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Dec 26, 2013 9:35:44 GMT -5
Post by spotfin on Dec 26, 2013 9:35:44 GMT -5
Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! And hope you all have power back on. We lost our power monday night around 6pm and got it back tuesday at noon. Ran the generator all night, mostly for the fish tanks. My ray gave birth to 5 pups a few weeks ago. Many thanks to Ryan for moving them to their own tank! She gave birth the day we had left for a vacation... My tomato clowns also spawned after we returned. Someone in the tank ate eggs soon after. I suspect it may have been the female tomato. Anyone else had their clowns eat there own eggs? Everytime I walked past the tank the day they spawned, there would be fewer and fewer eggs. Here are some pics:       |
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Dec 26, 2013 10:09:20 GMT -5
Post by ryansweatt2004 on Dec 26, 2013 10:09:20 GMT -5
Glad to see the ray pups are all doing well. Clowns will eat any eggs that are either not viable or eggs that die. They do this to help protect any surviving eggs from infection and to regain nutrients lost from spawning.
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Dec 26, 2013 10:37:53 GMT -5
Post by spotfin on Dec 26, 2013 10:37:53 GMT -5
Thanks. This was the first time I had seen clownfish eggs up close. Rays are eating well now.
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Dec 26, 2013 14:54:33 GMT -5
Post by gotareef on Dec 26, 2013 14:54:33 GMT -5
congrats on the new pups!! if you want to raise the clowns I can let you borrow "clownfishes" by joyce wilkerson.
its one of the best book's you can reed if you want to breed and raise clownfish
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Dec 27, 2013 8:29:08 GMT -5
Post by spotfin on Dec 27, 2013 8:29:08 GMT -5
Thnaks for the offer! Unfortunately, I don't have the time or room to raise clowns. Rays take up a lot of my time:)
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Dec 27, 2013 10:41:18 GMT -5
Post by fragfreaks on Dec 27, 2013 10:41:18 GMT -5
Very Cool!
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Post by Tucker on Dec 27, 2013 12:54:13 GMT -5
How big do your rays get?
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Dec 30, 2013 12:24:07 GMT -5
Post by fragfreaks on Dec 30, 2013 12:24:07 GMT -5
How big do your rays get? I was wondering that also. |
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Jan 1, 2014 21:58:24 GMT -5
Post by spotfin on Jan 1, 2014 21:58:24 GMT -5
My big female (the one that gave birth) is about 10.5 - 11" diameter. I have a smaller male (7.5") and a second female (6"). This species is one of the smaller ones. Most of the other species get much bigger. If given the right environment, plan on something the size of a trash can lid:)
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Jan 5, 2014 10:31:58 GMT -5
Post by speedyron on Jan 5, 2014 10:31:58 GMT -5
Very cool. What size tank do you have for the rays? What is the type of rays you have?
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Jan 7, 2014 21:30:39 GMT -5
Post by spotfin on Jan 7, 2014 21:30:39 GMT -5
Tank is 6' x 3' x 21" high. Somewhere around 200 gals. My rays are called hystrix in the pet trade.
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