Barelycuda

They are picasso's or shmowcasso's as Nick likes to call them. They will blacken up as time goes on. The parents are beautiful IMO as they are in tank #5 in the clownhouse Mick has seen them. It will take some time. IF you have been to Westside and seen the pair in Tim's show tank they looked about the same as yours now. I delivered them to him right about a year ago. Since they are a percula variant they are a little slow to grow. One of the best foods you can give them to color them up is cyclopeeze. It is high in anthaxsine (i know I didn't spell that correctly) and will bring out their color the fastest.

I'll find you a pic of the broodstock so yo can see what they should darken up to.

Well that was my bad not theirs. I figured they were a good schooling fish. They all seem to be hanging out with each other now so we will see. If it does become a problem I will sell off a few. No biggie.

Juvenille Bangaii's will school together. It isn't until they start to reach sexual maturity that you will start to have problems. If you start to see 2 fish hanging out consistently away from the others you most likely will have a pair and get the rest out. Once a pair is established they will not tolerate others.

I read that young males will do that' date=' or even eat the eggs. Once he becomes more experienced he should stop.[/quote']

 

Mine have spawned several times now for over 6 months and he still won't hold. I am involved in a breeders forum also and it is not that uncommon.

I was just going to say the same thing. Adult bangaii's don't play well with each other' date=' unless they are a mated pair, or all female. Once they get older and they start to pair up let me know and I will buy a pair, I want to be the Barelycuda of bangaiis haha.[/quote']

 

Ha Ha that's funny I have a pair of bangaii's that the male won't hold the eggs past 6 days. It seems it is not uncommon so I guess I will try to start stripping the eggs and incubate them artificially. Kinda sucks as they were supposed to be easy to breed....

I would recommend a small tank like a 10g. They are inexpensive and will work better for you than a bucket. I would also drill the tank for the drain rather than an overflow box.

Keep an eye on the bagaii's if you see one or more start to get picked on get it out or it will be dead. Males bangaii's will not school together.

Give the wet spot a call first. I tried them a month or two ago and they told me they don't get it during the winter time. Also check to see what day they get it as it can sell out fast. Cayes gets theirs on Wednesday so they should have it now.

It is in the calendar now

I also thought that Joel was making the custom 60g cubes himself right before he closed his shop. I could be wrong but I thought he had a connection on the glass.

Great looking forward to seeing you.

Thanks for the compliment. The original one is coloring up fast considering he didn't look much different than the new one only what a few weeks ago.

There is even another one that I like even better than MOFIB. It is the MBI (Marine Breeders Initiative). The site has not been around for long but Matt Pedersen & Matt Wittenrich are moderators on the forum. Matt & Matt are probably 2 of the most respected breeders out there right now. The site is www.mbisite.org

You should check it out if you are interested in captive breeding of marine organisms.

So with all of the stuff that has been committed so far there will be over $1000 worth of items that will be raffled off at the meeting!! Lets get a big audience for Matt.

As another surprise for this meeting will be the attendance of Randy Reed from Reed Mariculture. He will be delivering their donations in person and will be in attendance for the presentation. I am sure there will be some time for those that would like to talk with Randy while he is here This is a must attend event. It is very rare to get two people with this much impact on the industry in one room for the afternoon. Matt is probably one of the most knowledgeable people in the fish breeding hobby and Randy is one of the owners of the Reef Nutrition line of products and one of the largest marine aquaculture product companies in the world!

I got a call from Nuri Fisher this afternoon. He is the owner of PE Mysis. They are sending a CASE of PE Mysis blister packs for the meeting. I will be getting it next week.

In addition to the presentations Reed Mariculture will be sending up some products that will be raffled off and I will be donating a pair of Platinum Clowns that will be raffled off also.

Grassi' date=' I have the one I bought from Movinfast and never used. You can have it for 150 when you save up the money:)[/quote']

 

If Alex doesn't want it I'll take it I have been watching these silently in the shadows....

My cleaners spawn all the time... It's too bad that it's been impossible for anyone to raise them.

 

Great coral food though!

It is not impossible to raise them. People are raising them now. I will tell you that it is a lot of work and very slow but it is possible.

Matt just PM'd me. He is bringing up a couple of books and Reed Mariculture is sending some stuff up for the meeting also

Going to try to drum up some extra funds for the club. Mike you may want to post this up as bait to the other clubs you've invited

Sorry I was hoping it was earlier then you could still be there for part of it.

If I remember correctly it is a 9 volt battery.

What time do you get off from work??

Thanks Matt. I will update the original Bio in the first post.

NOW FOR THE NEWS THAT EVEN NOBODY ON THE BOARD KNOWS ABOUT. (scary)(scary)(scary)

I WILL BE DONATING ONE PAIR OF PLATINUM CLOWNFISH FOR THE RAFFLE AT THE MEETING.

Dave

At this time I would propose that the meter NOT be shipped. If we need to get the meter from north to south and vice versa it could be done on a monthly basis at the meetings and the new location arranged for the pickup and drop off. This is just my suggestion and has not been discussed but if I am overridden it is my opinion that the person renting the meter pays the shipping to and from the dropoff location.