Anyone ever bred hippo tangs?
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florida joe
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I do not believe there has ever been a documented case of hippos breeding in a home aquarium
But if you are going to try just remember there are no external differences between males and females
But if you are going to try just remember there are no external differences between males and females
fmarini
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home aquariums- not likely. However large public aquaria have reported frequent spawning events.
The biggest problem w/ tang spawning is they require large to huge amounts of space for the courtship/ascension. Home tanks just dont provide this, I saw a video from a private pet store w/ a 20,000 gal tank, who had blue tangs and yellow tangs spawning daily.
As for has anyone ever raised a blue tang spawn. there was a report out of the pan-pacific that they could raise these fish to quartersize juveniles.
The biggest problem w/ tang spawning is they require large to huge amounts of space for the courtship/ascension. Home tanks just dont provide this, I saw a video from a private pet store w/ a 20,000 gal tank, who had blue tangs and yellow tangs spawning daily.
As for has anyone ever raised a blue tang spawn. there was a report out of the pan-pacific that they could raise these fish to quartersize juveniles.
mantisman51
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On a certain full moon, over a specific reef, males and females gather and release their eggs and sp@rm into the open ocean to mix and settle in the coral to hatch. It is a mass release with thousands gathering. I don't think that is replicable in an aquarium. From the series The Pacific on Discovery not too long ago.