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Breeding Journal, Species: Nemateleotris decora
Friday, June 26, 2015 2:11 PM
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Breeding Journal DataSheet This first post should be updated regularly to include new information as events take place or changes are made to your system General Species: Nemateleotris decora Social Structure: School / Paired off Size of Individuals: 2.5-2.75" Age of Individuals: Unknown Date added to Tank: April 2015 Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank: 30G Substrate Details: Crushed Coral (10%), sand (90%) Filtration Details: Mechanical/Chemical/Biological Water Changes: Almost never Water Temperature: 80-82F Lighting: x3 Fluval 24" LED Strip lights Lighting Cycle: 13/9 On/Off Other Tank Inhabitants: Synchiropus splendidus pair Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types: Frozen/Live/Pellets Feeding Schedule: 4-6 times daily Spawning Details Date of First Spawn: Spawn Time of Day: Dates of Consecutive Spawns: Courtship Details: Egg Size: Egg Color: Egg Count: Hatch Details Hatch Date: Hatch Time of Day: # Days after Spawn: Larvae Description: Consecutive Hatch Dates: Larval Tank Details Temperature: Size of Larval Tank: Substrate Details: Other Tank Decor: Filtration Details: Lighting: Lighting Cycle: Water Changes: Larval Feeding Details Food Types: Feeding Schedule: Metamorphosis/Settlement Date of Settlement Start: Days after Hatch: Date of Settlement End: Description of Fry: Grow-Out Tank Details Temperature: Size of Grow-Out Tank: Substrate Details: Other Tank Decor: Filtration Details: Lighting: Lighting Cycle: Water Changes: Size at Transfer: Age at Transfer: Grow-Out Feeding Details Food Types: Feeding Schedule: 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.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Nemateleotris decora
Friday, June 26, 2015 2:17 PM
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Nemateleotris decora
Friday, June 26, 2015 11:27 PM
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BEAUTIFUL! I'm working with a pair as well. Are your getting along with each other?
check out Kathy's Clowns, llc website: http://kathysclowns.com Captive bred clownfish and more (Wholesale to the trade.)
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Nemateleotris decora
Saturday, June 27, 2015 12:23 AM
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I've got 3 in the tank (and the pair of Mandarin's who are spawning for me now with nothing set up for eggs), the pair is always next to each other. The male is driving the other male off 75% of the time, causing him (the other male) to hang out up in the corners. I'm moving in a couple weeks to a bigger place, so can't do much for any of them other than feed the heck out of em. I plan on getting a system up once I've moved the middle of July, as well as getting 4-5 more of them to see if the aggression will be better. I'll be keeping the pair in a 15G in their own system once settled.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Nemateleotris decora
Saturday, June 27, 2015 11:23 PM
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Do you have a thread for the mandarins? I'm currently conditioning harems of a few different synchiropus species and I'd like to compare notes with someone soon. Good luck with the decora, looks like you have a good pair bond established already.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Nemateleotris decora
Sunday, June 28, 2015 4:31 PM
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No thread for the mandarins, because honestly I never see them. I can't even see into my 30 because of the algae all over the glass. Only when I turn the pumps off and it gets still do I see them. I just happened to be screwing with the lights when they spawned right under me. Female is consistently fat, they spawned again last night. Eggs are fertile as they are clear and float. Moving in about a week so I can set up a proper fish room. They have to be eating frozen, as the little 30G should be empty of pods by now (although I have more amphipods than I can count. Hundreds per every couple inches)
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Nemateleotris decora
Sunday, June 28, 2015 7:02 PM
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lol We've talked about your amphipod population once a long time ago I think. Its gotta be good for the decora too. Which species of mandarin are they?
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Nemateleotris decora
Sunday, June 28, 2015 9:15 PM
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Originally Posted by JoeDigiorgio
lol We've talked about your amphipod population once a long time ago I think. Its gotta be good for the decora too. Which species of mandarin are they? Synchiropus splendidus, the greenies. The male will always swim to the surface when the pumps are off as he see's his reflection on the still water.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Nemateleotris decora
Sunday, June 28, 2015 11:56 PM
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Looking at that picture you posted, there's a pretty obvious difference between the two firefish. Kathy do your pair compare similarly?
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Nemateleotris decora
Monday, June 29, 2015 6:45 PM
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I can't tell who is male and who is female. ONe of mine is clearly larger and more aggressive, and the other smaller and more timid. They do hang out with each other a lot, and particularly at mealtime.
check out Kathy's Clowns, llc website: http://kathysclowns.com Captive bred clownfish and more (Wholesale to the trade.)
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Nemateleotris decora
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 9:54 PM
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Pretty sure some hanky-panky is afoot. Both the male/female are no longer swimming out and about, but peeking out from under a rock on the side of the tank. Of course the rock is holding the largest rock in the tank up... I'll give it till tomorrow and then see if the kids are making/made whoopee.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Nemateleotris decora
Friday, July 3, 2015 10:26 PM
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I disturbed them in mid hanky-panky. Whoops! Re-arranged the rock so the male would stop beating on the other male so much. Hasn't affected the mandarins at all - Mama is still big as a house! Pics of pair of mandies and mama here: http://www.tcmas.org/v4/f...mp;p=631908#post631908
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Nemateleotris decora
Friday, July 3, 2015 11:01 PM
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Can't see the pics, if youre not a member.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Nemateleotris decora
Friday, July 3, 2015 11:03 PM
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Hmm let me try though google.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Nemateleotris decora
Friday, July 3, 2015 11:05 PM
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Mama all fat n' sassy.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Nemateleotris decora
Friday, July 3, 2015 11:05 PM
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Do those show up?
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Nemateleotris decora
Friday, July 3, 2015 11:07 PM
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YES. WOW. Check your messages LOL
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Nemateleotris decora
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 3:43 PM
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So moved over the past week - lost the female and the other male. Next fish order will be a group of four or five. Too much aggression when it was just three. The beta male was constantly pushed into the corner of the tank.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Nemateleotris decora
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 4:47 PM
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Will you be buying full sized decoras or pre-adults and waiting for them to grow or pair up? I'd like to try breeding them. Most people put half a dozen in a large tank and pull two fish as they exhibit pair bonding, but I wonder if one put two (non-fighting) medium sized decoras together if they would turn male and female. And has anyone tried them in smaller tanks (like 10 gallons) with no other tank occupants, or do you think they need a dither fish? Thanks. I know that's a lot of questions.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Nemateleotris decora
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 11:48 PM
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Dave I honestly don't know if they can switch sexes. I think playing the percentage game (6 is an 84% chance for a pair, 8 is like a 98%) for male and females is easier. Downside is the leftovers, but I'm pretty sure I can trade those off. Besides maybe you get lucky and get two males and four females I'll be getting small ones - if for anything they are cheaper (or unless a local (45minutes away) store gives me a deal on them). Dither fish are probably a good idea - the mandarins are out and about but not really more than a couple inches from the rocks. Every now and again I'll see one going up the side of the glass, but nothing serious. I'll set up a 30G for a QT for them and let themselves figure it out.
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