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JamesHolt · 03/22/2018, 06:54 AM

Colors on that last one are really getting bright...

barone · 03/23/2018, 08:57 PM

I'm taking delivery on a 240 this week. Purchased a 6 stage Plus water saver (150 GPD)from BRS. I do have new hardwood floors, but will do water changes directly into house waste line and pump new water directly from 100 gal storage tank.

humaguy · 04/02/2018, 08:50 AM

another snow storm with the fish..

lol, the looks those four are giving me

Dustyuk · 04/02/2018, 04:25 PM

I see barnett has 3 baby kingii...........

humaguy · 04/29/2018, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dustyuk

I see barnett has 3 baby kingii...........

still too big

humaguy · 04/29/2018, 10:29 AM

a couple lame pics but the best of the batch. she is growing fast and is now considerably bigger than the larger conspic. she also has an attitude, which I am not diggin at all. I need to get some of these fish into the dt, maybe Memorial Day weekend, if not early June. She is just over 1 year old, lol, like a year and 2 weeks, and with me just about 9 months. I will try and get some decent pics soon lol, providing I can take some. Hope you are all well, tk

humaguy · 04/30/2018, 11:41 AM

great to see Frank back in the breeding hat.
working with convict tang (Acanthurus triostegus) right now.

Dmorty217 · 04/30/2018, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by humaguy

a couple lame pics but the best of the batch. she is growing fast and is now considerably bigger than the larger conspic. she also has an attitude, which I am not diggin at all. I need to get some of these fish into the dt, maybe Memorial Day weekend, if not early June. She is just over 1 year old, lol, like a year and 2 weeks, and with me just about 9 months. I will try and get some decent pics soon lol, providing I can take some. Hope you are all well, tk

What are your plans if her attitude becomes a problem in the DT? Set up another tank for her? Shame to hear that, she is stunning

humaguy · 05/01/2018, 02:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dustyuk

I see barnett has 3 baby kingii...........

this Friday I will hopefully have some good news

humaguy · 05/01/2018, 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dmorty217

What are your plans if her attitude becomes a problem in the DT? Set up another tank for her? Shame to hear that, she is stunning

then back to the 250 she goes but I think it will be fine. it is not bad, there is no damage, she is just asserting her dominance over the conspics. she was the smallest of the 3 when they came and now she is the biggest and taking advantage of it. I am also going to move casper/dash, the cortez, and maybe the lemon peel.

humaguy · 05/01/2018, 03:55 PM

trying to get some decents pics for a new pe/poma catalog

nsfishguy · 05/01/2018, 04:40 PM

Is that a Powder Blue hybrid you have? A real beauty!

humaguy · 05/02/2018, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nsfishguy

Is that a Powder Blue hybrid you have? A real beauty!

hi fish,

yes, a pb hybrid. she is a great fish and becoming more beautiful every day!

thanks for looking!

tk

humaguy · 05/02/2018, 07:35 PM

humaguy · 05/04/2018, 02:22 AM

1.75-2 inches, that is a size I can deal with!

humaguy · 05/04/2018, 04:44 AM

This is Pieter's famous baby Kingi, that he collected in a lagoon around the Kei River in SA, in 2013. This was really the first to be seen at this size and is what I have been hoping for. I should have a pic or two tonight. Not sure it will be this small, we shall see.

E.intheC · 05/04/2018, 10:15 AM

Very cool fish!

humaguy · 05/05/2018, 08:06 AM

Frank returns in abig way..

RCT Announces Aquacultured Convict Tangs

Frank Baensch has always been an aquarist on the bleeding edge—in the realm of many unknowns and no shortage of risks. You may know Baensch as the first to breed Centropyge angelfish at the Reef Culture Technologies (RTC) laboratory in Hawaii some 17 years ago. More recently, Baensch’s focus has shifted from a captive-bred research model to utilizing the RTC labs under the banner of the Hawaii Larval Fish Project (HLFP).

Revisiting the Hawaii Larval Fish Project
Baesnch shared this project in great detail in the March/April 2014 issue of CORAL Magazine, but as a brief recap, Baensch skips the broodstock phase of a captive-breeding project, instead sourcing fertilized fish eggs from the ocean waters around Hawaii, the logic being that Mother Nature is going to produce the highest quality, best possible eggs.

Conversely, captive-held broodstock may fail to produce eggs of a similar quality, ultimately hampering a rearing effort before it even gets started. By utilizing wild-sourced eggs, Baensch (and the HLFP) minimize their impact on the reef (no broodstock collection), circumventing one pitfall of captive-breeding research to focus squarely on larviculture; rearing those high-quality wild eggs to juvenile fishes. Because of this lingering tie to the ocean, Baensch’s current work under the Hawaii Larval Fish Project fails to meet the strict definition of “captive-bred,” but the results are groundbreaking in the field of aquaculture research.

This methodology has repeatedly shown Baensch to be leading the pack when it comes to growing marine fish in captivity. Before the world’s first captive-bred Anthias, nevermind the amazing commercial availability of the deepwater Borbonius Anthias via Biota Marine Life Palau, it was the Hawaii Larval Fish Project that cracked the code with multiple Anthine species, most notably the very rare Hawaiian Yellow Anthias (Odontanthias fuscippinis) in 2013. Before we had the world’s first captive-bred Butterflyfish (at the hands of Baensch), it was the HLFP that brought us an aquacultured Schooling Bannerfish (Heniochus diphreutes) reared from field-collected eggs.

The World’s First Aquacultured Tang from the Genus Acanthurus

On April 30th, 2018, Frank Baensch privately shared some news with his friends on social media: “After an extended break from fish culture, it felt good to be back in the hatchery again. Here’s a clip of Convict Tang (Acanthurus triostegus) post-larvae becoming juveniles after 90+ days in culture. The fish were raised from wild collected eggs for the Hawaii Larval Fish Project.”
In the subsequent discussion, Baensch noted that the fish had been reared entirely on cultured feeds. “The larvae have similar rearing requirements to Yellow Tang and Blue Tang,” wrote Baensch.”I am excited (and wanted to prove to myself) that surgeonfish larvae can be raised at my facility – in a small culture tank with limited saltwater supply. Also, no [wild] plankton was used, which could make this exciting for smaller inland breeders.”

Indeed, Baensch’s methodology–using limited water and cultivated feeds–means that a land-locked fish breeder, thousands of miles from the ocean may be able to produce the live feeds necessary to rear a captive-born Convict Tang, ultimately replicating a success like this. However, it’s going to be a lot of work, as Baensch went on to relate. “While the larvae are quite robust, they do require almost constant feedings, which makes culturing them very time-consuming. The little guys pretty much took up the last 3+ months of my life.”
An Optimistic Future View

Baensch’s track record suggests that his latest accomplishment may foreshadow another captive-breeding breakthrough on the horizon (in this case, a species within the genus Acanthurus). We only have two Tang species on the captive-bred list so far: first the Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens) at the Oceanic Institute at Hawaii Pacific University, followed rapidly by the Pacific Blue Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus) at University of Florida’s Tropical Aquaculture Lab.

With wild-harvested species like the popular Powder Blue Tang (Acanthurus leucosternon), or perhaps the sought-after Achilles Tang (Acanthurus achilles), we can only hope that this work leads to the successful cultivation of these high-demand and sometimes difficult-to-keep species. We look forward to whatever goal Frank Baensch sets his sights on next!

Further Reading

You can review Frank Baensch’s entire aquaculture research career on his newest website, FrankBaensch.com. Both captive-breeding and larval-rearing accomplishments are prominently cataloged in Baensch’s fish culture research blog at https://www.frankbaensch.com/marine-...e/my-research/

https://vimeo.com/user84502777/cultured-convict-tang

humaguy · 05/05/2018, 08:07 AM

ah, so cool, she is just under 2 inches. pics at some point soon

humaguy · 05/05/2018, 05:21 PM

I saw a pic and she looks to be 2 inches
I wish she was just a bit smaller

humaguy · 05/08/2018, 04:09 AM

and they just collected a baby, 1.5 inch, lil one
so killer

mike61289 · 05/08/2018, 05:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by humaguy

and they just collected a baby, 1.5 inch, lil one
so killer

Any way for you to claim it?

humaguy · 05/08/2018, 06:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mike61289

Any way for you to claim it?

yes, she is heading this way providing she does well

humaguy · 05/08/2018, 07:14 AM

here is the 2 inch
I will have a pic of the smaller one late tonight/tomorrow

Dmorty217 · 05/08/2018, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by humaguy

here is the 2 inch
I will have a pic of the smaller one late tonight/tomorrow

Ted, I love living through you vicariously

03/22/2018, 06:54 AM	#5926
JamesHolt Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Milton,NC Posts: 1,104 Blog Entries: 3	Colors on that last one are really getting bright... __________________ John Adams: "In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress." Current Tank Info: 29g with 2 Engineer gobies

05/04/2018, 04:44 AM	#5941
humaguy Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Western Ct, NYC Posts: 8,218	This is Pieter's famous baby Kingi, that he collected in a lagoon around the Kei River in SA, in 2013. This was really the first to be seen at this size and is what I have been hoping for. I should have a pic or two tonight. Not sure it will be this small, we shall see. Last edited by humaguy; 05/04/2018 at 04:50 AM.

05/04/2018, 10:15 AM	#5942
E.intheC Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 5,373	Very cool fish! __________________ -Eric

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humaguy Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Western Ct, NYC Posts: 8,218	a couple lame pics but the best of the batch. she is growing fast and is now considerably bigger than the larger conspic. she also has an attitude, which I am not diggin at all. I need to get some of these fish into the dt, maybe Memorial Day weekend, if not early June. She is just over 1 year old, lol, like a year and 2 weeks, and with me just about 9 months. I will try and get some decent pics soon lol, providing I can take some. Hope you are all well, tk

04/30/2018, 11:41 AM	#5932
humaguy Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Western Ct, NYC Posts: 8,218	great to see Frank back in the breeding hat. working with convict tang (Acanthurus triostegus) right now.

05/01/2018, 03:55 PM	#5936
humaguy Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Western Ct, NYC Posts: 8,218	trying to get some decents pics for a new pe/poma catalog

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nsfishguy Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 94	Is that a Powder Blue hybrid you have? A real beauty!

05/02/2018, 07:35 PM	#5939
humaguy Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Western Ct, NYC Posts: 8,218

05/04/2018, 02:22 AM	#5940
humaguy Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Western Ct, NYC Posts: 8,218	1.75-2 inches, that is a size I can deal with!

05/05/2018, 08:06 AM	#5943
humaguy Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Western Ct, NYC Posts: 8,218	Frank returns in abig way.. RCT Announces Aquacultured Convict Tangs Frank Baensch has always been an aquarist on the bleeding edge—in the realm of many unknowns and no shortage of risks. You may know Baensch as the first to breed Centropyge angelfish at the Reef Culture Technologies (RTC) laboratory in Hawaii some 17 years ago. More recently, Baensch’s focus has shifted from a captive-bred research model to utilizing the RTC labs under the banner of the Hawaii Larval Fish Project (HLFP). Revisiting the Hawaii Larval Fish Project Baesnch shared this project in great detail in the March/April 2014 issue of CORAL Magazine, but as a brief recap, Baensch skips the broodstock phase of a captive-breeding project, instead sourcing fertilized fish eggs from the ocean waters around Hawaii, the logic being that Mother Nature is going to produce the highest quality, best possible eggs. Conversely, captive-held broodstock may fail to produce eggs of a similar quality, ultimately hampering a rearing effort before it even gets started. By utilizing wild-sourced eggs, Baensch (and the HLFP) minimize their impact on the reef (no broodstock collection), circumventing one pitfall of captive-breeding research to focus squarely on larviculture; rearing those high-quality wild eggs to juvenile fishes. Because of this lingering tie to the ocean, Baensch’s current work under the Hawaii Larval Fish Project fails to meet the strict definition of “captive-bred,” but the results are groundbreaking in the field of aquaculture research. This methodology has repeatedly shown Baensch to be leading the pack when it comes to growing marine fish in captivity. Before the world’s first captive-bred Anthias, nevermind the amazing commercial availability of the deepwater Borbonius Anthias via Biota Marine Life Palau, it was the Hawaii Larval Fish Project that cracked the code with multiple Anthine species, most notably the very rare Hawaiian Yellow Anthias (Odontanthias fuscippinis) in 2013. Before we had the world’s first captive-bred Butterflyfish (at the hands of Baensch), it was the HLFP that brought us an aquacultured Schooling Bannerfish (Heniochus diphreutes) reared from field-collected eggs. The World’s First Aquacultured Tang from the Genus Acanthurus On April 30th, 2018, Frank Baensch privately shared some news with his friends on social media: “After an extended break from fish culture, it felt good to be back in the hatchery again. Here’s a clip of Convict Tang (Acanthurus triostegus) post-larvae becoming juveniles after 90+ days in culture. The fish were raised from wild collected eggs for the Hawaii Larval Fish Project.” In the subsequent discussion, Baensch noted that the fish had been reared entirely on cultured feeds. “The larvae have similar rearing requirements to Yellow Tang and Blue Tang,” wrote Baensch.”I am excited (and wanted to prove to myself) that surgeonfish larvae can be raised at my facility – in a small culture tank with limited saltwater supply. Also, no [wild] plankton was used, which could make this exciting for smaller inland breeders.” Indeed, Baensch’s methodology–using limited water and cultivated feeds–means that a land-locked fish breeder, thousands of miles from the ocean may be able to produce the live feeds necessary to rear a captive-born Convict Tang, ultimately replicating a success like this. However, it’s going to be a lot of work, as Baensch went on to relate. “While the larvae are quite robust, they do require almost constant feedings, which makes culturing them very time-consuming. The little guys pretty much took up the last 3+ months of my life.” An Optimistic Future View Baensch’s track record suggests that his latest accomplishment may foreshadow another captive-breeding breakthrough on the horizon (in this case, a species within the genus Acanthurus). We only have two Tang species on the captive-bred list so far: first the Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens) at the Oceanic Institute at Hawaii Pacific University, followed rapidly by the Pacific Blue Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus) at University of Florida’s Tropical Aquaculture Lab. With wild-harvested species like the popular Powder Blue Tang (Acanthurus leucosternon), or perhaps the sought-after Achilles Tang (Acanthurus achilles), we can only hope that this work leads to the successful cultivation of these high-demand and sometimes difficult-to-keep species. We look forward to whatever goal Frank Baensch sets his sights on next! Further Reading You can review Frank Baensch’s entire aquaculture research career on his newest website, FrankBaensch.com. Both captive-breeding and larval-rearing accomplishments are prominently cataloged in Baensch’s fish culture research blog at https://www.frankbaensch.com/marine-...e/my-research/ https://vimeo.com/user84502777/cultured-convict-tang

05/05/2018, 08:07 AM	#5944
humaguy Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Western Ct, NYC Posts: 8,218	ah, so cool, she is just under 2 inches. pics at some point soon

05/05/2018, 05:21 PM	#5945
humaguy Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Western Ct, NYC Posts: 8,218	I saw a pic and she looks to be 2 inches I wish she was just a bit smaller

05/08/2018, 04:09 AM	#5946
humaguy Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Western Ct, NYC Posts: 8,218	and they just collected a baby, 1.5 inch, lil one so killer

05/08/2018, 07:14 AM	#5949
humaguy Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Western Ct, NYC Posts: 8,218	here is the 2 inch I will have a pic of the smaller one late tonight/tomorrow