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Now you make me dig,... grumble grumble
Here's the link to the thread http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...ighlight=pairs and here is the pic -Nate |
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Thanks for the link. I posted a buch of pictures of our pairs on that thread but for some reason don't remember seeing that picture.
In that picture I am guessing that the female is the one in the foreground, based on the large belly. That's how our female looks when she is ready to spawn. So now I guess I have no idea what the different colors mean. You would think that there has to be some reason for it. |
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maybe the color difference in sexes is only shown as juveniles. Is it possible that as they mature, they lose the color difference?
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Just snapped a few pictures last night, I love baby pictures.
For some reason it will not let me attach the picture, hmmm |
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Let me try it this way,
and HA! BTW they are also eating OSI spirulina flake. What fish doesn't like it? Our cats love it also! |
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What is your survival rate like now?
You have to love pot bellied juveniles. |
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No longer loosing any runts out of the first batch. I don't think we have lost one for a couple weeks now. The smallest ones are hanging in there and growing, just staying smaller than the others.
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How do you guys like the Tronic heaters? I started using them about three or four months ago in my rearing and QT tanks and love them. I was using Ebo-Jaber heaters but they would swing so badly in that small of a volume or just start to climb in temp despite the setting. The Tronics seems to be very very stable with little or no swing.
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They are the only one we have found to keep a steady reliable temperature in a small volume (<10gallon) of water. It's all in how it operates, most other heaters use a bimetallic element that can be prone to sticking or other problems. Tronic heaters use an electronic temperature sensor which are about 100X more accurate and relible than a bimetallic element. Definately worth the extra few bucks in cost. |
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Alright, I've got a new theory for the different colors of YWG.
It occured to me today that it could be based on how much time the fish spends in or out of the light. My reasons for thinking this: 1) Our (proven) male spends ~99% of his time in thier cave, only coming out when the female lets him come out to eat and he is very much yellow-green. 2) Our (proven) female spends a large majority of her time (probably >75% of the 12 hour photo period) out side of the cave (begging for food ) and she is very grey-green. 3) I have been watching our babies that are almost 12 weeks old slowly changing in color from yellow-green to grey-brown over the last month or so. Right now there is not a single yellow-green one in the tank. They have a photo period of ~16 hr/day and no place in thier tank to get out of the light, only some small clear plastic tubes to cut down on aggression. 4) A little over a week ago I took a baby that was very much grey colored to put in my nano reef at work (yes this was authorized by Amy). This baby spends all of its time in a cave and only comes out to eat when food is put in the tank (2X day). In fact we couldn't find it for the first 5 days it was in there but finally spotted it coming out of its cave when food was put in. This baby is now almost completely yellow-green again. So to prove/disprove this theory, I would appreciate it if all those that have a YWG could post what color theirs is and a guestimate as to the % of the photo period they spend outside a cave in the light. I am also going to put some sort of small caves in our growout tanks and see if the ones that hang out in the caves return to the yellow-green color. This is important as I am sure it is going to be easier to sell yellow ones than it will be to sell grey ones. |
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This isn't goby related but...
I ran a tronic heater for 2.5 years on my main tank. It is the only heater I have ever had that was set and forget. The low water shutoff works well too . This will be my heater of choice for all future tanks. Fred. |
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I posted a poll on the reef fishes forum that I would apreciate if y'all (that have a YWG) could cast your vote.
http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...hreadid=315164 Oh and I forgot to mention this in the post above in my reasons for my theory: 5) I also think that this could be a natural protective function in nature. A YWG that is with out the protection of a cave where it can hide from danger can change in color to match the color of the general color of the substrate on the reef. Last edited by oceanarus; 02/08/2004 at 10:45 PM. |
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BTW - where did you get S-strain of rotifers and what is the difference in size/behaviour between S- and L-strains? Are they the same spieces just sorted out by the size? |
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So I am guessing these guys must be about 4 months old now? How old do they have to be before we can start buying them off of you?
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Hmm. 10,000 eggs, > 90% hatch/survival...
How exactly are ya gonna house these as they get bigger? How are the fry doing? Do you still have a large percentage surviving? Fred. |
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Just pulled the latest nest. This time I got a good picture. I clipped an extemely small portion of the nest (way less than 1%) and got a picture of it under the microscope. And actually what you see in the picture is about 1/3 of the piece I removed. This gives you an idea of just how many of them there are.
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And here's another of a different part. For some reason I haven't figured out, some of the picture through the microscope come out with an orange color to it, oh well.
I can't descibe fully just how small the portion in these pictures are of the whole nest. |
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Hey, I was just wondering if you have any shots of the eggs. I think I see eggs in my tank but they are under a rock and in the corner of the tank (so no pics). They are in like tenticle formation and they wave a little in the current. Could these be eggs?
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Congrats...
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