The wonder of aquariums.

Doug · #1 03-02-2011, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by kobelka

That is awesome. I had seen the same thing one night and decided to try raising a few spawns. I sucessfully raised 3 batches and every day was more awesome than the one before, seeing them rapidly grow. You should give it a try. Its a PITA but it sure was neat. One batch had 400 successful babies.

Wow. Congrats on that. I keep thinking of it. I had a pair of mated Cinnamon,s that I gave a friend and we had a go at one of those batches. He had a good small set up for them and fed them baby food he had purchased someplace. They were actually doing pretty well until one of his dogs when in for a look, {by himself}, and accidentally unplugged the little tank. Needless to say they never lasted long enough for him to notice in time.

Dont have the room to really do it now. I did when I had my house and the 225g tank and fish room.

The again, what the heck would I do with the young. Certainly not enough market here for them.

I do believe one of our BC members does raise young successfully as I can remember seeing his threads.

Doug · #2 03-07-2011, 10:53 PM

WOW. So last night I got to witness the event again. Unbelievable. But again, so sad. Its only been 18 days ap. since the last hatch. Can they possibly reproduce that fast? I need to look it up.

Watched them dance in the current for an hour almost. Just using an led flashlight. Wish I could shoot a video of it. Mike and I swapped a bunch of corals yesterday and I took several acan,s & lobo,s home. They were eating baby fish like crazy. The acan,s esp. seemed to take delight in them. I watched them gobble a baby down then quickly grab for another.

Today they are all fully opened, looking full and beautiful colours.

Lance · #3 03-08-2011, 04:08 AM

Doug, my clowns spawn every 14 to 18 days. I looked it up before and that's about normal.

High tide · #4 03-08-2011, 06:55 AM

Very cool! Thanks for sharing. Kinda tugs at the the heart strings a little. It's cool stuff like that that keeps us going despite the battles and the losses.

Doug · #5 03-09-2011, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by High tide

Very cool! Thanks for sharing. Kinda tugs at the the heart strings a little. It's cool stuff like that that keeps us going despite the battles and the losses.

Yes, for sure it does. I sit watching amazed, yet sad.

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Originally Posted by Lance

Doug, my clowns spawn every 14 to 18 days. I looked it up before and that's about normal.

Ok, thanks Lance. Guess they are right on schedule then.