My Attempt at Breeding Mandarin Dragonetts!

[Reef Breeders]

Sounds like a tough yet fun endeavor. Good luck and cant wait to see your progress.

Thanks, I picked up some more equipment, I will get picks of the broodstock, but the male is still too shy to photograph.

 

[Reef Breeders]

Got him!

I find it funny how the slowest fish in the tank is the hardest to get a picture of.
Hatching trays:

Some misc. equipment:

The hatching trays are 4 and 1/2 gallons each, and perfect for fast-hatchers like mandarins.

 

[hyperboy]

Subscribed!!!! Set up looks great!

 

[Reef Breeders]

Subscribed!!!! Set up looks great!

Thanks! Those fish are getting fat, they might spawn soon, They have frequent meet-ups

 

[caudill187]

Wishing you and the fish the best of luck

 

[hyperboy]

They have frequent meet-ups

:bigsmile:

 

[Reef Breeders]

The fish are doing the mating dance nightly, no signs of a pregnant female yet, but hopefully she will be laying soon.I am building a new setup for my various cultures in the mean time, I will show progress of that as well, once that set up is complete, I will begin a tigger pod culture to feed the more matured fry.

 

[Hyprviperx]

great thread, best of luck to you. i am currently in the same boat. however i had to pair mine myself. i will also keep you posted on my progress as well... i am using the species S. Picturatus (targets). i will be subscribing, and hopefully helping out the thread.

 

[Reef Breeders]

great thread, best of luck to you. i am currently in the same boat. however i had to pair mine myself. i will also keep you posted on my progress as well... i am using the species S. Picturatus (targets). i will be subscribing, and hopefully helping out the thread.

Thanks! GL with your breeding. What kind of cultures are you running right now to feed the fry?

 

[Hyprviperx]

thanks, i just took down my cultures to revamp it all but i had brine, phyto, copepods and rotifers. i would like to get live mysis going and also tigger pods. i like to suprise my main tank with lives every now and again to mix it up and i can only imagine how they would love live mysis. i will keep you posted

 

[Just Clownin Around]

i am definitely following along. my clown broodstock system have mysids swimming all over the place. funny thing is i never added them on purpose.

i cant wait to see the copepod setup, would like to set one up myself

 

[Reef Breeders]

i am definitely following along. my clown broodstock system have mysids swimming all over the place. funny thing is i never added them on purpose.

i cant wait to see the copepod setup, would like to set one up myself

Its a very simple set up, just a ten gallon with an airstone. Add pods and phyto, and your in business.

 

[CJO]

Its a very simple set up, just a ten gallon with an airstone. Add pods and phyto, and your in business.

You can do it even easier. If you have a large surface to air ratio, you don't even need an airstone. I've been raising a culture of Tigriopus californicus in a 5-gallon bucket for about a year now like this (with no crashes). I'm using a mixture of T. Iso, Nanno and Thalassiosira weissflogii to feed them.

CJ

 

[Reef Breeders]

You can do it even easier. If you have a large surface to air ratio, you don't even need an airstone. I've been raising a culture of Tigriopus californicus in a 5-gallon bucket for about a year now like this (with no crashes). I'm using a mixture of T. Iso, Nanno and Thalassiosira weissflogii to feed them.

CJ

Don't they grow slower that way?

 

[Reef Breeders]

I think that they may have laid tonight, I woke up this morning to a ton of what looked like mandarin eggs floating around. I will not be taking the first few spawns, plus I need to finish the breeding set up (halfway don right now!

 

[CJO]

Don't they grow slower that way?

I'm not positive, but I don't think so. It's simple gas exchange. Also, if you do run a bubbler, be sure that it is on slow. Fast bubbles can interefere with them during one of their early growth phases.

I think that they may have laid tonight, I woke up this morning to a ton of what looked like mandarin eggs floating around. I will not be taking the first few spawns, plus I need to finish the breeding set up (halfway don right now!

That's awesome!

CJ

 

[Reef Breeders]

I'm not positive, but I don't think so. It's simple gas exchange. Also, if you do run a bubbler, be sure that it is on slow. Fast bubbles can interefere with them during one of their early growth phases.



That's awesome!

CJ

I only use the air bubbler for oxygen, so it's already slow. I finished the breeding setup, now the cultures just need to be moved.

 

[Just Clownin Around]

I only use the air bubbler for oxygen, so it's already slow. I finished the breeding setup, now the cultures just need to be moved.

I need pictures

Plus I want to be nosie

 

[Reef Breeders]

Messed up on photos, they are below

 

[Reef Breeders]

LOL sorry, the pics aren't there, (not on purpose) here they are for real: