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Dman
February 26th, 2004, 12:08 PM
Well, I figured I had hijacked Hark's thread long enough. Here's the first batch of A.frenatus fry from the pair I got from Mugster.
I counted about 50 or so fry in that pic, so far they look really good.
I'll update regularily.
Dman
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ajx22
February 26th, 2004, 12:10 PM
Sweet!!!!
Hark
February 26th, 2004, 12:18 PM
very cool.....im waiting for my second spawn now, im ready for them little buggers now
Dman
February 26th, 2004, 12:18 PM
Thanks AJ.
Now I'm waiting for the A. clarkii's to spawn.
I'm also looking for a breeding pair of either A. ocellarus or A. percula
Dman
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Chrismo
February 26th, 2004, 01:12 PM
Neato. cant wait to see how they turn out.
Hark
February 26th, 2004, 01:50 PM
Dman, Chrismo...how old are the clowns I have from you guys?
Dman
February 26th, 2004, 02:34 PM
Digger I think was close to three when I got her.
Dman
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MountainM
February 26th, 2004, 02:50 PM
Dman.... you bread percs? if so let me know
Dman
February 26th, 2004, 03:26 PM
MM,
I have yet to breed percs as i don't have any to breed with :(
If you know of anywhere I could find some that would be great.
Dman
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Dman
February 26th, 2004, 05:37 PM
Update,
First siphon:
10 dead
58 stillborn
1 unhatched

I'm not entirely sure how many there are in total so the statistics will have to be worked backwards.

Dman
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Myka
February 26th, 2004, 07:03 PM
How do you tell the difference if they are just dead or whether they are stillborn? You watchin THAT close??? :)

I'd like a breeding pair of Perculas too, but not for about 6-8 months when the tank will be setup and cycled...

Mindy
Dman
February 26th, 2004, 11:45 PM
Myka,
I call the ones the that are still in the egg casing still born. As in they managed to detach the casing from the substrate (in this case a clay pot) and drown before they could extricate themselves.
Dman
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kadaytar
February 26th, 2004, 11:48 PM
How do you feed the fry Dman? Rotifers?

Kadir
Dman
February 26th, 2004, 11:58 PM
Rotifers until they're big enough to eat cyclop-eeze.
Dman
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Mckitrick
February 27th, 2004, 12:05 AM
Wicked Dman! That's soo cool. I'm actually surprised you don't have a pair of spawning Percs. Those would be the most popular and therefore easy to find, no?
Dman
February 28th, 2004, 11:36 AM
Update on the carnage.

Day 1:

10 dead
58 stillborn
1 unhatched

Day 2:

39 dead
1 still born

total:

99 that haven't made it
OH the humanity
Dman
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Dman
February 28th, 2004, 12:09 PM
A little fuzzy, but lookiing really good.
I haven't siphoned the tank yet today, I will, but I only see about 5 casualties from last night.
Got my fingers crossed.
Mitchell
February 29th, 2004, 07:54 AM
good to see D.

You know what they say man, practice makes perfect. You will succeed as you have invested WAY TOOOOO MUCH time in this without giving up.

Karma to you
Dman
February 29th, 2004, 10:58 AM
Thanks buddy!
Too much time, too much money, too much space and the patience of Job to stop now. Losing the GSM's was almost the last straw.
Dman
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update on the carnage for day 3:

2 dead

we be groovin :D

Dman
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Mugster
February 29th, 2004, 04:46 PM
Excellent Dman! I'm glad to see their still spawning for you. It's been such a long time since I sold them to you I had forgotten that you were trying to breed them.

Keep up the good work.

Kev
Dman
March 9th, 2004, 01:46 AM
second spawn

Estimate 650-700 eggs
Dman
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Dman
March 27th, 2004, 10:02 PM
One little guy left from my first spawn.
27 days old.
Dman
March 27th, 2004, 10:03 PM
straight out from the golf tee :D
Dman
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Chrismo
March 27th, 2004, 11:33 PM
Only one guy left?! (Finding Nemo)

Thats gotta be driving you NUTZ! what do ya think happened? Howz the second batch doing? Or did you just focu on the first?
Dman
March 28th, 2004, 09:46 AM
Chrismo,
I didn't have enough food ready for the hatch, despite my best efforts. I have been working with Reefcrew to rectify the problem as they have the best product available to hobbiest in Canada. The second batch I poisoned with high nitrate parent water, won't do that again. It's coming along, I've learned a ton of stuff over the last month.
Dman
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thecoralreef
April 1st, 2004, 10:06 PM
Hey Dman, I'm very interested in how you have your setup and what kind of products you are using to feed your fry. I have finnally paired up some perc's and I am have them setup in a 20L. but information is somewhat vague on the internet and it's always good to have someone to talk to about this.
Dman
April 1st, 2004, 11:21 PM
hey,
try THIS BOOK (http://www.aquaticeco.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.detail/iid/6756) and THIS ONE (http://www.aquaticeco.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.detail/iid/6752) too.
As for food for the fry I'm using product from THESE GUYS (http://reefcrew.com) exclusively.
Dman
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Dman
April 4th, 2004, 03:33 PM
new hatch last night
MountainM
April 4th, 2004, 03:53 PM
hopefully you can keep more alive this time.. have more rotif..??

Best of luck dman!
Dory
July 6th, 2004, 04:51 PM
How are they now? Any left?
TylerC
July 6th, 2004, 06:43 PM
if youre having problems with not having enough food, (without trying to sound cruel) instead of putting what you have in with all of them .. why not keep half the fry and focus on raising half at a time? maybe more of a survival rate .. just an idea, im not the one with the breeding experience :p
Dman
July 6th, 2004, 10:02 PM
Thanks for the input TylerC.
I have since remedied the rotifer issue and have more than enough to go around, the extra gets fed to my reef tank.

Dory,
I have plenty left, it went on a sloding scale as I got better and overcame some hurdles. So now the batches range from one survivor to hundreds per.

Dman
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