Pickle's N-R Breeders Lounge

[oceancube]

Well guys good thing i didnt move my egg eating male bc i looked tonight and its a nest the size of the one you guys show. Its their 6th lay and the biggest thing i noticed was how tightly pacjed the eggs were. They wernt spread out at all and the male was fanning them not eating them. One question tho. I can buy rottis at a lfs but dont have my phyto culture going. I do however have some phyto feast for corals. Can i feed rots that?

actually i tried feeding phyto feast at one point as an emergency feeding and i had no luck, your better off feeding home grown nano, or order some from ebay as a emergency backup , there like $5.00 bucks a liter ... yeah usually takes time for a male to stop eating eggs, sometimes it takes so long that people giveup,,, im waiting for my ww's to fertalize eggs correctly..patients is the key....

[Pickle010]

Chicago - I think you'd have a hard time finding rots at a LFS - I'd try a local club or even MOFIB and see if anyone close to you is cultivating them.

[Chicagoclowns]

Haha no a lfs has tons lol. Its 2.50 a bag. I bought some while back when a friend gave me eggs but i didnt get enough and they only lasted 4 days

[crooks]

I think there is one or two LFS around here that do sell rots. I always just ask another local breeder and havent ever payed for them. If you are going to raise clowns you might as well try to keep rots and just put in a Reed order for nanno or rotigrow. I am running low or I would let you get one of my bottles.

[Chicagoclowns]

Well usually i culture phytoplankton but my males been eating the entire nest on day two. Its now day 3 and the nest is still large. They are pickin off white eggs that prob wernt fertalized but only a few. Is it normal for the female to pick at the eggs too?

[Pickle010]

I've seen my females fan and mouth the eggs.

[Chicagoclowns]

well the eggs are getting white so im going to assume unfertilized bc both are mouthing and fanning like crazy lol but they are sparatically all turning white

[kenneking]

This may be a stupid question but can a grow out tank and breeder be attached to the same sump or is that a no no?

[Pickle010]

This may be a stupid question but can a grow out tank and breeder be attached to the same sump or is that a no no?

 

 

It's been done... but it isn't preferred. Simply because of trying to maintain water quality and the conditions that that the brood stock pairs are kept in. If you think about it, it's hard enough to keep up the water quality with brood stock and all the feedings then you go and add all the fry to the same system? I personally wouldn't do it.

[kenneking]

so if I wanted to only breed one pair or maybe 2 should I have actually 2 sumps one for the breeder and one for the grow out?

and how many gallons over all should i have for the breeder tank and how many for the grow out

[rrcg50]

so if I wanted to only breed one pair or maybe 2 should I have actually 2 sumps one for the breeder and one for the grow out?

and how many gallons over all should i have for the breeder tank and how many for the grow out

breeder tank can be as small as 15g total

grow out depends on how much you want to produce but i would say 3 20g longs and a 40b sump for 100g of volume, a great skimmer and descent pump with filter socks and you will be good to go

[Chicagoclowns]

well i moved my platinum/reg perc pair from my reef to a breeding tank and the platinum jumped through a 1" gap in between the cover and tank. terrible luck. a few weeks ago my picasso jumped and now my platinum. im having terrible luck at this

[Pickle010]

well i moved my platinum/reg perc pair from my reef to a breeding tank and the platinum jumped through a 1" gap in between the cover and tank. terrible luck. a few weeks ago my picasso jumped and now my platinum. im having terrible luck at this

 

 

WOW - that bites - I had a rough time getting started, but luckily I didn't lose any brood stock.

 

All mine are in open top tanks too.

[Eileen]

So while I'm doing water tests and what-not I thought I'd start looking for a mated pair of snowflakes. I know Eileen had mentioned maybe selling some. So Eileen, or anyone else… know where I can get a pair? I'm on the East coast of Florida.

 

Thanks,

Bryan

 

Hi Bryan!

 

I do have two mature bonded pairs that I'm looking to sell just because I'm out of room! Both have an orange ocellaris female with an extreme snowflake male. One of the females is a proven female from C-Quest, the other was from the LFS - not sure of origin. Both male snowflakes are from my stock. My original snowflake male is from Sustainable Aquatics. Females are several years old and males are about 1 year old.

 

Just PM me if you're interested or want to see pictures!

[oceancube]

what you guys think about this??? i have an rodi unit in my fish room, now i have it going into my sump as a top off ONLY right now,, now i was wondering if i could add a T fitting to the part that comes out of the rodi unit and run one to my sump for top off,and one to a trash can to use as new water for salt?? understand opinions???

[Chicagoclowns]

So the petco that had snowflakes a couple weeks ago now has a pair of nakeds. Is there a dexent market for nakeds or no?

[28g nano noob]

So the petco that had snowflakes a couple weeks ago now has a pair of nakeds. Is there a dexent market for nakeds or no?

funny i was picking dog food /fish food up at petco today and seen about 9 nakeds in the tiny tanks felt bad for the little guys but they looked better then the ones i saw at the lfs a few weeks ago

[crooks]

I hope you quarantine anything form that petco or get it before it hits their water.

[Chicagoclowns]

I know when their shipment comes in and its a surprisingly good petco. The fish specialist brought in proper lighing for the coral tank and orders anyyhing you ask.

[rrcg50]

I have a breeding pair of nakeds that I'm selling

Edited August 27, 2011 by rrcg50

[Eileen]

Petco gets their fish from ORA. I've been to ORA's packing facility over on the east coast of FL and have seen the holding tanks with fish marked for Petco and they're nice and healthy at that point.

[Pickle010]

Let's see - Hit starbucks this morning.

Watched my daughter score 8 goals in her soccer game this morning.

Went to a local clubs frag swap this afternoon.

And oh yeah... scored a pair of platinums today!!!!

 

It's a good day.

[Chicagoclowns]

Dang your on a roll buddy

[Alpha Aquaculture]

Let's see - Hit starbucks this morning.

Watched my daughter score 8 goals in her soccer game this morning.

Went to a local clubs frag swap this afternoon.

And oh yeah... scored a pair of platinums today!!!!

 

It's a good day.

 

Damn dude were you giving your daughter the starbucks too? 8 goals is hella! hahahaha Please tell us about the Platinums. Where'd you get them, why did you choose them? I wonder what a breeder looks for in platinums. Thank you for your time.

[Pickle010]

Damn dude were you giving your daughter the starbucks too? 8 goals is hella! hahahaha Please tell us about the Platinums. Where'd you get them, why did you choose them? I wonder what a breeder looks for in platinums. Thank you for your time.

 

 

LOL forget the Starbucks for her - we had a hard enough time throttling her back and having her share the ball.

 

You know... picking out those Platinums was not an easy choice. I went down for a frag swap and had no intention of buying anything at the LFS that was hosting it. But the owner is a great guy and I did take some time cruising his store. I have to admit I locked onto these two when I saw them.

 

Obviously the amount of white jumped out first but I watched them for a good 30 minutes at least. Once I got over the amount of white I just watched to see if they looked healthy - how they interacted together and I had the store owner feed them. The store had them for a while - we live in a small town and there isn't much of a market for them out here. So I told him I'd trade him some semi's and get his cost basis down on the plats - he could move a couple of pairs of semi's much easier then a single pair of platinums and he agreed. He bagged them and sent them home with me that day. I drove down the next day and gave him a few extra snows then I should have... he knew he was getting a good deal and told me so. I told him not worry that I had an ulterior motive and that I would make him even the score later when I needed the help.

 

Anyhow, they are still a little timid and hanging out in the back of the pot whenever I pull out the camera - but they come out to eat and are settling in pretty well. This is the best shot I've got so far: