Spotted manderin (Synchiropus picturatus)

[Surfzone]

Day 13

 

[Surfzone]

Back at day 12 Apocyclops panamensis where added to the diet from @Reef Nutrition

Today is day 16

 

[Surfzone]

Day 20

 

[Ronny Pena]

BEAUTIFUL! Where did you get your parvocalanis culture from?

 

[Surfzone]

BEAUTIFUL! Where did you get your parvocalanis culture from?

Reed Mariculture sells it

 

[Surfzone]

I have to say without @Reef Nutrition I would not be able to get this far with these fish

 

[Reef Nutrition]

I have to say without @Reef Nutrition I would not be able to get this far with these fish

We are so stoked to be part of your success!! This is great news. Are you going to wean them with our TDO Chroma BOOST?

Chad

 

[Surfzone]

We are so stoked to be part of your success!! This is great news. Are you going to wean them with our TDO Chroma BOOST?

Chad

That is the next step in grow out for these guys.

 

[count krunk]

following for sure

 

[mattgsa]

This is really cool. Thanks for sharing.

 

[lake985]

This is awesome! Best of luck in raising these little guys.

 

[Surfzone]

30 days and you can start to see some spots. I'm adding TDO to the diet of Apocyclops. Here are some pics after a tank cleaning and water change.

 

[Reef Nutrition]

30 days and you can start to see some spots. I'm adding TDO to the diet of Apocyclops. Here are some pics after a tank cleaning and water change.

Fantastic! Keep those good updates coming. The world definitely needs more Synchiropus picturatus!

 

[pdisner]

30 days and you can start to see some spots. I'm adding TDO to the diet of Apocyclops. Here are some pics after a tank cleaning and water change.

Go to Walmart and get a set of lenses for your phone camera. You can get a nice sex and looting a macro lens under $10. It’s in next to the memory cards near the cameras obviously. I’ve taken some excellent text with it it. You can check out my thread in the fish breeding forum under “Breeding the Striped Blenny”. This is my lens set. It just clips on. I’m suite you’ve seen. But works great for really cool coral pics as well.

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So did you separate your mandarin pair into their own tank or what? I’ve got my pair in a community tank and thinking about using one of my clownfish tanks and give them their own space.

 

[Surfzone]

Go to Walmart and get a set of lenses for your phone camera. You can get a nice sex and looting a macro lens under $10. It’s in next to the memory cards near the cameras obviously. I’ve taken some excellent text with it it. You can check out my thread in the fish breeding forum under “Breeding the Striped Blenny”. This is my lens set. It just clips on. I’m suite you’ve seen. But works great for really cool coral pics as well.

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So did you separate your mandarin pair into their own tank or what? I’ve got my pair in a community tank and thinking about using one of my clownfish tanks and give them their own space.

I'll have to look into the phone macro lens. Didn't know that was a thing. My pair are still in the 60g reef. It would be hard to get them out plus they seem to like it in there. No other fish really bother them.

 

[pdisner]

I'll have to look into the phone macro lens. Didn't know that was a thing. My pair are still in the 60g reef. It would be hard to get them out plus they seem to like it in there. No other fish really bother them.

Whatever is working...don’t change a thing. You may even stop them from spawning regularly if you did. Yeah check out those lenses. You’ll love them.

 

[pdisner]

What are you feeding the babies?

 

[Surfzone]

What are you feeding the babies?

Started with Parvocalanis then Apocyclops during settlement, now Apocyclops and TDO A

 

[Surfzone]

Whatever is working...don’t change a thing. You may even stop them from spawning regularly if you did. Yeah check out those lenses. You’ll love them.

How are the bennies doing?

 

[pdisner]

Not good at all! I just lost all my larvae from what was supposed to be my biggest hatch. First off, I've been having problems with keeping my rotifer cultures alive. Ive tried a lot of different methods. My first Rotifer Cultures lasted me for over a year so I shouldn't be complaining. But as my luck would have it, they start dying off just when I need them. I saved 50 and moved them to a small tank, reducing the amount of food needed to filll the space. Those ended up dying like within 48 hours after transfer.
Im making Reed Mariculture happy, Im sure, with all of my many rotifer cultures ive ordered. They probably think Im running a large hatchery, LOL. I just ordered another and its waitng for me to get to it. I wonder if my the food, RG Complete goes bad after awhile. This attempt Im going to put them on a feeding pump. Ill just use one of my BRS dosers and have it dose via my Neptune or I may order a Jaebo.