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Forum: The Fish Breeding Forum 01/11/2008, 12:53 AM
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Posted By carlso63
Dr. Marini: Am I correct that the eggs are...

Dr. Marini:

Am I correct that the eggs are all in a kind of "sac" at first...?


At this very moment I am at work while my wife is fishing out 2 babies from the first brood for their new...
Forum: The Fish Breeding Forum 01/10/2008, 10:13 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,388
Posted By carlso63
01/07/2008 1 Month Old The fry are...

01/07/2008

1 Month Old

The fry are now 1 month old and eat frozen Cyclopeeze for the most part - with occasional feedings of live baby brine (when I remember to start a culture) and I have...
Forum: The Fish Breeding Forum 01/10/2008, 09:36 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,388
Posted By carlso63
I have never kept Pajamas myself but I believe...

I have never kept Pajamas myself but I believe they breed in a similar manner...
Forum: The Fish Breeding Forum 01/10/2008, 03:00 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,388
Posted By carlso63
01/01/2008 Here's a few new shots of those...

01/01/2008

Here's a few new shots of those babies, taken New Years Day evening with only the actinic lighting on the display tank (I used a flash)... they are now 24 days old-

Here they are...
Forum: The Fish Breeding Forum 01/10/2008, 02:50 AM
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Posted By carlso63
12/17/2007 Here We Go... AGAIN ...

12/17/2007

Here We Go... AGAIN


Long story short -

Well, they did it again!

Another spawning :D
Forum: The Fish Breeding Forum 01/10/2008, 02:37 AM
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Views: 4,388
Posted By carlso63
12/14/2007 - 6 Days Old Just 6 days...

12/14/2007 - 6 Days Old


Just 6 days since the release and they already look bigger:

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/31968New_tank_pics_015.JPG
...
Forum: The Fish Breeding Forum 01/10/2008, 02:22 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,388
Posted By carlso63
12/10/2007 2 Days Old - the First Pics ...

12/10/2007

2 Days Old - the First Pics

Here are a few pics of the 12 babies happily swimming about the nursery tank:
...
Forum: The Fish Breeding Forum 01/10/2008, 02:13 AM
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Views: 4,388
Posted By carlso63
12/08/2007 - Day 29 OK, everybody out of...

12/08/2007 - Day 29

OK, everybody out of the pool...NOW!


My patience was beginning to wear thin by now. We had 2 healthy baby Banggais out and about, I could see little heads poppping in...
Forum: The Fish Breeding Forum 01/10/2008, 01:57 AM
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Posted By carlso63
12/07/2007 - Day 28 This morning we woke up...

12/07/2007 - Day 28

This morning we woke up to 1 more baby released (2 total)... the male had his mouth almost completly agape and you could see several more just "hanging out" in there. But they...
Forum: The Fish Breeding Forum 01/10/2008, 01:36 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,388
Posted By carlso63
12/06/2007 - Day 27 Finally some SUCCESS ...

12/06/2007 - Day 27

Finally some SUCCESS


Today my wife called me at work, almost hysterical...

"A baby came out, a baby came out!"

This time, it was fully formed, swimming around a...
Forum: The Fish Breeding Forum 01/10/2008, 01:17 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,388
Posted By carlso63
12/01/2007 - Day 22 By the 3rd day after...

12/01/2007 - Day 22

By the 3rd day after those 5 babies were released prematurely 4 of them had died... they just wiggled around the first day a bit; a little less on the 2nd day, and died by...
Forum: The Fish Breeding Forum 01/10/2008, 01:00 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,388
Posted By carlso63
11/29/2007 - Day 20 The First Babies ...

11/29/2007 - Day 20

The First Babies


UPDATE:

when I got home from work, a little after midnight, I checked the nursery. Initially I saw something tiny and "shiny" on the glass...
Forum: The Fish Breeding Forum 01/10/2008, 12:51 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,388
Posted By carlso63
11/28/2007 - Day 19 If you take a look back...

11/28/2007 - Day 19

If you take a look back to the last picture in the last post you may notice that the male Banggai's dorsal thread appears to be longer than it was previously... I noticed...
Forum: The Fish Breeding Forum 01/10/2008, 12:35 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,388
Posted By carlso63
11/27/2007 - Day 18 The next task I needed...

11/27/2007 - Day 18

The next task I needed to figure out was how to catch the male Banggai and get him into the nursery tank without stressing him out and causing him to drop or eat the egg...
Forum: The Fish Breeding Forum 01/09/2008, 10:43 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,388
Posted By carlso63
11/20/2007 - Day 11 Setting up the Nursery...

11/20/2007 - Day 11

Setting up the Nursery Tank


If you ever seen pictures of my reef tank you may have noticed I tend to do things a little differently than most... for example, my sump for...
Forum: The Fish Breeding Forum 01/09/2008, 02:52 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,388
Posted By carlso63
11/11/ 2007 - Day Three By the 3rd day I...

11/11/ 2007 - Day Three

By the 3rd day I knew something was definitely up. For a few reasons:


1) The male had still not eaten. Now it was 3 days in a row. Definitely not normal for him

2)...
Forum: The Fish Breeding Forum 01/09/2008, 02:40 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,388
Posted By carlso63
11/09/2007 - Day One When I went to feed my...

11/09/2007 - Day One

When I went to feed my tank (as usual), I thought I noticed 2 odd things:

1) One of my 2 Banggais did not coming rushing to the water surface to eat, and actually was...
Forum: The Fish Breeding Forum 01/09/2008, 02:29 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,388
Posted By carlso63
My Banggai Breeding Journal

Let me start off by telling you a little about my mated pair of Banggais... I bought them approx. 6 months ago; they were just 2 Banggais in a dealer tank with maybe 10 others... I guess I just got...
Forum: The Fish Breeding Forum 01/09/2008, 02:11 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 4,022
Posted By carlso63
Myka: Congrats on your brood... Are they...

Myka:

Congrats on your brood... Are they starting to swim around or do they still hang out on the bottom of the net? Can you see them eating?

From your one pic it is a little hard to tell but...
Forum: The Fish Breeding Forum 01/09/2008, 01:56 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 4,022
Posted By carlso63
If by "pregnant" you mean your Banggais spawned...

If by "pregnant" you mean your Banggais spawned 24 days ago, then no, IMO you should not try to 'strip' him just yet. With my first brood my male held to 30 days past spawn date. If he is not eating...
Forum: Reef Discussion 01/09/2008, 01:34 AM
Replies: 155
Views: 12,872
Posted By carlso63
- 125g Mixed Reef; up about 9 months - Powder...

- 125g Mixed Reef; up about 9 months
- Powder Blue Tang
- Naso Tang
- Both about 6 months old
- Both about 4+" long

...
Forum: The Fish Breeding Forum 01/07/2008, 10:07 PM
Replies: 93
Views: 18,252
Posted By carlso63
Sperating the male for a month between spawnings...

Sperating the male for a month between spawnings helps keep him healthy and helps prevent him eating the eggs or aborting the carry before the babies are ready...
Forum: The Fish Breeding Forum 01/07/2008, 10:03 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 4,022
Posted By carlso63
My male held his first brood for 30 full days...

My male held his first brood for 30 full days before I got p - ed off and "helped" the process... He actually did spit out 4 or 5 about a week earlier that were not free-swimming yet and didn't...
Forum: Reef Discussion 01/07/2008, 09:54 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 868
Posted By carlso63
Can you run both together? Absolutely. ...

Can you run both together? Absolutely.

Before my plenum matured I ran a fuge and a PO4 reactor and carbon as well... my chaeto grew like crazy - and still does!

Now with the plenum I don't...
Forum: Lighting, Filtration & Other Equipment 01/07/2008, 09:46 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 82,247
Posted By carlso63
The Odyssea ballast should be fine with a 150w...

The Odyssea ballast should be fine with a 150w pendant
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