Calling all breeders

[swissgaurd]

im a breeder in Ontario canada log Darwin's.nebula picassos.onyx clowns.in the process of breeding frostbites.im thinking of breeding shrimp.

 

[vetteguy53081]

This happened by fluke, but this past sunday, I noticed the aggressiveness suddenly by my Perculas. Upon closer look, they are parents. We can now see eyes and also have the eggs were removed by parents

 

[Brett newell]

I breed alot of freshwater fish. Played around with colors and such and found the best Male and 2 females.
I would like to get into breeding some salt fish later this year. The problem is I cant do clowns because there is 7 clown breeders withing 45 min of me and they breed beautiful fish with a big following so those are out. I'm thinking maybe start with something else that's easy like a cardinal fish and working up from there. My 40 breeder nem tank will be running in the next couple months and that's what I'll experiment with breeding in.
Any anthias that can live in a 40 breeder?

 

[Surfzone]

Here are a few pics of spotted manderin larvae and just post settled

 

[Mako56]

Very very cool. I had a couple of the stripped ones doing there mating dance but never see any little guys. Please keep us posted on there progress

 

[vbennett]

Hi all:

For several different R2R articles, who among R2R breeders would be willing to talk to me? If you wish to remain anonymous, I'm happy to shield your identity and/or location. I'm just interested to know what you're trying to breed, all about how you're going about it, and your successes and/or failures.

Just send me a PM.

THANK YOU

I would PM U but I don't know how.....lol

 

[Seawitch]

I would PM U but I don't know how.....lol

I'll PM you. No worries. :)

 

[vbennett]

I'll PM you. No worries. :)

Okay great look forward to talking with you

 

[erky]

is there a list of well-known fish that are easy to breed?

i have had clowns lay eggs, but i have no interest in raising clown. Id like to know more about cardinals and others. Maybe live birthing fish would be easier?

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have had 5 clutches of eggs from my perculas. I had to let them go as this was happening during a time of transitioning from that tank to my new tank. When they are ready in the now new tank, I will be placing a flower pot in tank once I know chosen area and attempt to raise them.

PICS: Clutch 1

Clutch 4:

 

[Surfzone]

is there a list of well-known fish that are easy to breed?

i have had clowns lay eggs, but i have no interest in raising clown. Id like to know more about cardinals and others. Maybe live birthing fish would be easier?

Cardinals are a good place to start. They do the hard part for you, also the biggest issue people seem to have is getting them on frozen foods.

 

[Kmiec123]

I am always willing to share experience and knowledge.
Carl

 

[Surfzone]

Don't know if info is still needed and i will post this in it's own thread to make it easier for people to find, but I finally did a write-up on Synchiropus picturatus

Spotted Mandarin or Synchiropus picturatus is a very common aquarium fish which will spawn in the aquarium with very little effort. They are native to the western pacific along with many of our marine aquarium species. Their natural diet is copepods and other small crustations found in live rock and live sand. Even aquaculture specimens will benefit form copepod feedings.

Sexing and paring
Spotted mandarins are rather easy to sex. The males have an elongated first dorsal spine where the females do not. Care should be taken when selecting males and females due to the fact that this spine can be damaged, and a male may appear to be a female. Two males will not tolerate each other and will fight constantly in the aquarium. Paring must also be taken with great care. Females should be smaller than males but not by too much. If the female is larger than the male she may chase off the smaller male. If the female is too small the male will reject or ignore the female.

Spawning
In my experience getting them to spawn is not a problem with appropriately sized specimens. The male will court the female by displaying his fins in front of her. If the female accepts him she will rise to the surface of the tank with their anile fish aligned. They will do this a few times with it culminating in a spawn. If successful the eggs will have been fertilized and float to the surface of the aquarium for collection.

Egg Collection.
I’ve always collected the eggs with a small bottle with all flow turned off. That means return pump, powerheads, and anything that will ripple the surface. I often turn it all off once I notice courtship behavior. I usually collect a 100 to 150 eggs. If there are other fish in the tank they will begin to eat the eggs during collection.

Larval rearing
The larval stage of this species is anywhere from a week to 12 days. A rather quick species in the larval rearing stage. I highly recommend this species to get your feet wet when it comes to pelagic spawning. It is recommended to feed them the nauplii of Parvocalanus crassirostris but I have been successful with the more easily cultured Apocycyclops panimensis. Food densities should be around 10 food items per ml, I have also added rotifers to supplement feeding, but not the sole food, and daily water changes to keep the bottom clean. I have also found that keeping adult copepods in the larval tank a good way to keep food in the tank, however, it will not keep the density to the desired levels.

Settlement
The larva have settled once you see the golden young hopping on the bottom. They will return to the water column to feed on the free swimming copepods. At this time it is recommended to begin feeding Tisbe copepods. Tisbe is a benthic copepod that the young will feed on using little energy. It is also advised to feed small pellets. I started off with TDO A by Reed Mariculture. at this time, it is even more important to keep the bottom as clean as possible. Within a few weeks they will begin to change from hopping golden nuggets to their adult coloration. At this stage it is a good idea to add a seasoned sponge filter. Once settled they are slow to grow.

Conclusion
This species along with the green/ red Mandarin (remarkably similar in rearing and behavior) are great species to start with when it comes to pelagic spawners.

 

[ThRoewer]

I have had 5 clutches of eggs from my perculas. I had to let them go as this was happening during a time of transitioning from that tank to my new tank. When they are ready in the now new tank, I will be placing a flower pot in tank once I know chosen area and attempt to raise them.

PICS: Clutch 1

Clutch 4:

Those are ocellaris, not percula. Ocellaris have actually a better market because they color up much faster and are sooner to sell.

 

[Leo_ian]

I am currently attempting neon gobies and am in the midst on cycling one for banggais, after 3mths my neon gobies have not bred

 

[pnchowdary]

See if this works.

Amazing photography, worthy of discovery channel

 

[Brittanyjo]

Can someone tell me where to get information on breeding Diamond gobies. I can not find any science type articles that list out when to start feeding what.
Thanks

 

[Clownfish Breeder]

Currently breeding B&Ws, Black Ice, Black Snows and Snowflakes. Would be happy to discuss at your convenience.

I currently have 5 of my 8 pairs of clownfish breeding.

Gold stripe maroon - breeding
Lightning maroon - breeding
Frostbite - breeding
True Percula - breeding
Ocellarius Clownfish - breeding
domino
snowflake
2nd pair of oscellarius

I was hatching them up until my son was born 4 months ago and i didn't have to time but i think i have time now to get back into it. The clownfish are still laying eggs every 14 days.
Does anyone have a better way to actually hatch them and do water changes for the first 10 days of life? That by far is the hardest part.

JerseyClowns where are you located? I,m in Wayne NJ.

Paint strainers so you don't suck up the babies

 

[vetteguy53081]

i USED SPONGE FILTERS

 

[Clownfish Breeder]

Looking for spawning pairs for purchase if available