Senior Reefer yikai Posted March 16, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted March 16, 2010 ARGH UNBELIEVABLE!! my rhomboid male has been displaying to the female nightly and going into crazy flashing fits. today, i JUST WITNESSED THEM SPAWNING Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! AMAZZZZZZZING. NEVER DID I EVER EXPECT THIS!! THE FEMALE IS SO NEW!! it starts with the female hanging out the outer edge of the rocks, and the male will just swim circles around and around and really, its so amazing when he flashes, i swear he is emitting his own light lol. even the other wrasses backed off. this is not the usual flashing he does, it seemed different somehow. so i just watched and watched. next, he swims towards the female, and both dash to the surface with a slight splash. didnt get to see any eggs. wrasse eggs are tiny, pelagic, transparent, and think my eye too screwed up to see them. the two partners then decend down to resume their normal fishy activities. never did i expect them to spawn so soon, in a SHALLOW TANK OF ONLY 2 FT, and with only one female! i dunno if the eggs are fertile or not, but its certainly very very nice to see! i wanted to take a picture or a video of the male flashing but i have been trying to get good shots for the past 2 weeks to no avail, so i kinda gave up. regretted it lols. hope this keeps up!! FUEL, JOE, WANNA RAISE SOME RHOMBOID BABIES? ahhhhhhhhh hands are shaking as i type this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member digibee Posted March 16, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted March 16, 2010 ARGH UNBELIEVABLE!! my rhomboid male has been displaying to the female nightly and going into crazy flashing fits. today, i JUST WITNESSED THEM SPAWNING Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! AMAZZZZZZZING. NEVER DID I EVER EXPECT THIS!! THE FEMALE IS SO NEW!! it starts with the female hanging out the outer edge of the rocks, and the male will just swim circles around and around and really, its so amazing when he flashes, i swear he is emitting his own light lol. even the other wrasses backed off. this is not the usual flashing he does, it seemed different somehow. so i just watched and watched. next, he swims towards the female, and both dash to the surface with a slight splash. didnt get to see any eggs. wrasse eggs are tiny, pelagic, transparent, and think my eye too screwed up to see them. the two partners then decend down to resume their normal fishy activities. never did i expect them to spawn so soon, in a SHALLOW TANK OF ONLY 2 FT, and with only one female! i dunno if the eggs are fertile or not, but its certainly very very nice to see! i wanted to take a picture of the video of the male flashing but i have been trying to get good shots for the past 2 weeks to no avail, so i kinda gave up. regretted it lols. hope this keeps up!! FUEL, JOE, WANNA RAISE SOME RHOMBOID BABIES? ahhhhhhhhh hands are shaking as i type this. Wow! Your tank and water conditions must have been very good for them to spawn!! Please raise and sell a couple to me Quote () Happy will do ... (o_o) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted March 16, 2010 Author Senior Reefer Share Posted March 16, 2010 Wow!Your tank and water conditions must have been very good for them to spawn!! Please raise and sell a couple to me i dont think anyone has raised wrasses from eggs before. im no breeding expert though. never heard of rhomboids spawning in captivity before. have seen flame wrasses doing it though. wow could this be a first? kakaka strange because i only have 1 female, she looks chubby. could be gravid? after the ascent, she looks noticibly slimmer. there's a video on youtube of a spawning flame wrasse and i think there's only 2 females in that tank. the wrasse still spawned nonetheless. there's no harem yet its still possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terryz_ Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Wow... This might be the first i think.. but i remember reading that when some wrasse spawn, the flashing is so intense that it seems like it is giving off light.. Quote Member of: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted March 16, 2010 Author Senior Reefer Share Posted March 16, 2010 Wow... This might be the first i think.. but i remember reading that when some wrasse spawn, the flashing is so intense that it seems like it is giving off light.. the male rhomboid flashes extremely brightly. i think my tank isnt high enough for their preferred spawning rituals. i did see some hinderance the height posessed towards the pair. the ascent was rushed and could have lasted longer if the tank was deeper. imagine this but 10x brighter. even if i had caught a good picture, it will be too bright. a good dslr might work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member kueytoc Posted March 16, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted March 16, 2010 WOW !...got free chomp-chomp & nutritious ROES for ya belly-lucky wrasseys ! Quote WRASSEY REEF PARADISE 4ftx2.5ftx2.5ft SRC Site: Welcome to My World of WRASSEYS !!! CHUISUI Site: WRASSEY World of REEF Paradise !!! mio CAN-REEF Site: Wrassey World !!! SiamReefClub Site: WRASSEY MASTER Hyper à ¹„à ¸®à ¹€à ¸›à ¸Âà ¸£à ¹Œ ; Silly Fools ; Labanoon ; I-Nam à ¹„à ¸Âà ¸™à ¹‰à ¸³ ; Modern Dog ; Sirasak Ittipolpanish ; Annita - Nisita Pongsong Twin-CAMs Power Module ! ; MIO Dream Car ! ; MIO Alter-EGO ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted March 16, 2010 Author Senior Reefer Share Posted March 16, 2010 WOW !...got free chomp-chomp & nutritious ROES for ya belly-lucky wrasseys ! hey edwin great to see your cute little rhomrhom!! the colour is nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member kueytoc Posted March 16, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted March 16, 2010 All thanks to ya wonderful 'QUICKIE' hands...hee hee hey edwin great to see your cute little rhomrhom!! the colour is nice! Quote WRASSEY REEF PARADISE 4ftx2.5ftx2.5ft SRC Site: Welcome to My World of WRASSEYS !!! CHUISUI Site: WRASSEY World of REEF Paradise !!! mio CAN-REEF Site: Wrassey World !!! SiamReefClub Site: WRASSEY MASTER Hyper à ¹„à ¸®à ¹€à ¸›à ¸Âà ¸£à ¹Œ ; Silly Fools ; Labanoon ; I-Nam à ¹„à ¸Âà ¸™à ¹‰à ¸³ ; Modern Dog ; Sirasak Ittipolpanish ; Annita - Nisita Pongsong Twin-CAMs Power Module ! ; MIO Dream Car ! ; MIO Alter-EGO ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member jc85 Posted March 16, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted March 16, 2010 Did u manage to collect the eggs? Think it will be good if u collect them and keep them separate till Fuel or Joe come in. Cool stuff. JC Quote Earth Conservation Blog My Marine Blog For All Sengkang Residents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terryz_ Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Did u manage to collect the eggs? Think it will be good if u collect them and keep them separate till Fuel or Joe come in. Cool stuff. JC I think it is a bit difficult, As the eggs will be Pelagic and you require the right micron net to "catch" them.. Quote Member of: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member jc85 Posted March 16, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted March 16, 2010 Yup. I'm aware of that. Lemon can try the scoop method for the time being. I believe Fuel or Joe will not mind lesser egg to "play" with. It will be a good breeding journal even if the egg did not hatch eventually. I'll will love to try hatching them but currently do not have the facilities/resources to hatch the eggs. Cheers JC Quote Earth Conservation Blog My Marine Blog For All Sengkang Residents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terryz_ Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Yup. I'm aware of that. Lemon can try the scoop method for the time being. I believe Fuel or Joe will not mind lesser egg to "play" with. It will be a good breeding journal even if the egg did not hatch eventually. I'll will love to try hatching them but currently do not have the facilities/resources to hatch the eggs. Cheers JC Ya... I think it would be worth a try.. Quote Member of: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted March 16, 2010 Author Senior Reefer Share Posted March 16, 2010 actually i wasnt prepared for their spawning. i just saw the male flashing and i mistook it for his daily evening rituals. doesnt help that i have a wavebox and the eggs are pelagic. and im abit pajiao :x can't see. tomorrow will be my last night in singapore before i leave for my trip, hopefully they spawn again. this is their first time. not sure if they will do it again regularly or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member desideria Posted March 17, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted March 17, 2010 Wow lemon your tank is full of such interesting stuff!! Spawning rhomboids! WOW.. It must have been really beautiful. other people hand shake when they win lottery.. our hands shake when soemthing darn interesting happens in our tank! ) Desi Quote Cheers, Desi Sheldon (TBBT): A little misunderstanding? Galileo and the Pope had a little misunderstanding... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted March 17, 2010 Author Senior Reefer Share Posted March 17, 2010 Wow lemon your tank is full of such interesting stuff!! Spawning rhomboids! WOW.. It must have been really beautiful. other people hand shake when they win lottery.. our hands shake when soemthing darn interesting happens in our tank! ) Desi yeah lol. my friends are always saying how retarded i am for spending money on a fish, which could other wise be used to buy branded bags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member jc85 Posted March 17, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted March 17, 2010 If the tank remain constant, spawning activities should be on a regular basis. You might want to try collecting the eggs next time by switching off the pumps. Cheers JC Quote Earth Conservation Blog My Marine Blog For All Sengkang Residents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member TayHongSiang Posted March 17, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted March 17, 2010 yeah lol. my friends are always saying how retarded i am for spending money on a fish, which could other wise be used to buy branded bags. i think its lagi more retard to spend on branded bags.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted March 17, 2010 Author Senior Reefer Share Posted March 17, 2010 If the tank remain constant, spawning activities should be on a regular basis. You might want to try collecting the eggs next time by switching off the pumps. Cheers JC i hope so. they seemed bothered about the shallow height. not very condusive for wrasse spawning i think.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member jc85 Posted March 17, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted March 17, 2010 Generally, pelagic spawning will need a much higher tank but since urs are spawning, it might juz happen again. Its always a joy to see ur livestock spawn in captivity. Cheers JC Quote Earth Conservation Blog My Marine Blog For All Sengkang Residents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted March 17, 2010 Author Senior Reefer Share Posted March 17, 2010 Generally, pelagic spawning will need a much higher tank but since urs are spawning, it might juz happen again. Its always a joy to see ur livestock spawn in captivity. Cheers JC thanks. yep. saw the male courting the female again just now. but she seemed uninterested. i have a proper harem of 6 females and 1 very alpha male filamented flasher. but have yet to see anything besides flaring, from them. also have a true pair of firefishes that sleep together and do some courting behaviour. funny.... have kept clowns before, never see them spawn. but these weird fishes are all engaging in spawning rituals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member albinosage Posted March 17, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted March 17, 2010 Maybe you have been dosing love potion no.9 instead of trace elements all this while lol. I second the suggestion to filter out the eggs for FUEL's experiments next time Quote My 1.5ft nano cube My 24G nano tank (Decommed) I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it. -- Jack Handey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted March 17, 2010 Author Senior Reefer Share Posted March 17, 2010 Maybe you have been dosing love potion no.9 instead of trace elements all this while lol. I second the suggestion to filter out the eggs for FUEL's experiments next time LOL hahaha. tonight will be my last night in singapore. if they wanna spawn they better spawn tonight. otherwise no eggs for 3 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member dachkie Posted March 17, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted March 17, 2010 maybe 3 weeks later you will see little rhomboid frys in your tank? not surprising since your tank always gives wonderful little surprises Quote Mix Reef Tank: 5ft x 2.5ft x 2ft mixed reef Chiller: daikin 1hp compressor Return: Red Dragon 6.5m3 Lighting: Aqua Lumen Ocean 4ft Skimmer: Reef Octopus RO-RPS-5000-EXT w/ Bubble Blaster CR: RM 824 /milwakee PH controller Tunze TS24 with 7096 Tunze Osmolator American Pinpoint PH monitor American Pinpoint ORP Monitor with Resun Ozone RM sulphur denitrator RM FR 424 RM FR 624 TLF Phosban Reactor My old tank thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member vt_snowman87 Posted March 17, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted March 17, 2010 wao its amazing.. seems you've been pretty lucky recently, especially with the hitchhiker find, and now this! awesome.. Quote (Decommissioned)Â http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/topic/92504-full-sps-shallow/?page=9 (Decommissioned)Â http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/topic/69803-vincs-2ft-cube-tank/?page=19 Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member iskay Posted March 17, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted March 17, 2010 Wrassey hanky panky... you need to setup an IP camera trained to your tank! Quote "Be formless... shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle; it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot; it becomes the teapot. Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend..." - Lei Siu Lung (Bruce Lee) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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