here is day 1 video hatched.

 

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Re:Priolepis nocturna spawning - Monday, June 17, 2013 2:12 PM
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I got a reply from Matt Wittenrich today.  Gave me a tip on something to try feeding the larvae.  

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Re:Priolepis nocturna spawning - Monday, June 17, 2013 7:29 PM
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what was that something?
 
check out Kathy's Clowns, llc website:
http://kathysclowns.com
Captive bred clownfish and more
(Wholesale to the trade.)

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Re:Priolepis nocturna spawning - Tuesday, June 18, 2013 12:43 AM
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Kathy,
Sorry I didn't have Matt's message pulled up when I wrote my post.  He recommended trying Parvocalanus copepods nauplii with Tetraselmis algae.

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Re:Priolepis nocturna spawning - Tuesday, June 18, 2013 12:56 AM
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Cool, thanks!
check out Kathy's Clowns, llc website:
http://kathysclowns.com
Captive bred clownfish and more
(Wholesale to the trade.)

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Re:Priolepis nocturna spawning - Tuesday, June 18, 2013 1:05 AM
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Quote Originally Posted by KathyL


Cool, thanks!

 
No problem Kathy.  While I'm new around these parts, I post a lot more on my local forum and, I am always willing to share information.