I am the happiest reefer tonight ! Dragonets Spawn *EDIT* 3 VIDEOS ADDED Page 2
 

Tonight at about 11:45pm I witnessed my Male and Female Green Dragonets Spawn:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:. I have seen them swim to the surface many times at night and do spawning actions. But tonight was the first time that my female shot eggs into the water and my male shot sperm. It was honestly the most amazing thing I have witnessed in my aquarium. Then I watched my chalk bass, swiss guard and clowns have a feast :sad:.

I know this thread is useless without pics/videos !!!!

I will be at my tank with my camera next time and get a video and post A.S.A.P.

2 Pics Of Big Daddy
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...h_IMG_0914.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...h_IMG_0913.jpg

Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

thats so cool!!

but um....your clownfish ate sperm?:twitch:



:lol:

LOL sperm coated eggs :lol: yum

Was it a male clownfish or female :wink:

Very cool. Congrats to the proud papa.

Wow

Congrat's this hobby just never ceases to amaze me.

It is always nice to see that someone out there has their parameters just right.

Tom R

The dragonet spawning "dance" they do is really quite beautiful, isn't it? Congrats. I had a pair of scooters spawn for me once too, really neat to watch. :cool:

Thats pretty cool, thanks for sharing.

I've personally had a green wolf eel blenny lay eggs, a tomato clown fish deposit eggs, my sebae anemone release eggs, a turbo snail release sperm, a tiger tail cucumber divided, a green bubble tip anemone split twice, a pocillopora sp. spawned... and my stomatella snails are always going at it. The only times I've ever had anything develop was with the stomatella snails and pocillopora (which must be self fertilizing).

Great read. Thanks for the Link. Big Al good luck with your Dragonets!

BOTH :surprise:

It was amazing to watch. I have seen them do it many times before but never with a happy ending :wink:

hopefully I can get a video tonight !!!!!!!!

sweet man.
everyone here would love to see what you get to see.
I hope they're into voyeurism for our sakes...

Sebae Anemone that released eggs? I thought all nems split!

I'd say most don't split, actually..

So happy
 

Okay guys I finally got a video of my dragonets spawning !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Will post ASAP

videos are taking forever to upload :twised::twised:

Spawn Videos
 

I finally was able to film my dragonets spawning 2 weeks after I first witnessed them do it :wink: I filmed the videos on my Cannon G9 in high resolution mode under actinics. P.S. turn your volume down videos are kinda loud.

Video #1 Foreplay
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...h_MVI_1195.jpg

Video #2 The big show ! but its hard to see the eggs(aprox.100) & sperm in the water.
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...h_MVI_1202.jpg

Video #3 I tried to film the eggs but... well you will see :smile: Chalk Bass Buffet
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...h_MVI_1203.jpg

Also
 

Please excuse the messy aquascape I am in the middle of removing all my live rock and replacing it. because of watermelon mushrooms :twised:

Go over to the marine ornamental website (link above).

They have many members and Matt W. (author of the marine fish breeding book) is a member and will gladly answer any questions.

Also In this months Coral Mag Matt W has an article on breeding Mandarins :)

Cheers,
Vic

Great website thanks ! And I do have the coral magazine :smile:

My green mandarins spawned and then when this became regular, my female died. She was quite plump, and just dropped dead.

I will be very interested to see how yours do.

Never seen a mandrian move that fast when they got in the blast from the powerhead

no blast
 

They did not get blasted by the power head. They move fast like that when spawning. The female releases her eggs into the water and the male shoots sperm at them. Then they quickly dart down. they do this because while spawning they are very susceptible to predators. So after they are quick to get back to the safety of the live rock. Its very hard to see the eggs in the water after they dart down. Then the chalk bass get to eat like pigs :smile:

Wow thanks for the inspiration LOL. I think my mandarin will be just fine :biggrin:

Hey congratuation to you!!
good job~!
I have always wanted to keep those fish but never dared.
Not to mention having them breed.

Very nice!

Thanks :smile:

You are most welcome!
Hope the Mandarins continue to do well! Best of luck to you