The Babies Are Here!!!!!

perfectdark

perfectdark

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Cyclopeez is just the name brand for cyclops i believe, the size of the organism is the same.
Very Very cool indeed...
Ok I cant help but think... what are the odds that daddy accidentally swallowed a couple of them... LOL. I mean come on what if one of his good tank mate buds didnt know he was carrying them around and came up behind him and was like "Hey CHUCK !!! Whats up buddy?" and then Fin slap on his back... GULP.. uh oh...sorry dude...
ok ok it was a joke....
 
azfishgal

azfishgal

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Originally Posted by PerfectDark
Cyclopeez is just the name brand for cyclops i believe, the size of the organism is the same.
Very Very cool indeed...
Ok I cant help but think... what are the odds that daddy accidentally swallowed a couple of them... LOL. I mean come on what if one of his good tank mate buds didnt know he was carrying them around and came up behind him and was like "Hey CHUCK !!! Whats up buddy?" and then Fin slap on his back... GULP.. uh oh...sorry dude...
ok ok it was a joke....

Well, in reality they swallow quite a few of them from what I have read. Some believe they have close to 1,000 eggs to start with, though I'm not really to sure about this. But let's go ahead and low ball it and say 100+ eggs. The most you see is about 40 and that is usually just the first few batches. They seem to get smaller with each breeding. Maybe that is because the father developes a taste for the eggs.
In any event I don't see how it would be possible that the male would not consume some of them, especially for his own health seeing he doesn't eat normal food while holding them. Maybe this is the reason nature gives him so many eggs, some for eating and some for hatching.

I liked your visual though...
 
azfishgal

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OK, I moved the babies into their new home for the next few months. They are now hiding in the cave and who knows when they will come out. I felt a little bad because when I put them in the tank I was reminded of the EAC from the movie Finding Nemo.
And yes, I took the powerhead out before putting them in there. I might try to put a little polyfilter over the return to slow it down even more, but I want to wait until morning so I can watch the temp, make sure the pump doesn't over heat. But before they darted into the cave I did manage to get a few pictures. I believe I counted 30 from this picture and when I took it, I still had more in another corner.

Oh, I have some brine shrimp eggs bubbling away so tomorrow they should have some fresh food (I decapsulated the eggs, to shorten the hatch time).
Oh, and before anyone asks I used a flash light to check on them inside the cave, just to make sure they were not being tossed around. They look to be relaxed and hovering comfortably.


 
teresaq

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Very cute. Good luck. If you go to the seahorse forum. There are a couple of post on making a brine hatchery. Its pretty easy.
TeresaQ
 
gatorwpb

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Wow congrats and great pics!!
I love banghai cardinals and its great that you are breeding them because the wild populations are taking a serious hit.
 
azfishgal

azfishgal

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Originally Posted by GatorWPB
Wow congrats and great pics!!
I love banghai cardinals and its great that you are breeding them because the wild populations are taking a serious hit.
Well, I can't really take the credit. My Bangaii Pair pretty much did it on their own. I was just lucky enough to have a net in the water when he spit the babies out.

Here is another picture from this morning. They have ventured out of the cave and I'm happy that I can finally see them again. I also put some polyfilter in the return so they are not getting blown around so much.
 
tferrante

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you continue to impress me!
Your tank is just gorgeous and now you are a breeder. Your pictures are fantastic. Thanks for keeping us up to date with your new additions. I know its a little early, but what do you plan to do with 30 new fish? Are you going to sell them to your LPS? Thanks for sharing your experiences with your tank.
 
triga22

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This is awsome! Im going to try to breed my clowns if they mate...
Im so exited and love the pics keep em comin
 
azfishgal

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Originally Posted by fishieness
hoorah! orange belliies! a good sign of well fed babies :)
congrats
Not only that but I even saw what looked like fish poo on almost all of the babies!!! So everything seems to be working.
Something only a mother would be excited about.

I have lost 4 more babies, but that is to be expected. Like I said I'll be happy if five survive. It's still hard to see a little fish on the bottom of the tank though.

Originally Posted by tferrante
you continue to impress me! Your tank is just gorgeous and now you are a breeder. Your pictures are fantastic. Thanks for keeping us up to date with your new additions. I know its a little early, but what do you plan to do with 30 new fish? Are you going to sell them to your LPS? Thanks for sharing your experiences with your tank.
Thanks for the compliment. I'm not really sure what I'm going to do with them. At this point I'm just trying to keep them alive. But, I have a lot of local reefers who said they want one and a best friend of mine said she might want one for her daughter, she's obsessed with saltwater fish.

Thanks to everyone else on the compliments. It's been fun watching the little babies.
I was getting nervous because I ran out of the live baby brine shrimp that a local reefer gave me, so I was trying some clycopeez, but only a few were eating it. However, I started a brine shrimp hatchery on Friday night and this morning I woke up to well over a million baby shrimp! Needless to say the little tikes had a good breakfast this morning. With feeding 5xs a day, siphoning all waste/uneaten food, and doing a 10% water change everyday, I hope to keep the water nice and healthy for them.
 
azfishgal

azfishgal

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Originally Posted by TriGa22
AZ do you have a filter on in the tank they are living in?
Yes, right now it's running a bit slow because I have the return covered a bit with some polyfilter, to keep the current down so they don't get blown around. I did have the intake covered with some polyfilter, but now that the water is much slower I don't have it on. It's at the top of the tank, and so far the babies have not ventured more than half way up. I also rinse out the filter sponge every day because I know it's catching a lot of uneaten shrimp. I also have some bio-balls and ceramic rings for the good bacteria that I don't rinse off.
Here are some more pictures!!! They are getting more brave as you can see.


 
azfishgal

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Tri, the hardest part was getting a shrimp hachery started, but now that I have that going it's just a matter of feeding them 5xs a day and keeping the water parameters as perfect as possible. It's a little time consuming but I don't mind, they are so cute I want to do whatever I can to keep them alive. Even if that means having a shrimp hachery on my kitchen counter.

And yes, they are in a 12 gallon Nano Cube (Cube Masters w/ T5 lighting), but really it only holds 10 gallons.
 
triga22

triga22

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Ok. Cause Im hopeing to breed my clowns. Its not looking to easy to setup but after that it looks somewhat easy.
 
m0nk

m0nk

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Wow, they are just too cool. Maybe if I can find a pair that was aqua-cultured I'll try some. Sure would be nice to someday see babies like these in this house.
 
azfishgal

azfishgal

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Originally Posted by TriGa22
Ok. Cause Im hopeing to breed my clowns. Its not looking to easy to setup but after that it looks somewhat easy.
IMO, it's not hard at all. You just have to put some time into it. I personally think a Nano Cube would be perfect to breed clowns in. I was going to use my Nano Tank as a mini-reef and put two black and white clowns in there, hoping they would breed. But looks like I have my hands full with my Cardinals.
 
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