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•  Breeding Journal, Species: Elacatinus evelynae

  Change Page: < 12 | Showing page 2 of 2, messages 21 to 39 of 39 - powered by ASPPlayground.NET Forum Trial Version Author Message 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: Elacatinus evelynae Thursday, October 22, 2015 3:40 PM (permalink) At day 12-15 the population went from roughly 12 to 4. I have noticed another breeder also seemed to have die off in this range as well. I did turn the air up a bit in this day range so it may have also contributed to the losses. Of the 4 left there was a noticable size difference between 2 larger ones and 2 smaller ones. On day 17 I had 3 left. 2 large and 1 small. Day 19: And then there were 2. They are pretty large and robust looking. I have watched and never seen them strike a copepod but obviously they are eating. Debating on trying to hatch some artemia but will be out of town on Saturday and Sunday so I will not be there to manage the leftovers if they are not consumed. The tank is teeming with parvo so I will likely just let them be and add the NHBBS next week. My availability and attention to these waned a bit in the later days as flu/cold season struck the family. I will be focusing special effort in the 12-15 day range to help reduce that dieoff on the next batch.   #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: Elacatinus evelynae Thursday, October 22, 2015 9:19 PM (permalink) Please have good luck, better luck than mine at the moment. check out Kathy's Clowns, llc website: http://kathysclowns.com Captive bred clownfish and more (Wholesale to the trade.)   #22 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: Elacatinus evelynae Thursday, October 22, 2015 9:27 PM (permalink) Thanks Kathy. The two are still doing well tonight. Hopefully both will make it and will be a pair. I was hoping copepods would help a quicker settlement occur so I am thinking (hoping!) sometime next week is the magic date.   #23 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: Elacatinus evelynae Tuesday, October 27, 2015 9:17 PM (permalink) And then there was one. The other one actually disappeared on day 20 so it has just been this loner for a while now. I was finally able to get a decent picture without the scope. Holding a flashlight in one hand DSLR in the other and on manual focus I somehow managed to get this. I think I see a little color coming in on the rear ventral area. I think at day 23 we are approaching settlement! <message edited by waldend on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 8:43 AM>   #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: Elacatinus evelynae Tuesday, October 27, 2015 10:36 PM (permalink) Lookin good. I was not able to raise oceanops without rotifers.  I tried many times on parvo alone, and nothing.  If you get this guy to settlement on your first try, my hat is off to you! check out Kathy's Clowns, llc website: http://kathysclowns.com Captive bred clownfish and more (Wholesale to the trade.)   #25 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: Elacatinus evelynae Thursday, November 5, 2015 2:02 PM (permalink) So the last couple days I thought I might have reached settlement. The last one is currently perching, scooting and acting settled at times but it also will return to the water column for extended times. I am waiting anxiously for complete settlement before I call it. None of these pics are great, some are worse than others but I figure it is at least some documentation of the process.   #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: Elacatinus evelynae Thursday, November 5, 2015 8:51 PM (permalink) my hair is blowing in the wind! That looks like settlement, and now you wait for metamorphosis.  Congrats! check out Kathy's Clowns, llc website: http://kathysclowns.com Captive bred clownfish and more (Wholesale to the trade.)   #27 road8514 Total Posts : 128 Reward points : 1239 Joined: 2/11/2011 Location: Livonia, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 125 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Elacatinus evelynae Thursday, November 5, 2015 11:42 PM (permalink) Looking great!   #28 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: Elacatinus evelynae Friday, November 6, 2015 11:15 AM (permalink) It IS settlementNow contact with the substrate will be more frequent and then you will see the black line.I see them looking like Puntius titteya,a FW barb.Sooner later the iridiscent band.   #29 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: Elacatinus evelynae Friday, November 6, 2015 2:50 PM (permalink) Thanks all! So we have agreement - settlement occurred at Day 32 on November 4th. Now I have to keep this little guy alive and well and then get going on the next batch with a better success to settlement than 1.   #30 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: Elacatinus evelynae Friday, November 6, 2015 10:40 PM (permalink) There you have it, settlement, and some of us can't even get a hatch.... green I am, but happy for you.   check out Kathy's Clowns, llc website: http://kathysclowns.com Captive bred clownfish and more (Wholesale to the trade.)   #31 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: Elacatinus evelynae Friday, November 6, 2015 11:11 PM (permalink) Thanks Kathy. It wouldn't have been possible without your generosity! I am hoping to get some Fertility Frenzy soon to see if that helps increase the egg count, both initially and surviving until hatch. I hope that it isn't too large of particles for them to be able to eat. I also plan to try and sieve the pods pretty aggressively at about day 9-12 to see if my die-off was due to inappropriate food size for the stage.   #32 Lrood Total Posts : 370 Reward points : 880 Joined: 1/14/2012 Location: Zionsville, IN, US Status: offline MBI: 665 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Elacatinus evelynae Sunday, November 8, 2015 1:09 PM (permalink) Awesome job Daniel! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ken   #33 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: Elacatinus evelynae Wednesday, November 11, 2015 4:51 PM (permalink) Thanks Ken. The little one got its colors over the weekend. Now to find him a grow-up home so I have room for more larvae.   #34 Lrood Total Posts : 370 Reward points : 880 Joined: 1/14/2012 Location: Zionsville, IN, US Status: offline MBI: 665 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Elacatinus evelynae Wednesday, November 11, 2015 7:20 PM (permalink) That looks great - very cool!  Excellent job. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ken   #35 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: Elacatinus evelynae Thursday, November 12, 2015 8:37 AM (permalink) Wow!   check out Kathy's Clowns, llc website: http://kathysclowns.com Captive bred clownfish and more (Wholesale to the trade.)   #36 JNeff Total Posts : 70 Reward points : 138 Joined: 3/20/2015 Location: Florence, KY, US Status: offline MBI: 565 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Elacatinus evelynae Tuesday, November 17, 2015 1:27 PM (permalink) Well done!  Looks like this one is in the bag.   #37 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: Elacatinus evelynae Tuesday, November 24, 2015 7:09 PM (permalink) Thanks Jeff. The single is doing ok so far. I have not been able to get it to noticeably eat TDO yet. It becomes very active after I add the TDO but I cannot tell if it is feeding on tiny pieces or the smell in the water is motivating it to chase copepods. It has never came to the surface to feed though. Since this is my only one I am nervous to not give him plenty of pods. Might have to wean it when it grows a bit more and has some fat reserves. Meanwhile I need to get another container to be able to try another hatch since this guy is still in the larval tank.   #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: Elacatinus evelynae Tuesday, November 24, 2015 10:00 PM (permalink) Just keep giving the TDO.  He is probably already eating it. These gobies are not hard to wean. check out Kathy's Clowns, llc website: http://kathysclowns.com Captive bred clownfish and more (Wholesale to the trade.)   #39 Online Bookmarks Sharing: Facebook Digg Google del.icio.us StumbleUpon Change Page: < 12 | Showing page 2 of 2, messages 21 to 39 of 39 - powered by ASPPlayground.NET Forum Trial Version

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