Did you decide on a grow out tank yet?
I know it’s early, but do you have plans on selling/shipping babies when they are ready?
I know it’s early, but do you have plans on selling/shipping babies when they are ready?
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I will have to by the end of the week as I will need the tank for the next batch.Did you decide on a grow out tank yet?
I know it’s early, but do you have plans on selling/shipping babies when they are ready?
No idea how many are left - they are good at hiding in the woodwork (or algae in this case). From what I see under the shards it should be somewhere between 50 and 100. So far I only found one of the settled dead and that was one of the smaller so it seems due to feeding pods all along sudden fright isn't an issue. That was my main reason for high losses in the past.About how many are left out of curiosity?
Not sure if I have asked but have you reached out to say BIOTA and shared what you are doing and success? I do not recall that they are raising them. Maybe they have and stopped due to the effort in vs out.
Keep up the great work. A lot of time and passion it seems. So cool.
Edit: And if you do - please put me on your list. I'd love a pair.
No idea how many are left - they are good at hiding in the woodwork (or algae in this case). From what I see under the shards it should be somewhere between 50 and 100. So far I only found one of the settled dead and that was one of the smaller so it seems due to feeding pods all along sudden fright isn't an issue. That was my main reason for high losses in the past.
As for Biota, I think they concentrate on more challenging species. They did the Plesiops corallicola (I got a pair of those from them) but it seems they were not enough of a seller to breed more.
I think they hoped for better sales with the Gramma degongi but all the high rollers in Asia had already gotten theirs via DeJong Marinelife in Europe and the demand in the US was never that huge. One of the key issues is that the price was waaayyy out there. I think they could have sold a lot more at $200 each and still made a profit. The +4k they were offered for in the beginning were just too much for a fish that is just not different enough from a regular Gramma you can get for under 30 dollars in the US. Add to that the fact that Gramma don't change sex and that you would need to buy at least 5 to have a good chance of having at least a male and a female - the price was just prohibitive.Ok, thanks for the information.
I was not sure what their business model is like. Challenging, rare, or longer term aquaculture. Or any combination I guess. They have the Cuban Basslet's which I've always wanted and a reasonable price and wager they will only get lower as they work through their process. I wrongly assumed they have a wider scope but what you said makes sense.
50 and 100 small marine beta's is still an amazing number. Love the thread and I check daily
Just saw that the dejongi have come down a lot to a more realistic price of "just" $600... still a bit too steep for my wallet at the moment...
Good news/bad news on the C. argus front...
Good news first: I managed to get another one to pair with the well-established one that currently resides with my Amphiprion milii... After two weeks in quarantine so far the new one looks healthy and is eating copepods, adult Artemia, Mysis, Krill, even flakes thanks to the little bicinctus I tossed in with him to make him less shy and to show him that that funny stuff floating in the tank is food...
The video also features my new Assessor flavissimus pair - eating well from day one despite the not so warm welcome from the bicinctus gang.
The bad news is that the last surviving C argus from the 3 I got at the beginning of the month isn't doing well and the prognosis is rather dire after 4 weeks not eating. Still trying my best to turn her around but at this point there isn't much hope left...
Unfortunately, she was already dead when i came home.Unsure, but what are your thoughts on syringe feeding the last C argus? Making some sort of slurry so the fish gets at least some form of nutrition into it? Did it ever beat the bacterial infection?
Just saw that the dejongi have come down a lot to a more realistic price of "just" $600... still a bit too steep for my wallet at the moment...
Marine Bettas coming along slowly. At this point it is basically stuffing them with food and wait. The issue with them is that they are slow growing.yeah - I've been watching them and the price. Would really like to have one but still 400 over my budget. I would really love to have one or two but not yet.
I do have one of their yellow assessors and love the fish. It is a bit of a recluse though in that I won't see if for a week or so then all of a sudden he/she is out and about. Loves to hang out under one of my rocks and cave area. Upside down more often than not unless it is doing some open swimming a bit. I like these size of fish and would like to have a few more assessors but not sure if one can keep multiples. I've been reading up on them to see how they behave in the wild.
How are the betta's coming along?