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  Change Page: 12 > | Showing page 1 of 2, messages 1 to 20 of 23 - powered by ASPPlayground.NET Forum Trial Version Author Message ssabey Total Posts : 188 Reward points : 789 Joined: 12/5/2010 Location: American Fork, UT, US Status: offline MBI: 1415 Pnts MBI Site: Wasatch Marine Aquarium Society Forums Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus reidi Tuesday, December 2, 2014 2:50 AM (permalink) Breeding Journal     This first post should be updated regularly to include new information as events take place or changes are made to your system General Species:  Hippocampus reidi Social Structure:  Male/Female pair Size of Individuals:  7" Age of Individuals:  unkown Date added to Tank: 10/01/2014 Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank:  30 gallon Substrate Details:  crushed coral Filtration Details: Live Rock, Skimmer                   Water Changes:  30% weekly Water Temperature:  78 F Lighting:  55 watt Power compacts  Lighting Cycle:   on 12 hours, off 12 hours  Other Tank Inhabitants:  Maroon clownfish (Removed 2 days before Spawn) Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types:  Live grass shrimp, frozen Mysis  Feeding Schedule: Live Shrimp twice on even days, Frozen Mysis 4 times a day on odd days. I have now changed the feeding schedule to: Frozen Mysis 3 times a day and live Grass Shrimp once a day.       Spawning Details Date of First Spawn: 11-13-14  Spawn Time of Day: Morning                    Dates of Consecutive Spawns:  11-13-14, 12-22-14       Courtship Details:  Lock tails and "Dance" in the water column, The Males color changes, and he opens his pouch. Didn't see the actual egg transfer.         Egg Size:  unknown/not seen   Egg Color: unknown/not seen                   Egg Count: unknown/not seen             Hatch Details Hatch Date: 11-27-14,                            Hatch Time of Day: 4 were released at 8 PM, all the rest released early morning before the lights come on.                               # Days after Spawn:  14 Larvae Description:                   miniatures of parents            Consecutive Hatch Dates:      11-27-14, 1-4-15, 1-29-15, 2-10-15, 2-23-15          Larval Tank Details Temperature:  78 F Size of Larval Tank:  10 gallon Substrate Details: none                   Other Tank Decor:  none Filtration Details:  hang on back filter Lighting:  small 8 watt light Lighting Cycle:  on 24 hours Water Changes:  50% Daily Larval Feeding Details Food Types: Rotifers, Newly hatched Brine Shrimp                   Feeding Schedule:  3X a day Metamorphosis/Settlement Date of Settlement Start: Dec 10,2014                           Days after Hatch:  14 Date of Settlement End: Dec 16, 2014                           Description of Fry:  Look like parents, colors range from dark brown to black Grow-Out Tank Details  Temperature:  72F Size of Grow-Out Tank:  10 gallon Substrate Details:  none Other Tank Decor:  small Zip-Ties, Plastic mesh "Gutter Guard" Filtration Details: Small hang on the back filter with sponge over the intake                           Lighting: 8 watt                           Lighting Cycle:  10 hours on, 14 off Water Changes:  50% daily Size at Transfer: Still in larval tank                                 Age at Transfer: Still in larval tank                           Grow-Out Feeding Details Food Types: Newly hatched, and 1 to 14 day old Brine shrimp, shaved Frozen Mysis                                Feeding Schedule: 4 times a day                           Additional Information (No Pictures or Videos in the Section Please) Miscellaneous Information:  You will be required to provide photographic or video evidence in this thread of each event submitted for the MBI Program. If your thread does not contain these photos the MBI Committee will not be able to approve your reports. PHOTOS AND VIDEO S MUST BE PLACED IN ADDITIONAL POSTS, NEVER IN THE FIRST POST IN A JOURNAL. <message edited by ssabey on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 1:07 AM>   #1 ssabey Total Posts : 188 Reward points : 789 Joined: 12/5/2010 Location: American Fork, UT, US Status: offline MBI: 1415 Pnts MBI Site: Wasatch Marine Aquarium Society Forums Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus reidi Wednesday, December 3, 2014 10:01 PM (permalink)   <message edited by ssabey on Sunday, December 7, 2014 11:44 PM>   #2 ssabey Total Posts : 188 Reward points : 789 Joined: 12/5/2010 Location: American Fork, UT, US Status: offline MBI: 1415 Pnts MBI Site: Wasatch Marine Aquarium Society Forums Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus reidi Friday, December 5, 2014 2:48 AM (permalink)   <message edited by ssabey on Sunday, December 7, 2014 11:47 PM>   #3 dave w Total Posts : 296 Reward points : 549 Joined: 11/17/2012 Location: fairfax, VA, US Status: offline MBI: 0 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus reidi Saturday, December 6, 2014 3:47 PM (permalink) Pretty colors on that reidi!   #4 ssabey Total Posts : 188 Reward points : 789 Joined: 12/5/2010 Location: American Fork, UT, US Status: offline MBI: 1415 Pnts MBI Site: Wasatch Marine Aquarium Society Forums Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus reidi Sunday, December 7, 2014 3:32 AM (permalink)   Babies are 10 days old and a few are doing great <message edited by ssabey on Sunday, December 7, 2014 11:49 PM>   #5 ssabey Total Posts : 188 Reward points : 789 Joined: 12/5/2010 Location: American Fork, UT, US Status: offline MBI: 1415 Pnts MBI Site: Wasatch Marine Aquarium Society Forums Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus reidi Sunday, December 7, 2014 3:34 AM (permalink) Originally Posted by dave w Pretty colors on that reidi! Thanks, he is a bright red!      #6 ssabey Total Posts : 188 Reward points : 789 Joined: 12/5/2010 Location: American Fork, UT, US Status: offline MBI: 1415 Pnts MBI Site: Wasatch Marine Aquarium Society Forums Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus reidi Saturday, December 13, 2014 8:15 PM (permalink) H. reidi @ day 14 starting to hitch They are 1/2" long now, and have doubled in size. <message edited by ssabey on Saturday, December 13, 2014 9:16 PM>   #7 dave w Total Posts : 296 Reward points : 549 Joined: 11/17/2012 Location: fairfax, VA, US Status: offline MBI: 0 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus reidi Saturday, December 13, 2014 10:11 PM (permalink) I don't know much about seahorses but a friend of mine raises them.  He finds that it is easy to keep the baby seahorses fed on baby brine shrimp, but after a certain point the seahorse babies get too large to get enough nutrition out of such small prey but the hobbyist doesn't have larger prey ready for them.  So they need to learn to eat frozen mysis or brine shrimp as it gets blown around by the powerheads, and at that point there are big losses.   Those seahorses that learn to eat frozen food then make it through the critical phase get big enough to eat adult brine and make it to adulthood.  So you might want to think about growing enough greenwater to get artemia up to 5,6 or 7 days of maturity to bridge this gap.   I hope that helps.  Not much more I can say because my knowledge is limited.     #8 ssabey Total Posts : 188 Reward points : 789 Joined: 12/5/2010 Location: American Fork, UT, US Status: offline MBI: 1415 Pnts MBI Site: Wasatch Marine Aquarium Society Forums Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus reidi Sunday, December 14, 2014 12:21 AM (permalink) Thanks Dave, that helps.    #9 ssabey Total Posts : 188 Reward points : 789 Joined: 12/5/2010 Location: American Fork, UT, US Status: offline MBI: 1415 Pnts MBI Site: Wasatch Marine Aquarium Society Forums Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus reidi Friday, December 26, 2014 2:57 AM (permalink) The female showing off her color The female showing her color     #10 ssabey Total Posts : 188 Reward points : 789 Joined: 12/5/2010 Location: American Fork, UT, US Status: offline MBI: 1415 Pnts MBI Site: Wasatch Marine Aquarium Society Forums Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus reidi Friday, December 26, 2014 3:00 AM (permalink) 4 weeks old now and a little over 1" long!   #11 ssabey Total Posts : 188 Reward points : 789 Joined: 12/5/2010 Location: American Fork, UT, US Status: offline MBI: 1415 Pnts MBI Site: Wasatch Marine Aquarium Society Forums Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus reidi Sunday, February 8, 2015 3:10 AM (permalink)   <message edited by ssabey on Sunday, February 8, 2015 3:43 AM>   #12 ssabey Total Posts : 188 Reward points : 789 Joined: 12/5/2010 Location: American Fork, UT, US Status: offline MBI: 1415 Pnts MBI Site: Wasatch Marine Aquarium Society Forums Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus reidi Sunday, February 8, 2015 3:16 AM (permalink)   I have about 400 right now that are at 10 days old, these are doing much better than my first attempt.     #13 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: Hippocampus reidi Sunday, February 8, 2015 11:18 AM (permalink) Amazing! I tried years ago with reidi using kreisels and was completely unsuccessful, as was my friend who owned the parents. Can you tell us more about the 10 gallon tank? What kind of air bubbles, if used, etc. Heater? Are you getting any floaters? check out Kathy's Clowns, llc website: http://kathysclowns.com Captive bred clownfish and more (Wholesale to the trade.)   #14 ssabey Total Posts : 188 Reward points : 789 Joined: 12/5/2010 Location: American Fork, UT, US Status: offline MBI: 1415 Pnts MBI Site: Wasatch Marine Aquarium Society Forums Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus reidi Sunday, February 8, 2015 3:00 PM (permalink) The first try I had LOTS of floaters. I used a 10 gal rectangle tank, small hang on the back filter (turned all the way down) , spray bar, and 6 airlines bubbling at about 2 bubbles per second, just to keep them in the water Column. Heater set at 78F. Feed NHBB and rotifers from first day. I figured something was not right with all the frustrating floaters, and a kreisel may help my next Spawn.    The second spawn went to the broodstock filters (I was off a day on hatch time and the filter got them).   The Third spawn there were no floaters (broodstock in my care longer and maybe healther?). I split the spawn, half went in to the 10 gallon tank, the other half in to an old 5 gallon glass "milk jug" . The 10 gallon only has 2 airlines, and the milk jug has 1 air line, both tanks @ two bubbles a second. NO heaters temp is at 72F-74F. Only feeding Rotifers for first two weeks ( Parvo culture not doing well or I would use these).  The 10 gallon tank developed a few floaters, and about half of the total added have died. The Milk jug has a kreisel type flow and has fared much better. They have out grown the others in the 10 gallon tank, and only 50 have died so far. It seems that both vessels are growing a little slower this time only feeding rotifers. I siphon the bottom of the tanks every day, and 100% water change every other day <message edited by ssabey on Sunday, February 8, 2015 3:11 PM>   #15 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: Hippocampus reidi Monday, February 9, 2015 1:09 AM (permalink) wow, thanks for the info.  What a lot of work to keep these guys going. Congratulations on getting them to live!   check out Kathy's Clowns, llc website: http://kathysclowns.com Captive bred clownfish and more (Wholesale to the trade.)   #16 ssabey Total Posts : 188 Reward points : 789 Joined: 12/5/2010 Location: American Fork, UT, US Status: offline MBI: 1415 Pnts MBI Site: Wasatch Marine Aquarium Society Forums Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus reidi Saturday, February 14, 2015 1:26 PM (permalink) More babies on 2-10-15 that is only 12 days since the hatch.   #17 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: Hippocampus reidi Saturday, February 14, 2015 10:06 PM (permalink) Where can one find a glass 5 gallon milk jug? check out Kathy's Clowns, llc website: http://kathysclowns.com Captive bred clownfish and more (Wholesale to the trade.)   #18 Fishtal Total Posts : 5467 Reward points : 2905 Joined: 8/31/2006 Location: Waterford, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 585 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus reidi Saturday, February 14, 2015 10:56 PM (permalink) Originally Posted by KathyL Where can one find a glass 5 gallon milk jug? Looks like they use them for making beer... http://www.ebay.com/itm/5...mp;hash=item20f663833d http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage "Making captive breeding easier."   #19 ssabey Total Posts : 188 Reward points : 789 Joined: 12/5/2010 Location: American Fork, UT, US Status: offline MBI: 1415 Pnts MBI Site: Wasatch Marine Aquarium Society Forums Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus reidi Sunday, February 15, 2015 4:47 AM (permalink) Originally Posted by KathyL Where can one find a glass 5 gallon milk jug? I'm not sure, these I have are antique I think. They are shaped just like a quart canning bottle. I'll get a picture.     #20 Online Bookmarks Sharing: Facebook Digg Google del.icio.us StumbleUpon Change Page: 12 > | Showing page 1 of 2, messages 1 to 20 of 23 - powered by ASPPlayground.NET Forum Trial Version

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