Baby Picasso Clownfish - More Video
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Topic: Baby Picasso Clownfish - More Video
Posted By: Bluespotjawfish
Subject: Baby Picasso Clownfish - More Video
Date Posted: April 17 2011 at 4:26pm
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Thought I would share a few videos of my curent project. I have 60 baby clownfish from my picasso pair hatched 4/3/2011. New hatch on 4/29/2011 of ~182, I have about 60 left from that hatch (lost many in a poly filter). A hatch between these two are being raised by a friend and the entire clutch will go in his species specific large display tank. I also have a new hatch 5/12/2011.
These are the 4/3/2011 Hatch Videos
Day 9
Day 12
Day 14
The white baby - Day 14 (actually I have several Frostys)
Day 20
Day 26
6 weeks
6-1/2 weeks
7 weeks
These are the 4/29/2011 hatch.
2 weeks
2-1/2 weeks
And now for the 5/12 hatch
5 days
------------- Home of the baby Picasso! |
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Posted By: ptronsp
Date Posted: April 17 2011 at 4:35pm
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This is awesome!! Great videos thanks for sharing. I currently have some babies that are 18 days old and 16 days old. They are awesome and so fun to raise. Share your experience that would be great. Pam |
Posted By: TriggerHappy
Date Posted: April 17 2011 at 4:48pm
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Very nice! ------------- 210 gallon Mixed Reef |
Posted By: Bluespotjawfish
Date Posted: April 17 2011 at 5:28pm
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Hey Pam, when I responded to your PM didn't realize you were ahead of me. I thought you were just getting ready for your first hatch. This project started when I realized my husband is home all day and he can feed babies. He accepted the challenge. Then I started researching and before I knew it I bacame a mad scientist. Grow this, now grow that, feed this, now that, add this, drain that. Then they hatched, then I went out of town (good timing)! Of course much more effort than we expected, but we love our grandkids!
Below is the official thread of my experiment. Last night I had another hatch that a club member is going to raise. He took the first batch for a school project (no success), but this one will be his own.
I have a baby catcher that he made that also catches hatches of mysis shrimp, cleaner shrimp, and maybe even peppermint shrimp. Last night I saw mama and papa cleaner shrimp releasing so I know for sure I have those.
Enjoy! (Might want to skip to about April 4thish) http://www.maast.org/showthread.php?62020-Picasso-Clowns-New-babies-TODAY-4-15-also-Day-12-Video-pg-17&highlight=picasso -
http://www.maast.org/showthread.php?62020-Picasso-Clowns-New-babies-TODAY-4-15-also-Day-12-Video-pg-17&highlight=picasso
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Posted By: ptronsp
Date Posted: April 17 2011 at 5:54pm
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That is awesome!! Good job! It's always nice seeing people raising their own babies :). Pam |
Posted By: davser
Date Posted: April 17 2011 at 6:19pm
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MAn on the third video those guys are FAT, very nice ------------- It's not about what you know but about who you know |
Posted By: Bluespotjawfish
Date Posted: April 17 2011 at 7:02pm
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Nothing makes me happier than to see their fat bellies. The white one is really cute because he is white with a big fat orange belly full of nhbbs. ------------- Home of the baby Picasso! |
Posted By: saltlaketank
Date Posted: April 17 2011 at 7:55pm
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Cute little buggers! ------------- JayDee 8016042780 90 Gallon 30 Gallon sump G3 Skimmer |
Posted By: sabeypets
Date Posted: April 17 2011 at 9:31pm
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NICE!!!!!! Great job Lorraine! ------------- Shaun American Fork "Would you leave a dead cat in your kitchen till tommorow?" Builderofdreams |
Posted By: wickedsnowman
Date Posted: April 17 2011 at 10:05pm
Nice that's awesome hopefuly they keep doing so good. That's some serious cash in the bank. 
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Posted By: dc
Date Posted: April 17 2011 at 10:31pm
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that is very cool! but are you breeding 2 picasso clowns? it is not recommended to breed 2 hybirds ie. piccassos, midnights, nakeds, snowflakes ect. it leads to a week gene pool and defects. its recommended to breed 1 picasso to a noraml true perc. ect,
just some info.
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Posted By: CapnMorgan
Date Posted: April 17 2011 at 11:32pm
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Picassos are not hybrids. They are genetic mutations, just like all the other versions mentioned. For expample Platinum Percs are just Percula clowns with the recessive white gene. Awesome job with the new clowns! Keep it up! ------------- Steve http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=40637&PID=356246" rel="nofollow - My Old 180G Mixed Reef Currently: 120G Wavefront Mixed 29G Seahorse & Softies Running ReefAngel Plus x2 435-8 |
Posted By: dc
Date Posted: April 17 2011 at 11:54pm
| that is correct Mark. i meant mutations. wrong use of terms, sorry. just trying to let all the breeders know the facts on the matter. the info comes from very reliable sorces. by the way some of them are hybirds.(snow onyx and photons). i should have reffered to the as morphs. |
Posted By: Bluespotjawfish
Date Posted: April 22 2011 at 8:20pm
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dc - wow, thanks for slamming by babies! BTW, what you say is not the full fact. You don't have to breed hybrids to get healthy offspring. However, breeders do need periodically add diversity to their brood stock. You would have the same problem if you bred 2 regular percs together generation after generation. But it is by breeding like pairs that you also increase the % of virtues you want (be it more white, less white, etc). Likewise, IF they carry bad stuff you increase that % as well. I'm liking what I see so far. Certainly if I was seeing a high percentage of mutations in the offspring, I would stop breeding them together. Just like breeding anything else, you need to understand the lineage of the stock you are breeding when you are selecting it's mate. ------------- Home of the baby Picasso! |
Posted By: sabeypets
Date Posted: April 22 2011 at 11:51pm
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I agree with Lorraine. Breeding a wild caught picasso to a wild caught picasso (you can buy wild caught picasso's) is no different than breeding a WC percula to a WC percula. Stating that one should not breed two color morphs together is simply not true. That is how the color morphs came about breeding color morph to color morph. This is true with clown fish, guppies, discus, snakes, or any other animal. ------------- Shaun American Fork "Would you leave a dead cat in your kitchen till tommorow?" Builderofdreams |
Posted By: Bluespotjawfish
Date Posted: April 23 2011 at 10:06pm
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Video Day 20 added to first post :) I think they doubled in size today. ------------- Home of the baby Picasso! |
Posted By: bstuver
Date Posted: April 23 2011 at 10:30pm
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They are so cute!! I have wanted to get a picassa, will you be selling them at all? What size are they at this point? Hard to tell:) I love them though they have some great patterns! ------------- Jackie Stuver "wait these aren't the happy Hawaiians oompa doompa godly heaven on your face zoas? I dont want them then. lol!" Ksmart |
Posted By: swiftra
Date Posted: April 23 2011 at 11:10pm
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I too would like to know if you are planning on selling these guys. They are simply amazing.
------------- If you make it idiot proof, someone will find a better idiot! Well 100g crashed when I moved it. Starting a 50g cube now. |
Posted By: Bluespotjawfish
Date Posted: April 24 2011 at 8:12am
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Most are around 1 centimeter in length. Yes I will be selling them. I'm not making a list yet as they have so far to go before they are ready. Please note that I live in Texas. I would need to ship to Utah.
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Posted By: Bluespotjawfish
Date Posted: April 29 2011 at 11:14pm
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New hatch tonight ~182. ------------- Home of the baby Picasso! |
Posted By: ptronsp
Date Posted: April 29 2011 at 11:54pm
| AWESOME!! |
Posted By: Turbostud653
Date Posted: April 30 2011 at 9:45am
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Those are so cute thanks for the pics! ------------- Here is what a customer said while on hold Oh my gosh! Did you open the door? I told you not to open the door. Dre is in here completely naked and he's got freak'n Macaroni and Cheese in his hands. |
Posted By: Bluespotjawfish
Date Posted: May 14 2011 at 7:28am
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I just added some more videos to the first page. Enjoy! ------------- Home of the baby Picasso! |
Posted By: ptronsp
Date Posted: May 14 2011 at 4:03pm
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I LOVE IT! I cannot believe how many are almost completely white! Amazing job Lorraine! Pam |
Posted By: Bluespotjawfish
Date Posted: May 15 2011 at 8:28am
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Thanks Pam. I seem to get a high percentage of Platinums. Estimate 8-10 each hatch. ------------- Home of the baby Picasso! |
Posted By: Bluespotjawfish
Date Posted: May 15 2011 at 9:29am
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I just corrected the last video on the first post. It is now a video of the 2wk of the 2nd hatch. ------------- Home of the baby Picasso! |
Posted By: bstuver
Date Posted: May 15 2011 at 1:26pm
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They are beautiful! They have some great markings! ------------- Jackie Stuver "wait these aren't the happy Hawaiians oompa doompa godly heaven on your face zoas? I dont want them then. lol!" Ksmart |
Posted By: Bluespotjawfish
Date Posted: May 17 2011 at 7:07am
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It's like having an art studio in my house. Every day I wake up and see what they painted overnight! ------------- Home of the baby Picasso! |
Posted By: Josh95
Date Posted: May 17 2011 at 7:43am
| What are you going to do with them? |
Posted By: Bluespotjawfish
Date Posted: May 21 2011 at 7:56am
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New videos of all the hatches posted on the first post.
josh, for now we are just enjoying these cute little buggers. When they are old enough will need to part with them. ------------- Home of the baby Picasso! |
Posted By: ptronsp
Date Posted: May 21 2011 at 2:06pm
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I LOVE when you post these vidoes. They are amazing! I want to be put on the list for a pair :). Thanks for sharing these and updating them, I really enjoy these. Start your list Lorraine :). Pam |
Posted By: Bluespotjawfish
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 7:46am
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Will do Pam.
Although I still have more video to upload when I can convince my camera, computer, and internet to all work at the same time, I was able to capture a cute one with them in their anemone at 7 weeks. I had to take the anemone out after a few days as I was afraid it was going to pollute the tank. Probably not the smartest idea I've had putting it in there in the first place, but they loved it.
7 wk video added to the first post...
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Posted By: ptronsp
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 4:12pm
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Love it! My babies get their anemone about 4 weeks and they love it, I do clean the tanks daily at least once so they can enjoy the anemone :). Pam |
Posted By: Jeremyw
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 4:18pm
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That are awesome! Love it! I would love to get some of these from you! Maybe we will have to do a big group shipping from you! ------------- Next meeting: |
Posted By: Bluespotjawfish
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 4:25pm
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I will start a reservation list in the for sale thread soon and we can set something up to help save on shipping costs. This thread will stay dedicated to their progression.
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Posted By: rfoote
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 4:29pm
| I would be interested in getting a pair as well. Thanks! |
Posted By: Josh95
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 5:28pm
| I am interested in 2 as well. |
Posted By: bstuver
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 6:01pm
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Love the 7 week video! There are so many different patterns and color there! So cool. ------------- Jackie Stuver "wait these aren't the happy Hawaiians oompa doompa godly heaven on your face zoas? I dont want them then. lol!" Ksmart |
Posted By: ptronsp
Date Posted: May 31 2011 at 6:10pm
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Lorraine, How many hatches do you have going now? They are simply beautiful, your doing a great job. I talked with Brine Shrimp Direct last week when I placed my order and I ordered all the different sizes of GP, they LOVE the 200/300 microns from 3 weeks to about 5! What size did you order again? Did they like them? Disney, that is what Lorraine is planning on doing is doing a group order so we can all save tremendously on shipping costs. Once Lorraine starts the thread on the for sale thread I am sure we will get plenty of interested people :). Pam |