Did your inverts just breed for the first time? Report it here!

BrianPlankis · 10-12-2006, 07:27 AM

Hey all,

I've started getting reports of breeding from various Breeders and I would like to keep the information in one place. If you just noticed your invertebrates breeding in your tank for the first time, please post it in this thread.

I'll start off with an example from my tank:

Invertebrate: DIBS Turbo sp.

Added to Tank: September, 2005

First Breeding Date (Observed): 09/25/2005

Notes/Observations: This was the date I spotted the first egg mass from the Turbos. I took around 10 days for the egg mass to hatch to direct developing babies.

Feel free to add more info, just wanted to have an example of what I'm after for this thread.

Cheers,

Brian

Coolie · 10-13-2006, 08:32 PM

Invertebrate: Columbellid sp.

Added to Tank: 9/22/06

First Breeding Date (Observed): 10/10/06

Notes/Observations: Theses snails seem to like dar places to lay their eggs as they have done so behind the brackets of my powerheads.

jnarowe · 10-20-2006, 08:14 PM

I am so excited! I have been messing around with larval tanks and discovered my first DIBS babies in my main system refugium. They are the DIBS sp. and there are many of them. They are still too small for me to photogragh but I am very pleased that they propagated in my main system. That may mean there are hundreds more in the main tank as well.

I am surprised that they propagated considering al the predators in the main system and how agressively it is skimmed. But the fact that they have appeared in the refugium may speak to that being a nice refuge for them as well.

My Columbellid sp. are growing well and all over the main tank. Many are covered in coraline algae so it is very hard to spot them but I see them every day.

BrianPlankis · 10-20-2006, 08:28 PM

Coolie and Jonathan,

Thanks for the input! Jonathan, I went back over my records so this is your info:

Invertebrate: DIBS Turbo sp.

Added to Tank: 5/18/2006

First Breeding Date (Observed): 10/20/2006

Notes/Observations: Several hundred baby snails spotted in sump during maintenance.

As far as skimming, that could have slowed down the reproduction some (because the males do broadcast the sperm), but the babies should survive well as they are direct developing snails

Have you noticed Columbellid babies yet? Those usually breed faster than DIBS Turbo sp.

Brian

BrianPlankis · 11-03-2006, 07:00 AM

Originally Posted by jnarowe

Interesting you asked about the Columbellids as I was checking out my rediculous coraline algae growth I counted 11 of them on one pane...I can't remember how many you sent, but these were of great varying sizes leading me to believe that I have already had some breeding. A few of them were in the 4 -5 mm range while the others were full grown adults.

I also noticed tonight in my grow-out/QT tank the smallest star I have ever seen. It looks like a super small mini brittle at maybe 3mm.

I originally sent you 14 Columbellids and while it is very likely you have had breeding occurring with noticing varying sizes, we'll wait to officially call it breeding until you can spot more than 14 in one observation (we don't want to get in the habit of jumping the gun on saying we have breeding!).

Brian

BrianPlankis · 11-03-2006, 07:04 AM

OK this is really weird, Jonathan's post was somehow added with the wrong date and appears to have been magically added at noon today and that is still 4 hours away. I'll be looking into this weird problem when I have time

jnarowe · 11-03-2006, 07:34 AM

yeah and I got 2 messages about your reply as well. BTW, that "Quick Reply" doesn't seem to work for me.

jnarowe · 11-03-2006, 11:24 AM

Interesting you asked about the Columbellids as I was checking out my rediculous coraline algae growth I counted 11 of them on one pane...I can't remember how many you sent, but these were of great varying sizes leading me to believe that I have already had some breeding. A few of them were in the 4 -5 mm range while the others were full grown adults.

I also noticed tonight in my grow-out/QT tank the smallest star I have ever seen. It looks like a super small mini brittle at maybe 3mm. .

jnarowe · 11-20-2006, 11:42 PM

I can definitely confirm successful Columbellid propagation in my display tank. I have many babies now cruising the glass at night. If you saw my tank in person when the lights have been out for about an hour, you would gasp at the number of snails on the glass. The Columbellid population is exploding.

My DIBS Turbo sp. are multiplying faster than rabbits in the refugium as well. I am currently experimenting with grow-out tanks but at some point I will have to start exporting them. I pulled a 5g bucket full of chaeto out of the fuge last night (about 1/6th the total volume of chaeto) and it was riddled with DIBS babies. In particular there are zillions of babies that are at the point just before they get a hard shell. I am not sure what the "lingo" is for that stage, but when swishing the macro in a bucket, the bottom is dotted with these in great numbers. Unfortunately, it is nearly impossible to save them all. I thought to myself last night that I must be out of my mind trying to get every last one back into the fuge.

BrianPlankis · 11-21-2006, 09:14 AM

Originally Posted by jnarowe

I can definitely confirm successful Columbellid propagation in my display tank. I have many babies now cruising the glass at night. If you saw my tank in person when the lights have been out for about an hour, you would gasp at the number of snails on the glass. The Columbellid population is exploding.

My DIBS Turbo sp. are multiplying faster than rabbits in the refugium as well. I am currently experimenting with grow-out tanks but at some point I will have to start exporting them. I pulled a 5g bucket full of chaeto out of the fuge last night (about 1/6th the total volume of chaeto) and it was riddled with DIBS babies. In particular there are zillions of babies that are at the point just before they get a hard shell. I am not sure what the "lingo" is for that stage, but when swishing the macro in a bucket, the bottom is dotted with these in great numbers. Unfortunately, it is nearly impossible to save them all. I thought to myself last night that I must be out of my mind trying to get every last one back into the fuge.

Great to hear that your snails are doing so well! Keep in mind with grow-out tanks you should minimize the number of snails in each tank so they can grow faster and be large enough to ship. How large are your grow-out tanks?

Brian