Breeding Pair of Bangaii's - WOO HOO!

fatpuffer · #1 01-01-2008, 08:18 PM

I found with my yellow lab cichlids, i had close to 100 percent survival rate after I stripped. If I let them spit in the tank, I probably had lower than 10 percent due to fish eating them.

Jonah

Myka · #2 01-01-2008, 08:21 PM

How do you do this? Catch the fish, squish his mouth so he spits, then put him back?

Sounds like rape in a dark alley to me...poor fish!!!

i have crabs · #3 01-01-2008, 08:26 PM

cant see that going well with a cardinal but what do i know about raping fish?
you should see little fish about the 4 week mark

fatpuffer · #4 01-01-2008, 08:31 PM

This is a common practice in fw. I am not sure if it will work with sw. I had a two inch yellow lab that I stripped. Worked perfectly fine. I am not really following how it is rape but hey everybody is entitled to their opinion.

With the yellow lab I just caught the fish and open the mouth under water in a ten gallon container. The fish remains in the net only the head is out. That is how i stripped my cichlid. Some people do it differently. It took me less than one minute to do it.

SW fish might be a bit too sensitive for the process though. Cichlids are fairly hardy fish.

Js

EDIT: You can also increase the survival rate by taking the fish out and putting it in a 5-10 gallon on its own so when it spits out the fry, there are no predators.

fatpuffer · #5 01-01-2008, 08:43 PM

Just quickly googled this. This guy used a tumbler to hatch the eggs. Its pretty interesting

http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...ing-video.html

Js

Myka · #6 01-01-2008, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fatpuffer

Just quickly googled this. This guy used a tumbler to hatch the eggs. Its pretty interesting

http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...ing-video.html

Js

Oops, missed your post on the first round! Thanks for posting this! Very interesting!!!

Myka · #7 01-01-2008, 11:01 PM

Ok, I've been reading about stripping the eggs, and using an egg tumbler, and I am becoming more open to the idea.

I'm not set up to do it for his batch though, so maybe the next one...?

Myka · #8 01-01-2008, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fatpuffer

This is a common practice in fw. I am not sure if it will work with sw. I had a two inch yellow lab that I stripped. Worked perfectly fine. I am not really following how it is rape but hey everybody is entitled to their opinion.

With the yellow lab I just caught the fish and open the mouth under water in a ten gallon container. The fish remains in the net only the head is out. That is how i stripped my cichlid. Some people do it differently. It took me less than one minute to do it.

SW fish might be a bit too sensitive for the process though. Cichlids are fairly hardy fish.

Js

EDIT: You can also increase the survival rate by taking the fish out and putting it in a 5-10 gallon on its own so when it spits out the fry, there are no predators.

Well, it's like raping the poor guy of his instinctual habits. I just don't see it as right. Thanks for sharing, but I don't think I'll try it.

I will likely let him just spit this batch on his own. I am setting up a 65, so I'll be moving my reef to that one. I think the Bangaii's will stay in the 33 (or maybe I'll get a different tank for them), and will have a tank to their own with no predators (besides themselves! haha).