Thank you so much for this helpful introduction! I just tried culturing my first batch of phytoplankton and brine shrimp, and was shocked to have success on round one (woo hoo!)
Document EVERYTHING! •Water parameters •Temps •Newly added equipment/tank decor •Foods offered •Tankmates EVERYTHING! Also, consider rearing tanks for eggs/fry and plan ahead! Great topic and even better outlook in this specific hobby.
@@ReefMan I have a very large collection of Husbandry Manuals spanning a wide variety of captive wildlife, many well over 100 pages. If there's one thing I've learned...it's document everything! And it makes perfect sense, especially in a hobby where captive breeding is very limited! Hopefully your viewers understand that some of the changes you make in a tank, as minimal as it may seem to them, may make the biggest difference in regards to a species feeling conformable enough to breed, or an egg successfully hatching or a fry eating or starving. I wish everyone watching this video the best of luck and success with the species they work with. Find a species, work with it, learn from it, and grow the hobby! Most importantly...SHARE YOUR FINDINGS! I know everyone wants to be "the first," but the more secrets we unlock within the hobby and share with other hobbyists, the more we can limit the amount of animals coming in from the wild, which SHOULD be the ultimate goal!
I just started breeding lightning maroons. My biggest hurdle is my location - it was very expensive to get rotifers / phyto ect shipped to me. The cost of the live foods is nothing but shipping was very problematic. Initially I got contaminated rotifers. It's only been a few clutches but I've already got a few through metamorphosis and hundreds more larvae. The good news is they are on a clockwork schedule of 11 days between laying and hatching. Within 1hr of lights out they start hatching. Trying not to get too ahead of myself but if this keeps going well I will be trying new species in the future. I foresee lots of air pumps humming in my future.
Thanks! They were significantly smaller than the rotifers but significantly faster as well. Basically out competing both for food and oxygen. I since got a clean culture which is producing a ton daily. For smaller larvae though they may be a possibility.
I have decided to go the captive bred route with angels, which have become my choice of centerpiece fish. These are the options available to me: Dwarfs- Colin’s (Bali Aquarich, fairly common and I will get a pair) Hybrid Lemonpeel x Half Black (Bali Aquarich, not too hard to find) Multibar (Bali Aquarich, a bit rare but would love a pair) Bicolor (not sure from which breeder, have seen a couple of times) Venusta (Bali Aquarich, never seen one for sale) I want more than one variety. Many of these species as you can see, wild ones are notoriously finicky and hard to keep. Large: Majestic (Bali Aquarich, easy to find) Goldflake (Bali Aquarich, easy to find) Blue Line (Bali Aquarich, harder to find) Clarion (Bali Aquarich, harder to find) I really want all 4 large angels too, I think my ideal tank would probably be a 300 gallon 8 foot. But that means finding a new place to live. I love angels. Clownfish of course I will only get captive bred ones, and I also plan a pair of Captive Bred Fiji Blue Damsels which are larger than many other damsels and hopefully make good community fish compared to their wild counterparts.
Wish I watched this first it just summed up the past 6 hrs of research in 8 minutes lol. I have a couple of red mandarins breeding every night that I want to try to save the eggs and see if any survive
Great video, I really want to breed marine fish but there is little to no information about this, very frustrating, anyway keep the videos coming as they always inspire 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I'll see what I can do. To be honest I'm not super happy with the pitch, it's higher than in real life. Always something to tweak, part of what's fun about TH-cam. Thanks!
what is the value of a video about breeding fish from a guy who never bred fish ? In practice, it's a lot of trial and error. Basics don't mean anything if they are far from other needed supplies, care and details.
When the info is limited I will take any little tip I can get my brain on. MACNA has some great speakers on this subject, Kathy leahy is my favorite resource to get more details on the feeding of such “small fry”. I 100% agree trial and error is the only way to achieve a difficult goal, trial and error has gotten me to the point to try something crazy like this. I look forward to sharing all of those trials and even the errors. Cuz more data means less fish taken out of the ocean.
Thank you so much for this helpful introduction! I just tried culturing my first batch of phytoplankton and brine shrimp, and was shocked to have success on round one (woo hoo!)
Document EVERYTHING!
•Water parameters
•Temps
•Newly added equipment/tank decor
•Foods offered
•Tankmates
EVERYTHING!
Also, consider rearing tanks for eggs/fry and plan ahead!
Great topic and even better outlook in this specific hobby.
Totally agreed!!
@@ReefMan I have a very large collection of Husbandry Manuals spanning a wide variety of captive wildlife, many well over 100 pages.
If there's one thing I've learned...it's document everything! And it makes perfect sense, especially in a hobby where captive breeding is very limited!
Hopefully your viewers understand that some of the changes you make in a tank, as minimal as it may seem to them, may make the biggest difference in regards to a species feeling conformable enough to breed, or an egg successfully hatching or a fry eating or starving.
I wish everyone watching this video the best of luck and success with the species they work with.
Find a species, work with it, learn from it, and grow the hobby!
Most importantly...SHARE YOUR FINDINGS!
I know everyone wants to be "the first," but the more secrets we unlock within the hobby and share with other hobbyists, the more we can limit the amount of animals coming in from the wild, which SHOULD be the ultimate goal!
I just started breeding lightning maroons. My biggest hurdle is my location - it was very expensive to get rotifers / phyto ect shipped to me. The cost of the live foods is nothing but shipping was very problematic. Initially I got contaminated rotifers. It's only been a few clutches but I've already got a few through metamorphosis and hundreds more larvae. The good news is they are on a clockwork schedule of 11 days between laying and hatching. Within 1hr of lights out they start hatching. Trying not to get too ahead of myself but if this keeps going well I will be trying new species in the future. I foresee lots of air pumps humming in my future.
Some of the ciliate contaminatints that are common in rotifer cultures make good foods for smaller fish larvae according to some papers. Good luck!
Thanks! They were significantly smaller than the rotifers but significantly faster as well. Basically out competing both for food and oxygen. I since got a clean culture which is producing a ton daily. For smaller larvae though they may be a possibility.
The motion can help get some larvae to eat too. It also helps them learn to hunt etc
This video is gold. Thank you for the advice and motivation reefman!!
i love this attitude im subscribing!
great motivation as i start preparaing my tanks for breeding..
What kind of fish are you working with?
TIGER SHARKS @@ReefMan
That was awesome. Thank you so much.
wow 😯 you're aquarium looks nice and clear good 👍🏻 job
I have decided to go the captive bred route with angels, which have become my choice of centerpiece fish. These are the options available to me:
Dwarfs-
Colin’s (Bali Aquarich, fairly common and I will get a pair)
Hybrid Lemonpeel x Half Black (Bali Aquarich, not too hard to find)
Multibar (Bali Aquarich, a bit rare but would love a pair)
Bicolor (not sure from which breeder, have seen a couple of times)
Venusta (Bali Aquarich, never seen one for sale)
I want more than one variety. Many of these species as you can see, wild ones are notoriously finicky and hard to keep.
Large:
Majestic (Bali Aquarich, easy to find)
Goldflake (Bali Aquarich, easy to find)
Blue Line (Bali Aquarich, harder to find)
Clarion (Bali Aquarich, harder to find)
I really want all 4 large angels too, I think my ideal tank would probably be a 300 gallon 8 foot. But that means finding a new place to live. I love angels.
Clownfish of course I will only get captive bred ones, and I also plan a pair of Captive Bred Fiji Blue Damsels which are larger than many other damsels and hopefully make good community fish compared to their wild counterparts.
Wish I watched this first it just summed up the past 6 hrs of research in 8 minutes lol. I have a couple of red mandarins breeding every night that I want to try to save the eggs and see if any survive
My favorite one is the tang behind you..
I think there might be a little more to it than what you're saying at least with the most pitches not counting clown fish but I like your attitude
Very interesting, thanks ReefMan!
Great video, I really want to breed marine fish but there is little to no information about this, very frustrating, anyway keep the videos coming as they always inspire 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
nice
Wonderful. Thats what Im gonna start !!!! Thanx. Z.xanthurus is my obscession 🤦♂️ pellagic.
Good luck! It's totally doable with some planning and effort.
I really like the videos but wouldnt mind a toning down of the news anchor voice
I'll see what I can do. To be honest I'm not super happy with the pitch, it's higher than in real life. Always something to tweak, part of what's fun about TH-cam. Thanks!
I hate the trade because of the time I saw divers destroy a reef to gather the fish, now I only buy captive breed (mostly)
Yea I try to as well. I hope more species are available as captive bred in the future. We can do this!
god i would love to breed sexy shrimp if i can find them
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what is the value of a video about breeding fish from a guy who never bred fish ? In practice, it's a lot of trial and error. Basics don't mean anything if they are far from other needed supplies, care and details.
When the info is limited I will take any little tip I can get my brain on. MACNA has some great speakers on this subject, Kathy leahy is my favorite resource to get more details on the feeding of such “small fry”. I 100% agree trial and error is the only way to achieve a difficult goal, trial and error has gotten me to the point to try something crazy like this. I look forward to sharing all of those trials and even the errors. Cuz more data means less fish taken out of the ocean.
Thanks for the useless info
I will say Thanks for the incredible useful information. I am also a crazy person.