MY RHOMBOIDS JUST SPAWNED!

[yikai]

ARGH UNBELIEVABLE!! my rhomboid male has been displaying to the female nightly and going into crazy flashing fits. today, i JUST WITNESSED THEM SPAWNING Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! AMAZZZZZZZING. NEVER DID I EVER EXPECT THIS!! THE FEMALE IS SO NEW!!

it starts with the female hanging out the outer edge of the rocks, and the male will just swim circles around and around and really, its so amazing when he flashes, i swear he is emitting his own light lol. even the other wrasses backed off. this is not the usual flashing he does, it seemed different somehow. so i just watched and watched.

next, he swims towards the female, and both dash to the surface with a slight splash. didnt get to see any eggs. wrasse eggs are tiny, pelagic, transparent, and think my eye too screwed up to see them. the two partners then decend down to resume their normal fishy activities.

never did i expect them to spawn so soon, in a SHALLOW TANK OF ONLY 2 FT, and with only one female! i dunno if the eggs are fertile or not, but its certainly very very nice to see! i wanted to take a picture or a video of the male flashing but i have been trying to get good shots for the past 2 weeks to no avail, so i kinda gave up. regretted it lols.

hope this keeps up!! FUEL, JOE, WANNA RAISE SOME RHOMBOID BABIES? ahhhhhhhhh hands are shaking as i type this.

[digibee]

ARGH UNBELIEVABLE!! my rhomboid male has been displaying to the female nightly and going into crazy flashing fits. today, i JUST WITNESSED THEM SPAWNING Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! AMAZZZZZZZING. NEVER DID I EVER EXPECT THIS!! THE FEMALE IS SO NEW!!

it starts with the female hanging out the outer edge of the rocks, and the male will just swim circles around and around and really, its so amazing when he flashes, i swear he is emitting his own light lol. even the other wrasses backed off. this is not the usual flashing he does, it seemed different somehow. so i just watched and watched.

next, he swims towards the female, and both dash to the surface with a slight splash. didnt get to see any eggs. wrasse eggs are tiny, pelagic, transparent, and think my eye too screwed up to see them. the two partners then decend down to resume their normal fishy activities.

never did i expect them to spawn so soon, in a SHALLOW TANK OF ONLY 2 FT, and with only one female! i dunno if the eggs are fertile or not, but its certainly very very nice to see! i wanted to take a picture of the video of the male flashing but i have been trying to get good shots for the past 2 weeks to no avail, so i kinda gave up. regretted it lols.

hope this keeps up!! FUEL, JOE, WANNA RAISE SOME RHOMBOID BABIES? ahhhhhhhhh hands are shaking as i type this.

Wow!

Your tank and water conditions must have been very good for them to spawn!!

Please raise and sell a couple to me

[yikai]

Wow!

Your tank and water conditions must have been very good for them to spawn!!

Please raise and sell a couple to me

i dont think anyone has raised wrasses from eggs before. im no breeding expert though.

never heard of rhomboids spawning in captivity before. have seen flame wrasses doing it though. wow could this be a first? kakaka

strange because i only have 1 female, she looks chubby. could be gravid? after the ascent, she looks noticibly slimmer. there's a video on youtube of a spawning flame wrasse and i think there's only 2 females in that tank. the wrasse still spawned nonetheless. there's no harem yet its still possible?

[Terryz_]

Wow... This might be the first i think.. but i remember reading that when some wrasse spawn, the flashing is so intense that it seems like it is giving off light..

[yikai]

Wow... This might be the first i think.. but i remember reading that when some wrasse spawn, the flashing is so intense that it seems like it is giving off light..

the male rhomboid flashes extremely brightly. i think my tank isnt high enough for their preferred spawning rituals. i did see some hinderance the height posessed towards the pair. the ascent was rushed and could have lasted longer if the tank was deeper.

imagine this but 10x brighter. even if i had caught a good picture, it will be too bright. a good dslr might work.

[kueytoc]

WOW !...got free chomp-chomp & nutritious ROES for ya belly-lucky wrasseys !

[yikai]

WOW !...got free chomp-chomp & nutritious ROES for ya belly-lucky wrasseys !

hey edwin great to see your cute little rhomrhom!! the colour is nice!

[kueytoc]

All thanks to ya wonderful 'QUICKIE' hands...hee hee

hey edwin great to see your cute little rhomrhom!! the colour is nice!

[jc85]

Did u manage to collect the eggs? Think it will be good if u collect them and keep them separate till Fuel or Joe come in.

Cool stuff.

JC

[Terryz_]

Did u manage to collect the eggs? Think it will be good if u collect them and keep them separate till Fuel or Joe come in.

Cool stuff.

JC

I think it is a bit difficult, As the eggs will be Pelagic and you require the right micron net to "catch" them..

[jc85]

Yup. I'm aware of that. Lemon can try the scoop method for the time being. I believe Fuel or Joe will not mind lesser egg to "play" with. It will be a good breeding journal even if the egg did not hatch eventually.

I'll will love to try hatching them but currently do not have the facilities/resources to hatch the eggs.

Cheers

JC

[Terryz_]

Yup. I'm aware of that. Lemon can try the scoop method for the time being. I believe Fuel or Joe will not mind lesser egg to "play" with. It will be a good breeding journal even if the egg did not hatch eventually.

I'll will love to try hatching them but currently do not have the facilities/resources to hatch the eggs.

Cheers

JC

Ya... I think it would be worth a try..

[yikai]

actually i wasnt prepared for their spawning. i just saw the male flashing and i mistook it for his daily evening rituals. doesnt help that i have a wavebox and the eggs are pelagic. and im abit pajiao :x can't see.

tomorrow will be my last night in singapore before i leave for my trip, hopefully they spawn again. this is their first time. not sure if they will do it again regularly or not.

[desideria]

Wow lemon your tank is full of such interesting stuff!! Spawning rhomboids! WOW.. It must have been really beautiful.

other people hand shake when they win lottery.. our hands shake when soemthing darn interesting happens in our tank! )

Desi

[yikai]

Wow lemon your tank is full of such interesting stuff!! Spawning rhomboids! WOW.. It must have been really beautiful.

other people hand shake when they win lottery.. our hands shake when soemthing darn interesting happens in our tank! )

Desi

yeah lol. my friends are always saying how retarded i am for spending money on a fish, which could other wise be used to buy branded bags.

[jc85]

If the tank remain constant, spawning activities should be on a regular basis. You might want to try collecting the eggs next time by switching off the pumps.

Cheers

JC

[TayHongSiang]

yeah lol. my friends are always saying how retarded i am for spending money on a fish, which could other wise be used to buy branded bags.

i think its lagi more retard to spend on branded bags....

[yikai]

If the tank remain constant, spawning activities should be on a regular basis. You might want to try collecting the eggs next time by switching off the pumps.

Cheers

JC

i hope so. they seemed bothered about the shallow height. not very condusive for wrasse spawning i think..

[jc85]

Generally, pelagic spawning will need a much higher tank but since urs are spawning, it might juz happen again. Its always a joy to see ur livestock spawn in captivity.

Cheers

JC

[yikai]

Generally, pelagic spawning will need a much higher tank but since urs are spawning, it might juz happen again. Its always a joy to see ur livestock spawn in captivity.

Cheers

JC

thanks. yep. saw the male courting the female again just now. but she seemed uninterested.

i have a proper harem of 6 females and 1 very alpha male filamented flasher. but have yet to see anything besides flaring, from them.

also have a true pair of firefishes that sleep together and do some courting behaviour. funny.... have kept clowns before, never see them spawn. but these weird fishes are all engaging in spawning rituals.

[albinosage]

Maybe you have been dosing love potion no.9 instead of trace elements all this while lol. I second the suggestion to filter out the eggs for FUEL's experiments next time

[yikai]

Maybe you have been dosing love potion no.9 instead of trace elements all this while lol. I second the suggestion to filter out the eggs for FUEL's experiments next time

LOL hahaha. tonight will be my last night in singapore. if they wanna spawn they better spawn tonight. otherwise no eggs for 3 weeks.

[dachkie]

maybe 3 weeks later you will see little rhomboid frys in your tank? not surprising since your tank always gives wonderful little surprises

[vt_snowman87]

wao its amazing.. seems you've been pretty lucky recently, especially with the hitchhiker find, and now this! awesome..

[iskay]

Wrassey hanky panky... you need to setup an IP camera trained to your tank!