My Naughty Scooter Blennies

[Karakeys]

Does anyone have any information on the success rate of Scooter Blennies breeding in captivity. My two think they are little rabbits and im wondering if anything will come of their efforts (no pun intended). Here is a pic of the busy little guys.

Does anyone have any information on the success rate of Scooter Blennies breeding in captivity. My two think they are little rabbits and im wondering if anything will come of their efforts (no pun intended). Here is a pic of the busy little guys.

Sorry my pic doesnt appear to be here. I attached a file with it. Is it better to insert and image? I'll try that

Arghhhh that hasnt worked either. Can i have some advice please on how to add a pic.



The bimbo - gettin embarassed now

 

[Navarre]

Mandarins and scooters often soawn if the conditions are right in the tank. They are fascinating to watch! However, sadly their eggs will get eaten or the fry will perish soon after hatching. They make tasty food for predators and there simply isnt the food source to keep newly hatch fry alive.

Im not saying its impossible. You can get tank bred mandarins and scooters from many lfs but to enter them into a true breeding program you would need to remove them from the system and strt researching into the food that required to raise the tiny young.

 

[CFC]

I'm not a salt water fish keeper but i have raised many hundreds of tiny fry from freshwater fish, some so small you can't even see the fry properly without a microscope. Could you not on noticing the blennies spawning start to dose the tank with plankton as you would dose a freshwater spawning tank with a liquid food or insofuria so that once the fry hatch there is a microscopic food source ready for them?

If you give us a link(just copy and paste the whole URL) to the picture one of us can see if we can edit the picture into your post for you.

 

[Navarre]

NOt speaking from experience myself as i have never bred marines but the amount of food that needs to be injected into the system would be very high to ensure the fry got enough to eat. This would very likely to cause algae blooms and unbalanced water chemistry. In breedings setups you can aetup the tank to filter and cope with this bioload but a show tank is not so forgiving and nitrates might grow out of control.

Flow is another factor.. The high flow in the tank might cause difficulties for fry to remain safe and not blown into the open and become food etc.
A breeder tank can have the flow turns right down.