Candy Basslets - Mated Pair!

CeresReef · 05/05/2017, 02:10 PM

Hi all,

Just noticed the preview for LA includes a mated pair of Candy Basslets... anyone have a set up capable of taking these and trying to breed them?

$$$

-Ceres

Bongo Shrimp · 05/06/2017, 02:17 PM

They have been bred a couple times already and pairs come around quite often. The larvae are somewhat difficult to raise and need a few different species of copepods to get them to settlement.

Chad Vossen · 05/31/2017, 01:47 PM

I'm set up to raise them, just need the pair for spawning.

Luis A M · 06/05/2017, 01:54 PM

How are they paired off,any sexual differences?

Bongo Shrimp · 06/05/2017, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Luis A M

How are they paired off,any sexual differences?

They are simultaneous hermaphrodites.

Luis A M · 06/06/2017, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Bongo Shrimp

They are simultaneous hermaphrodites.

Do you have any reference?.Quoting from Scott Michael´s Reef Fishes Series:

"Studies suggest that unlike many of the seabasses,these fishes are secondary gonochorists,which means they develop into one gender or the other and do not change sex.There is no known sexual dimorphism in any of the Liopropoma species..."

Bongo Shrimp · 06/06/2017, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Luis A M

Do you have any reference?.Quoting from Scott Michael´s Reef Fishes Series:

"Studies suggest that unlike many of the seabasses,these fishes are secondary gonochorists,which means they develop into one gender or the other and do not change sex.There is no known sexual dimorphism in any of the Liopropoma species..."

https://reefs.com/magazine/reef-bass...eakthrough-97/

Luis A M · 06/07/2017, 11:16 AM

You must be right.And a nice article!

Bongo Shrimp · 06/07/2017, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Luis A M

You must be right.And a nice article!

Thanks but I mean I'm not an expert on them, I only learned it from that article and an ichthyologist friend also has told me he thought they were hermaphrodites too. So it's my best understanding of the topic.

Luis A M · 06/09/2017, 12:19 PM

But after some digging,I found several reports sustaining that they are gonochorists,some with gonad exam.Yet I keep hoping Todd was right (not just lucky) and any two will do.These fish are expensive and only show locally in small (2-3)numbers.

05/05/2017, 02:10 PM	#1
CeresReef Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 59	Candy Basslets - Mated Pair! Hi all, Just noticed the preview for LA includes a mated pair of Candy Basslets... anyone have a set up capable of taking these and trying to breed them? $$$ -Ceres

05/06/2017, 02:17 PM	#2
Bongo Shrimp P. ceratophthalma Join Date: May 2009 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,637	They have been bred a couple times already and pairs come around quite often. The larvae are somewhat difficult to raise and need a few different species of copepods to get them to settlement. __________________ 75g Rainfordia Project

05/31/2017, 01:47 PM	#3
Chad Vossen Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: St. Cloud, Minnesota Posts: 1,313	I'm set up to raise them, just need the pair for spawning. __________________ Chad Vossen Current Tank Info: just a bunch of fish :)

06/05/2017, 01:54 PM	#4
Luis A M Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Buenos Aires,Argentina Posts: 1,689	How are they paired off,any sexual differences? __________________ Luis A M Current Tank Info: I keep about 40 tanks,for breeding and larval raising.Most are 10 gallons.

06/07/2017, 11:16 AM	#8
Luis A M Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Buenos Aires,Argentina Posts: 1,689	You must be right.And a nice article! __________________ Luis A M Current Tank Info: I keep about 40 tanks,for breeding and larval raising.Most are 10 gallons.

06/09/2017, 12:19 PM	#10
Luis A M Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Buenos Aires,Argentina Posts: 1,689	But after some digging,I found several reports sustaining that they are gonochorists,some with gonad exam.Yet I keep hoping Todd was right (not just lucky) and any two will do.These fish are expensive and only show locally in small (2-3)numbers. __________________ Luis A M Current Tank Info: I keep about 40 tanks,for breeding and larval raising.Most are 10 gallons.