D3monic's Mandarins

D3monic

D3monic

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Sapphire said:
here's a photo I took a couple of days ago.....

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He he twins
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Sapphire

Sapphire

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Cool pics everyone!

My pic wes defintely a fluke! He's normally too quick and moves as soon as I get the camera.......
 
D3monic

D3monic

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Been out of the game for alittle while due to illness. I lost alot of Mandarin fry and all my cultures. Im all better now and getting back into the swing of things. I have collected Mandarin spawns the past 4 nights in a row all happening at 9:40pm darn near on the nose. Just started new rotifer cultures along with a smaller unidentified zooplankton that I collected from my DT that I am culturing by itself in a 5gal bucket. Hopefully the unidetified zooplankton will reproduce and serve as a good first food. They where too small for a 53um sieve.
 
BigJay

BigJay

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wow somehow I missed this thread when it was first posted. Have you had any success raising to adulthood?
 
D3monic

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No unfortunatly not yet. The best I have done is Alittle over 200hours old. Thinning and crashing rotifer cultures have been my bane. I plan on setting up more cultures of several different species of zooplankton this time around. Hopefully that will help make the difference. I have also been informed on what I was doing wrong with my rot cultures so hopefully i can rectify that and prevent crashing.
 
Sapphire

Sapphire

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I'm sorry to hear you've not been well, but at least you're on the mend now! I'm really interested in how you get on with your project! Such beautiful fish and wonderful to watch.
 
BigJay

BigJay

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well I'm definetly onboard to see how it turns out. I'd love to breed dragonettes. Best of luck and kudos for trying!!
 
D3monic

D3monic

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No spawn tonight =( My rotifer cultures are still not quite ready. I am trying a few alternatives until then but its not looking good for this batch. I have a another set that wont have mouths for two more days. hopefully by then my cultures will take off.
 
D3monic

D3monic

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Another Mandarin spawn today on 09/02/09. I took a few videos with my wifes canon powershot.

Eggs floating in plastic bottle waiting 3 days prior to release into BRT.
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX7zFx4vqsw[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r49HLKxX5x4[/YOUTUBE]

Heres the container floating in the BRT
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPfUMh4jj5E[/YOUTUBE]

I also had a Hermit crab larvae. I tossed them into a 2liter bottle with a airline...Its not worth setting up a kreisel and all.
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQHlz-7VfWc[/YOUTUBE]
 
sneaks03

sneaks03

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Once you are successful you will have to make a thread explaining the process of raising them from the egg. Good Luck!
 
D3monic

D3monic

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Got a few shipments in today. My new "typhoon III" got here today. (even though it doesnt look like one) Its nice having 0 TDS.

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I also got my microscope slides in. I had a super small spawn today. Only collected like 5 eggs. Bangai ate the rest. Heres a few shots of them.

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And my personal favorite
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Thats how much money you could be saving with geico
 
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