How I became a father of 16 in only 3 days...

[monkeyboy]

Well, here's my kids. The "biological father" still has a bunch in his mouth. They're hanging out in very exotic green toothpick urchin inside of a CPR aqua-fuge.

 

[Marcosreef]

Very Cool! Congradulations!

 

[jamesw]

Those babies are TOO cute! Congratulations and good luck raising them.

Cheers
James Wiseman

 

[freedom75]

Very Nice Monkey boy . I hope they all survive

John

 

[SPC]

They look great Monkey!

Steve

 

[esmithiii]

Nice! You gonna give out cigars?

E

 

[monkeyboy]

Thanks! Right now they're chowin' on live BBS, hopefully they'll switch quickly to frozen, I can't think of something i'd like not to do more than hatching brine shrimp

Haven't had any deaths thus far, i'm keeping my fingers crossed.

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[Jawbone]

Very cool! I have been wanting to do that for years.

Congratulations

 

[mariner]

So whats it like doin'it with a fish?

 

[monkeyboy]

Mariner, shame shame shame...

 

[mariner]

Did she lay there like a dead fish????
Sorry, I just can't resist!

 

[monkeyboy]

lol

Well, before i realized that papa was done releasing fry, he ate probably a dozen of them. No sweat though, still got 16 and they're all eating frozen BBS. Live and learn.

 

[hd_rider1903]

hey cool , did you have the male and female already in the tank? or did you get one that was already full of eggs?.....very nice DAD

 

[EmilyB]

Soooo exciting monkeyboy !

Mitch gave me four of his babies

Now, I have prepared this:

Any hints on removing the non-paired adults anyone ?

 

[Mouse]

Whats with the tooth pick creations.

I like Emilys one better.

 

[Jawbone]

Mouse, Its actually a mock up of a sea urchin gives a good place for the fry to hide from predators

 

[monkeyboy]

Nice urchin Emily, guess you've got the fancier one!

hd_rider1903 wrote:
hey cool , did you have the male and female already in the tank? or did you get one that was already full of eggs?.....very nice DAD

They spawned in my tank, this is the third time that they actually did the egg transfer thing, the first 2 times the male didn't carry to term.

Any hints on removing the non-paired adults anyone ?

I removed the dad w/ eggs @ 6:00 in the morining with nothing more than a flashlight and a net. Just shine in the eyes and scoop, i think not eating for 20+ days also helps in the ease of the capture, he just isn't as swift.

 

[EmilyB]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by monkeyboy:
<strong>Nice urchin Emily, guess you've got the fancier one!

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But, mine is empty.....

I'll have to get hubby to try for an early morning snare of the other two....he gets up at 5:00AM, yuck...

Thanks for the tip, I hope I get some babies and not have them all eaten..

I don't even know if mine are old enough, as the foursome just split off, a pair in the middle, and a loner on either end of the tank.

Any idea what age they start breeding ?

 

[Mouse]

So in the wild these little guys would cruze around with an urchin for protection. Man, that is so cool. I want to be an urchin with my own little crew of Bangiis, i would be the coolest damn urchin on the reef.