Hello Chris-
They did not eat cyclopeeze right away. Nor did I offer it right away. It was not offered until they were about a week old. Even then I think they were actually trying to get some live bbs and accidentally got some cyclopeeze.
The bbs is smaller, and the movement gets their...
Just a quick update, fry are 9 days old and still going strong. Eating well on bbs and cyclopeeze.
Also as a side note... These parents came from ORA and we had ordered 8 of them. As it turns out, of the 8 we have 3 confirmed pairs! I thought those odds were just amazing so I wanted to...
Here are the results of that brood. I thought the papa had spit all the eggs so I was getting worried when I didn't see him eating still. Captured him to see if he was injured or something and bam...he spit 5 babies into my hand!
Here they are hiding in their fake urching and filling up with bbs
Here is a cool little video I shot yesterday of my ORA Bangaii Pair's FIRST clutch. I was surprised because I thought they were still too young.
http://www.reefobsession.com/movies/bangaii_2006.wmv
Enjoy!
Gary, just as an update...
I picked up another pair last week. They have been steady laying nests every week for their previous owner in OR that was doing some tank rearranging and needed to get rid of them.
The female is easily 6" and the male is about 4" They have been acclimated to their...
Hiya Gary- I think I remember reading about one occurance that took place in a fellas 150 reef tank. Other than that I have not heard of any.
I also have a pair of them (Vert20 on ReefCentral) and am hoping to get them breeding. They are in my 155 BF with a huge green S. Haddoni.
They have...
Most fry (esp. clownfish) require a live first food. Rotifers are the choice of breeders. You will need to get a culture going of Rotifers, and feed keep them fed with Nanno algae. Most folks use Instant Algae (that don't want the mess of culturing their own algae).
I use rotifers (L...