My Attempt at Breeding Mandarin Dragonetts!

Reef Breeders · Feb 13, 2012

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Just Clownin Around · Feb 13, 2012

be careful with those hanging tanks. puts alot of strain on the joints and with 10 gallons that doesnt take much

Reef Breeders · Feb 13, 2012

The stand is dead level and attached to the wall with 3" screws on all 3 tiers, Plus they have about 6-7 gallons in them, so I'm not too worried about disaster. I will definitely consider doing something about the hanging tanks, but space is very limited.

Just Clownin Around · Feb 13, 2012

I wouldn't be worried about the shelving as compared to joint failure on the tank. 7 to 10 gallons of water on the floor stinks

Reef Breeders · Feb 13, 2012

Yes, but if the tank is level, then the weight is evenly distrubuted on the bottom frame, as it should be.

Reef Breeders · Feb 13, 2012

And on a side note, I kept plenty of ten gallon tanks on nothing more than 2 2 X4" s

CJO · Feb 14, 2012

Are you only using Nanno for your copepods? If so, you might want to consider adding another phytoplankton and a diatom.

CJ

Reef Breeders · Feb 14, 2012

CJO said:
Are you only using Nanno for your copepods? If so, you might want to consider adding another phytoplankton and a diatom.

CJ

I feed them tetraselmis, it has been working well for 10 months. I will look into diatoms.

CJO · Feb 14, 2012

Tet is good, but adding a diatom will increase your population much quicker. Gresham had recommended Thalassiosira weissflogii to me, which I'm using. You can culture it the same way as the Tet, but you also need to add silicate, which you can get from FAF.

CJ

shred5 · Feb 14, 2012

anemonekeeper said:
The stand is dead level and attached to the wall with 3" screws on all 3 tiers, Plus they have about 6-7 gallons in them, so I'm not too worried about disaster. I will definitely consider doing something about the hanging tanks, but space is very limited.

Yea I just bought a 75 gallon stand and the stand only supports the the tank on the very ends and one board across the middle. I was like is this going to be good for the tank and I was assured the frame supports the tank. I guess allot of stands are now comming like this. But it scared me when I saw this because I had always had stands that support the tank all the way around.

Reef Breeders · Feb 26, 2012

The female is bloated, they are rising again and again! I have the egg container set up, and video of them rising. I will post it to youtube now!

Reef Breeders · Feb 26, 2012

Here's the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxzxYTCMlcQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Reef Breeders · Feb 26, 2012

False alarm, no eggs laid, they went to sleep. Maybe tommorrow, good night.

allabout · Mar 3, 2012

Cool video, such beautiful fish. Good luck with the project!

Reef Breeders · Mar 3, 2012

allabout said:
Cool video, such beautiful fish. Good luck with the project!

Thanks! I am in the middle of a tank upgrade, hopefully they will be okay with the transition.

Reef Breeders · Mar 20, 2012

The transition was okay on them, they will likely lay tonight, however I cannot collect these eggs (test tomm)

Ch3tt · Mar 21, 2012

I almost bought a pair of these to try breeding. Good luck, they are beautiful fish!

Reef Breeders · May 26, 2012

they have been doing well so far, but I have not had the chance to collect their eggs as of yet :( I will have a couple months off of work starting in mid June to get this project in full swing! I am also setting up a tank just for mandarins and corals, so I will likely have more breeding pairs soon!