rearing picasso female /super snowflake black ice babies!!

[clownfishgems]

time to put up some videos and see how this pair does for me, sofar far so good, female is a grade b picasso from doni, male is a super snowflake black ice i produced myself last year, been together for a couple months now and recently started to breed, this is the second clutch sofar tommorrow(saturday )they should lay 3rd batch, normally i wait till 5th batch to collect fry, but couldn't resist trying to rear the fry since they looked very healthy.. so far so good , it's been 3 days now and only 3 deaths out of say 140fry. im excited to see what pattern will come from this pair, might be good might be normal we'll know in a couple weeks when first stripe is visable... i will keep this updated with videos as much as i can.. any questions just ask ill be glad to answer them.....:shades:ENJOY!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLQA1K1TZaA&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz0CyBlldNQ&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Nr3M7Qbku8&feature=plcp

[Andresm]

Dude that's really cool!!

[cniles]

SAWEEET! Good luck with babies

[sdunn90fowlr]

Congrats! Must be a very rewarding experience for you!

[clownfishgems]

thanks guys!! it very rewarding once i see patterns on my fish and pays off on all the hard work it takes to raise these fry. yesterday they laid another nice sized nest that ill collect in 7 days, ill post video tonight of spawn number 3!!

[350gt]

Pretty cool......


So is it really a lot of work? Not that I would ever try but I hear it is..

[clownfishgems]

Pretty cool......


So is it really a lot of work? Not that I would ever try but I hear it is..pretty much its an everyday thing in the morning and night.. babies are very fragile to temps ,feeding and even the light thats over them, so yeah it's hard work, ive been doing it for a while now so i kinda got my own way of doing things that work for me, others might do it differently but it's working for me sofar....gets a little expensive(salt,food,rotifers,rotifer food etc.) but worth it to me when i see nice patterned babies swimming everywhere. this pair is very special cause one is a percula and the other is a occellaris, never has there been a snowflake and a picasso bred to see offspring outcome, so it'll be nice to see what they produce....

[clownfishgems]

video of prespawn #3
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c349/oceancube/th_platniumsnowcassonewparing.jpg (http://s30.photobucket.com/albums/c349/oceancube/?action=view&current=platniumsnowcassonewparing.mp4)

[clownfishgems]

video of actual spawn #3 ...
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c349/oceancube/th_supersnowflakeblackicepicassospawn3.jpg (http://s30.photobucket.com/albums/c349/oceancube/?action=view&current=supersnowflakeblackicepicassospawn3.mp4)

[Triggerman]

Nice Videos...great looking pair!

[350gt]

Awesome man.....

[clownfishgems]

yes thanks guys, coupe more days till meta hits then headstripes start to come in cant wait, ill upload an updated video tommorrow of fry they are doing awsome very fat and swimming like champs......

[clownfishgems]

oh btw the picasso/platnium pairing went bad, female injured males body pretty badly so back with her breeder male she goes...

[BlueKoran91]

That's really neat!!! What will you do with the fry?

[clownfishgems]

well gonna raise them to about 5 months and eventually they will go on my website once it's done hopefully by janurary....

[clownfishgems]

okay guys little update, today is day 8 and i already see full white helmets like the momma , a great sign ,headstripe is more thicker around the whole heads compared to my black ice babies,also looks like most of them have the same amounts of white bands vs 2 or 3 babies i saw with regular head bands so great percentage sofar, also see a couple babies that seem to be very pale like a ghost looking fry, humm wondering if they will be all white , great signs sofar, im in the process of learning a new camera that i bought that will take macro pics and i will post some pics of progression....meanwhile here's a video of todays hatch of my onyx pair,, look at all those babies talk about massive nest.....:wink_smile:
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c349/oceancube/th_onyxmassivenest.jpg (http://s30.photobucket.com/albums/c349/oceancube/?action=view&current=onyxmassivenest.mp4)

[clownfishgems]

okay guys day 10 today with fry and they are already developing lots of white around there head and body, very excited right now.. enough talk here's some macro shots i took with my new nikon d60 , be nice i just got the camera guys and learning how to use it...took one with flash one without!!
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c349/oceancube/babydevelopementday10.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c349/oceancube/babydevelopmentday10flash.jpg

[World Class Aquatics & Exotics]

they r going to be really nice i cant wait i want one already :)

[wiildmanzeke]

Hey, you dont live too far from me. How long until you can sell do you think? I'm looking for designer clownfish for my new nano and you are right around the corner so that's awesome!

[BlueKoran91]

Nice Videos...great looking pair!


Hey, you dont live too far from me. How long until you can sell do you think? I'm looking for designer clownfish for my new nano and you are right around the corner so that's awesome!
I second that I would love to buy some too!!!

[clownfishgems]

hey guys im just posting this to see how progression goes and to show how it all turns out for now, i will pm you guys..thanks

[Scutterborn]

You had made a comment in my 28g nano thread about recognizing my black ice clowns. Do you?


- Ben -

[clownfishgems]

yeah cause he was one of the offspring of my darwin and snowflake pair... awsome fish ....

[Scutterborn]

Its cool to know the lineage was local. I was told they were ORA though.


-Ben-

[clownfishgems]

maybe they were mixed up..but yeah totally recognized it..lol BTW day 16 today and lots of white coming in guys, very impressed with the patterns and i will most likely add more pics sunday night... hoping my new breeder system is done tommorrow evening so i can set it up saturday... woohoo

[clownfishgems]

just to update a bit, here's some babies at approximatly 46days old.. 2nd batch is more picasso type fry that look really cool..enjoy guys!!!
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c349/oceancube/babypic6.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c349/oceancube/babypic5.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c349/oceancube/babypic4.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c349/oceancube/babypic3.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c349/oceancube/babypic2.jpg

[BlueKoran91]

Looking good!! How long til they're ready??

[fuzzybob4]

Do you sell them?

[LittleReef]

Selling any of the unhatched nests for fostering? :)

[Big_Pun]

it says banned under his name so I don't think he will be responding. he also does this to sell offspring so he won't be selling his hard work

[LittleReef]

Saw the after the fact.

I appreciate you attempting to clarify, though. And often times, when breeders aren't taking any more fry, instead of letting the fry die, they give the eggs away for others to care for. So his "hard work," isn't wasted.

But once again, thanks.

[Big_Pun]

Saw the after the fact.

I appreciate you attempting to clarify, though. And often times, when breeders aren't taking any more fry, instead of letting the fry die, they give the eggs away for others to care for. So his "hard work," isn't wasted.

But once again, thanks.

I'm sure he would if you had proof of other clutches you have raised or your own breeding clowns

your welcome

[LittleReef]

I wasn't aware you were speaking on his behalf.

While I don't have proof of clownfish being raised in my care, I do with various Seahorse breeds, which are typically more difficult. Perhaps he'd consider me. But, he won't see this so really there is no point in this conversation.

Next time I'll keep questions regarding other people's decisions alone, as you'll answer for them.



I'm sure he would if you had proof of other clutches you have raised or your own breeding clowns

your welcome

[Gseclipse02]

lol

[Big_Pun]

I wasn't aware you were speaking on his behalf.

While I don't have proof of clownfish being raised in my care, I do with various Seahorse breeds, which are typically more difficult. Perhaps he'd consider me. But, he won't see this so really there is no point in this conversation.

Next time I'll keep questions regarding other people's decisions alone, as you'll answer for them.

only personal friends of mine like rudy in this case. I'll let you know

[allan]

It looks as if the two of you have resolved this conversation, might as well take it to PM.

Good luck with the clownfish rearing, littlereef.


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