Archive for 'fish' Category
Broodstock for Fish Breeding Project
In my fish room, I now have eight tanks all plumbed to a central sump. There are four individual ten gallon tanks on the top row and four individual 20 gallon tanks in the bottom row. I have the following broodstock pairs: Royal Gramma 1 pair of Royal Gramma (Gramma loreto) 1 pair of [...]
Breeding The Yellow Headed Jawfish
Here is a movie of the latest addition to my aquarium–a pair of yellow headed jawfish caught off the coast of Florida. I purchased these fish as a mated pair from a reputable eBay merchant. They appear to be somewhat comfortable in their new home, although only time will tell. You can see (what I [...]
Clownfish grow out tub: Watch as camera zooms out
Friends, family and newcomers to the hobby are sometimes surprised at how small the clownfish juveniles really are. I always find humor in the irony of that observation, since clownfish larvae are some of the largest larvae among marine fish–but that said, this video, when the camera zooms back out, does a good job of [...]
Clownfish juveniles eat newly hatched brine shrimp
Here is a short video of the juvenile clownfish, amphiprion ocellaris, feeding on newly hatched brine shrimp. I selected this clip, because it shows a wide range of development across the various juvenile clownfish. Front and center in the video is one of the larger, faster developing common clownfish–with a bright, dark orange body color [...]
Clownfish Juvenile Development
Here are the clownfish, about a month older, still in the black round bucket, at 40 days post-hatch. Note the distinct line development on all the juveniles in the picture, but the difference in coloration– the hallmark orange coloration of the juvenile ocellaris clownfish progressed at differently for each individual. The juveniles were being weaned off of [...]
Clownfish Larval Development
Clownfish Larval Development Update It’s been a while since I updated the progress of the clownfish larvae. As a quick recap, the clownfish larvae from the eggs laid in the display tank hatched a day early. As such, the majority of them (amphiprion ocellaris larvae), were eaten by a greedy pair of banggai cardinalfish, apparently tapping back [...]
Clownfish larvae three days post hatch
Clownfish larvae three days post hatch Here is a quick video of the clownfish larvae three days after they hatched from their egg cases in the display tank. They actually hatched the day before I was ready for them. By accident I happened to notice a few larvae suspended in the water column after lights out. The banggai cardinalfish [...]
Clownfish Breeding Pattern
Clownfish Breeding Pattern The breeding pattern of the two pairs of clownfish has become very regular now. Ever since the beginning of September, each pair has been spawning about every 2 weeks. Ocellaris Clownfish Breeding Pattern Pair 1: The Amphiprion ocellaris clownfish pair in my display tank spawned twice in March–each time on the [...]
Saltwater Aquarium Blog: Featured on Squidoo
Saltwater Aquarium Blog: Featured on Squidoo Saltwater Aquarium Blog now has a profile page on Squidoo.com It will be interesting to see how the page ranks relative to other pages there about the saltwater aquarium hobby. In the end, anything that helps aquarists find the information they are looking for online and be [...]
Queen Triggerfish Reared in Captivity for First Time
For the first time ever, offspring from the queen triggerfish, Balistes vetula, were reared in captivity. With help from scientists at the neighboring Roger Williams University, biologists at the New England Aquarium are the first to achieve success captively rearing this threatened saltwater species. The proud parents, a pair of queen triggerfish inhabiting a 250 [...]
