SXK 1/14/14

They snuck some eggs into the mop. Natural group cross, found at nearly midnight so most of the eggs have been consumed and many look infertile. Threw the mop in a bowl and we'll see. 

Another moon spawn, 98.9% full. 

Israeli Yellow Goldfish Squeezes 7/21/13 Full Moon

Cross one:

Metallic Comet Female x Metallic Common Male & Matte/Bluebelly Common Male

Cross Two:

Metallic Common Female x 2 Metallic Common Males

7/21/13 Full Moon Spawn, 99.2%. 

Super full moon look for spawns

The moon will be at perigee and full at nearly exactly minute tonight.

Bristol Shubunkin (Wolf) 11/25/11 New Moon Spawn

The group

From afar

Male

Male

Female

Female

Squeezed onto grass

Incubated in a basin floating in adult tank

From a distance

Secondary Spawn the next day (11/26/11) using the rest of the females

Hatching in 2 days @ 74F

A hit of methylene blue to knock back the microbes

Bristol Shubunkin Apogee poly mop spawn 7/21/11 (hatched 7/23/11

This is a natural in tank spawn of Bristol Shubunkins (Wolf).  It took place on 7/21/11 which was one week past the full moon, and was when the moon reached Apogee, which is when the moon is the furthest from the earth in it's elliptical orbit.

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Mop loaded with eggs.

The spawn was incubated in a floating tub with light aeration.  Hatched in 72 hours.  There were very few infertile egg and 500 to 1,000 fry.  After they had hatched the mop needed to be removed as it took up most of the space in the tub.  The mop was slowly removed shaking it lightly as it was removed.  It was then transferred to a new tub of water to look for any stragglers.  There were a total of 5 fry trapped in the polymop.

The mop floating in the spawning tank.

Make your own Countdown Clocks

Apogee Bristol Shubunkin poly mop natural spawn 7/21/11

Apogee (Moon furthest away from Earth), 404 356 km
One week after full Moon

Bristol Shubunkin (Goldfish Garage) 3/6/11: Development Series

Bristol Shubunkin Squeeze:

5 dpf swim bladder inflated 

Floating Fry Tub.

4.5 days old

4.5 days post fertilization (dpf) heart and gill arches.

84 hpf whole fry view.

84 hpf fry plate.

50 hours post fertilization group shot.

50 hours post fertilization side view.

50 hours post fertilization Dorsal view.

Ventral view of 36 hour old fry which is part of the Bristol Shubunkin 

Dorsal view of 36 hour old fry which is part of the Bristol Shubunkin 

24 hpf. The man in the moon.

24 hpf

20 hpf

A back view.

10 hpf

10 hpf

Bad egg.

5:30 pm Sunday 6 March 2011

5 hpf

5 hours post fertilization.

Midgefly larva on 5 hpf Bristol Shubunkin embryos.

You can tell it is an insect by it's eyes, antennae and legs.

Digiscoped through nikon e200 with an iPhone 4.

12:30 Sunday 6 March 2011
Very small but well documentable Bristol Shubunkin squeeze/spawn. They were spawning and eating their eggs till noon when I went to feed the fish. Hand spawned a small/tiny wildtype female to two males: an orange and black nacreous and a fairly good calico.

A new photo to add to the favorite picture file.

Will have to retake with a plate full of eggs.

Black and orange male below the petri dish.

Adults floating in a 20 inch pan floating in a plywood tub with the 6 inch petri floating in the pan.

Here is how I hand spawn Bristol Shubunkins.  Sorry the camera mount kept falling but you get the idea.  This was a small spawn of approximately 100 embryos.  When the plate hatched there were 3 bad eggs.