Ecsenius bicolor - bicolor blennies breeding

[SaraRedaelli]

Hallo everybody, i'm from italy...
I'm trying ti collect infos about blennies, i have a couple in my tank and they start mating in june. Thay lay every 10 days and after 7-8 days there is always the hatch, now i'm ready with rothifers and at the beginning of september, i'll collect babies end try to breed. Can you suggest me if there is a better way to go throw this? did you know if Someone had good results to have adult fish? I can tell you my experience if is interesting in this contest! Ciao ciao sara

[SaraRedaelli]

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laying

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Babyblenny

[nathan_krauss]

Blennies should be fun, good luck. I have some yellowtail blue damsels that lay a lot.

[SaraRedaelli]

http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F%3Fgl%3DIT%26hl%3Dit&hl=it&gl=IT#/watch?v=MGtVF9V9YiY

When i had the first hatch i did this video, sorry is for healthy stomac, but i was crazy about this... You could see also baby-lismata, becouse they hached at the same time! It was unexPected, figure out me looking, for the first time, at this; in the darkness usino a small light and staring at this small miracle caos in my tank...with this feeling i was able to' pick up some and do this video...

[SoLiD]

Nice work! This should make it easier for us to enjoy your images and video.

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[SaraRedaelli]

Thanks Solid! you were very kind to repost my pics and video. can you explain me, how should i do ? I upload everything by my iPhone!
Sara

[SaraRedaelli]

While we are waiting for the hatch this night, i want to' tell you something about bicolor blennies. My male il bigger and bicolored, the female is totally black and smaller. They Are in the same tank from march and they start meeting in june. The behaviour was like a fight for a while and then they came back in their own hole.than i observed that during the fight they put on white vertical lines. After few days i saw ber with a big belly! Befor laying the female goes in front of the male, that is in the hole, and she swimms in a vertical way, this is a Kind of signal, and he let her go in the hole! Here start the lay, it takes a couple of hour. After 8 day there is the hatch. I have a new lay every 10 days.I hope this could be' usefull, ciao!

[Luis A M]

Auguri Sara,bel lavoro!:celeb3:
What size is your tank?.I´ve found E.bicolor extremely aggressive and hard to pair off.
Other than that,raising blenny larvae is not difficult.See http://www.marinebreeder.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=163&t=2632

[SaraRedaelli]

Auguri Sara,bel lavoro!:celeb3:
What size is your tank?.I´ve found E.bicolor extremely aggressive and hard to pair off.
Other than that,raising blenny larvae is not difficult.See http://www.marinebreeder.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=163&t=2632

Hi! My tank is about 550 l. My blennies Are very sweet, i was lucky to pair off at the first try! Looking at the tail is possible to sex. I hope that raising larvae will be easy!!!!

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This is a fry 20 hours old.
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[SoLiD]

^^^ Here you go.

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[SaraRedaelli]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKK_3K3nIdw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Solid, thanks :)))))))))))

[SoLiD]

:)
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[SaraRedaelli]

Auguri Sara,bel lavoro!:celeb3:
What size is your tank?.I´ve found E.bicolor extremely aggressive and hard to pair off.
Other than that,raising blenny larvae is not difficult.See http://www.marinebreeder.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=163&t=2632

Isaw you link! Some questions, how long and how much water do you change?
How many larvae sourvive in proportion tilt the end(adults)?

[Luis A M]

Ciao,Sara!
These blennies hatch very small,but still were easy to raise with rots.They swim close to the surface,undulating their bodies.Typically blenny larvae show huge pectoral fins.I keep them in a 30 L BRT and change up to 10% water/day.
You might also watch this:
http://www.marinebreeder.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=163&t=459

[SaraRedaelli]

Fries were dead in 2 days probably becouse of my mistakes, 5 september new hatch...

[Lucas Shaw]

my fries is also died in 2 days. I fed them rotifer and copepod, but it doesn't work.