SRC Member bawater Posted December 27, 2005 SRC Member Share Posted December 27, 2005 hellooo everyone, haven't had the time to pop back for a while mostly because nowadays my cable connection has degraded to the speed of dial ups in the evenings. also been pretty busy with some larvae. Conditioning Broodstock for breeding started about 6months ago when i put together a frozen feed for the pair (for adult fish health as well as healthy eggs) i don't really need to go into the nutritional content/vitamin profiles of the ingredients here, but i picked them from Human dietary tables. cost never crossed my mind, but luckily they are available to us fresh and relatively cheap. Only 3 ingredients go into it: Oysters,Prawns,Squid.(As fresh as you can get them.) when i make my next batch i'll go into more details. The quality of the eggs produced come from the parents, whatever you feed the pair reflects in their eggs, true to any offspring of any animal - Broodstock Tank is a 4ftx2ftx2ft. Nest site is on the back glass panel. Sorry for the low quality pics but i whipped out 2 sony cybershots(a 3megapixel and a 5megapixel) and both could not zoom across 2ft of water or focus on mm size larvae - i resorted to digging out my old mavica with a 10x zoom.(but pic quality is a low 640x480) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member bawater Posted December 27, 2005 Author SRC Member Share Posted December 27, 2005 I wasn't ready for the first spawn so i let it go (monitoring egg development period), within 4 days of the lost hatch a second batch was out. thanks to marinebetta for the S type rotifers, i started up a 20ltr. Eggs laid 3rd Dec(evening) Hatch 12 Dec(night) 9 days (this is the 1st batch i caught so i name it batch #1) Day 1 - Morning (8hrs after hatch, body count 17 dead larvae) Survivors number around 50-70 (can't really count) Day 2 - 4: Needed 2 feedings of rotifers a day. a little too fragile so i didn't do anything. No losses of larvae. Had a 2nd spawning from the pair on the 4th day- gotta crank up the rotifers! Day 5- pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member bawater Posted December 27, 2005 Author SRC Member Share Posted December 27, 2005 Day 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member bawater Posted December 27, 2005 Author SRC Member Share Posted December 27, 2005 Got a shot of one feeding on a rotifer, eyes front during the strike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member bawater Posted December 27, 2005 Author SRC Member Share Posted December 27, 2005 Metamorphsis ! second line is visible on 1/3 of the larvae @Day 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member bawater Posted December 27, 2005 Author SRC Member Share Posted December 27, 2005 Culture container Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member bawater Posted December 27, 2005 Author SRC Member Share Posted December 27, 2005 close up- still look the same 12days - almost all have developed the second stripe. left 2 larvae that are still....larvae looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member bawater Posted December 27, 2005 Author SRC Member Share Posted December 27, 2005 13th-moved them into a 1ft tank (because 2nd hatch came last night 24th dec) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 Nice!! Quote But if you tame me, we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world... You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. -Antoine de Saint-Exupery Keep our hobby sustainable, participate in fragging NOW CHAETO Farmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member bawater Posted December 27, 2005 Author SRC Member Share Posted December 27, 2005 now i'm getting busy! caught the 2nd hatch on christmas eve- its a small one but number around 50/60ish i think. Day 1 - same as before, within 8hrs next morning removed the dead- this time 10 bodycount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member bawater Posted December 27, 2005 Author SRC Member Share Posted December 27, 2005 14th day 7/8mm now - second stripe widening. Started them on a little of my frozen food (mashed through a fine strainer- washed into a 53micron mesh). Just a few drops for them to taste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member bawater Posted December 27, 2005 Author SRC Member Share Posted December 27, 2005 15th day today- came home to another spawn in progress....they are 1 day early!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member bawater Posted December 27, 2005 Author SRC Member Share Posted December 27, 2005 up till now both batch#1 & #2 zero losses except the morning after hatch. hopefully i can ween the 1st batch onto frozen food by next week. These are now 2nd Generation aquacultured and raised solely on artificial salt mix (although i run new mixes through the 4ft broodstock tank first and then strained through a 53micron mesh) hope you enjoy, i gotta go do a water change....or two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member marinebetta Posted December 27, 2005 SRC Member Share Posted December 27, 2005 Finally, eh.. Wow....the joys of raising ocellaris - second stripe in just a few days! They should be well patterned in another couple of weeks or so.... Quote Intelligent people talk about ideas...... Average people talk about things...... Small people talk about other people...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCK Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 Great to know someone in Singapore can do it so successfully!!!!! To bad my true percs pair refuse to spawn anymore. Black ocellaris are nice and not so common. Keep the pics coming...very very interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member bawater Posted December 27, 2005 Author SRC Member Share Posted December 27, 2005 Yeh finally! took months to find a pair and half a year waiting on them. phew! finished the housekeeping and some beer, gotta go enjoy some beer induced sleep .....& be up for a 7.30am feeding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Venezia Posted December 27, 2005 SRC Member Share Posted December 27, 2005 Keep up the good work!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuEl Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 Hmm..so many clownfish breeders already.. Quote Always something more important than fish. http://reefbuilders.com/2012/03/08/sps-pico-reef/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member mUAr_cHEe Posted December 28, 2005 SRC Member Share Posted December 28, 2005 How about Clown breeders? Quote *translated from Hokkien* "If say no bang wall, this idiot will never ripen" - Mr Quah Siew Kow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingFish Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Finally .... they are straight after all Ok, now where's my beer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member madmac Posted December 28, 2005 SRC Member Share Posted December 28, 2005 Yeh finally! took months to find a pair and half a year waiting on them. phew! finished the housekeeping and some beer, gotta go enjoy some beer induced sleep .....& be up for a 7.30am feeding. Congratulations bawater! I toast to your success.! These clowns are quite a rare find? The 2nd stripes appear real fast, as compared to MarineBetta's percs. Could it be that yoi'll be able to see its colour earlier too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuEl Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Any fry to spare? Might just want to try them out for fun.. Quote Always something more important than fish. http://reefbuilders.com/2012/03/08/sps-pico-reef/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Lester Posted January 5, 2006 SRC Member Share Posted January 5, 2006 cool man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member cdckjn Posted January 5, 2006 SRC Member Share Posted January 5, 2006 Great work, if grow bigger, don't mind adopt from you. Keep us infromed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chungsl Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 hello bawater, nice work of you ,i also raise black oc., my pair is also a big and small. how about the length of the pair and the method of hatching? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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