Breeding Journal, Poecilia reticulata
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Topic: Breeding Journal, Poecilia reticulata
Posted By: Cu455
Subject: Breeding Journal, Poecilia reticulata
Date Posted: February 28 2015 at 10:41am
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<pre style="margin-top: 0; display: inline;"> This first post should be updated regularly to include new information as events take place or changes are made to your system General Species:Poecilia reticulata Social Structure: Pair Size of Individuals: ~1/2in Age of Individuals: Unknown Date added to Tank: 9/2014 Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank: 2.5 gallon breeders box in a 4ftx2ftx18in refugium connected to a 265 gallon tank. Substrate Details: Bare Bottom Filtration Details: 2 HOB filters, dyi wet/dry, refugium (liverock, muscles, assorted macro algae). Water Changes: 50 gallons every other week. Water Temperature: 75 degrees Fahrenheit. Lighting: 120 watt leds, all white. Lighting Cycle: 24 hours Other Tank Inhabitants: No other tankmates in the breeders box. The fuge is shared with 2 clownfish, goatfish and a tobacco basslet. Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types: LRS reef frenzy, NLS therma A pellets, Aquadine pellets,squid, shrimp and fish from the market. Feeding Schedule: Spawning Details Date of First Spawn:Unknown Spawn Time of Day: Unknown Dates of Consecutive Spawns: Unknown Courtship Details: Unknown Egg Size: <1mm Egg Color: Black Egg Count: Unknown Hatch Details Hatch Date: February 28, 2015 Hatch Time of Day: Between 2 AM and 10 AM # Days after Spawn: Unknown Larvae Description: Photos and pics below. ~24 fry. Larval Tank Details SAME AS PARENTS Temperature: Size of Larval Tank: Substrate Details: Other Tank Decor: Filtration Details: Lighting: Lighting Cycle: Water Changes: Larval Feeding Details Food Types: Crushed Aquadine flakes Feeding Schedule: 3 times a day Metamorphosis/Settlement Date of Settlement Start: Days after Hatch: Date of Settlement End: Description of Fry: Grow-Out Tank Details SAME AS PARENTS Temperature: Size of Grow-Out Tank: Substrate Details: Other Tank Decor: Filtration Details: Lighting: Lighting Cycle: Water Changes: Size at Transfer: Age at Transfer: Grow-Out Feeding Details Food Types: Feeding Schedule: Additional Information Miscellaneous Information: You will be required to provide photographic evidence in this thread of each event submitted for the MBI Program. If your thread does not contain these photos the MBI Committee will not be able to approve your reports. <span style="font-size:10px"> </span> |
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Posted By: Cu455
Date Posted: February 28 2015 at 11:06am
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Posted By: Adam Blundell
Date Posted: February 28 2015 at 12:42pm
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You can get them to convert to salt... Tough but possible. Adam ------------- Come to a meeting, they�re fun! |
Posted By: Cu455
Date Posted: February 28 2015 at 1:27pm
| I started with about 20. I dripped about half of them at 1 drop every couple of seconds, the next day they were all dead. The other half I added a cup of saltwater everyday for 2 weeks. Once I was done I was left with 3 and released them into my fuge. A few months later these are the only to survivors. |
Posted By: LaRue
Date Posted: February 28 2015 at 2:42pm
| Poecilia reticulata aka guppies. |
Posted By: Cu455
Date Posted: February 28 2015 at 3:32pm
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Not just ordinary guppies but fancy tail guppies. I hope the MBI counsel accepts it. They didn't have the species listed as an option so I had to petition the counsel. There are people who are breeding aptasia so I don't see why guppies will be a problem. Here are pictures of the female from 2/26/2015. 2 days before she gave birth. http://s967.photobucket.com/user/cu455cu455/media/20150226_204923_zpsxkre57yp.jpg.html" rel="nofollow">  http://s967.photobucket.com/user/cu455cu455/media/20150226_204858_zps85scukj0.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: beege29
Date Posted: February 28 2015 at 4:29pm
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Wth?? ------------- 90 gallon mixed reef 30 gallon sump |
Posted By: sabeypets
Date Posted: February 28 2015 at 11:50pm
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"Not just ordinary guppies but fancy tail guppies. I hope the MBI counsel accepts it. They didn't have the species listed as an option so I had to petition the counsel. There are people who are breeding aptasia so I don't see why guppies will be a problem." MBI=Marine Breeders Initiative, The Marine Breeding Initiative was created as a tool to encourage marine aquaria hobbyists to get involved in the captive breeding of marine organisms. The MBI was designed with the help of leading experts in the breeding of marine ornamentals to be a standardized award system and database that can be easily adopted by aquarium societies and site owners to promote captive breeding amongst their members. Sorry, they will reject all freshwater species. Aiptasia is a marine (saltwater) species
------------- Shaun American Fork "Would you leave a dead cat in your kitchen till tommorow?" Builderofdreams |
Posted By: Cu455
Date Posted: March 01 2015 at 7:59am
| The fish were raised and bred in saltwater. They might not accept it, which is totally understandable. If they don't accept this round maybe they will accept the offsprings of the fry. They would have been born, raised and reproduced in a marine environment. Either way I will update everyone on the decision. |
Posted By: mpedersen
Date Posted: March 01 2015 at 8:58pm
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As a food item, the breeding of saltwater guppies might have some merit. Probably would be an FC0 (no points, but the reports are allowed). You raise a valid point re: the cultivation of Aiptasia...VERY NECESSARY for Berghia breeders...cultivating Aiptasia in mass quantities can actually be more challenging than we might first think... ------------- You only need to raise one... |
Posted By: Cu455
Date Posted: March 10 2015 at 8:50am
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Do I at least get the first to breed merit with the fc0? I guess I will have to wait for my catsharks to breed to get some points. Bad news about the guppies. To start off I live in a small apartment so all my fish stuff is at my parents house, which they are not to happy about. I was switching my sump to something smaller and had my guppies in a critter keeper on the floor in the basement. I walk to and from work. On my walk home I stop at my parents place to take care of the fish. When I went to the house my dad told me that I left my guppies, what he called minnows in the middle of the basement and he put them into my pond. He didn't put the critter keeper in with the guppies in it, he just dumped all the guppies in. To no shock when I looked into the pond I saw no guppies. I have no idea why he did it, but I think he thought they will survive. I was kind of pissed but didn't want to make a big deal of it. So I just said thanks. |
Posted By: sabeypets
Date Posted: March 12 2015 at 10:11pm
I think you have to request "the first to breed merit" But I'm not sure. Sorry to hear about the Guppys. ------------- Shaun American Fork "Would you leave a dead cat in your kitchen till tommorow?" Builderofdreams |
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