First breakthrough with our Wrought Iron Butterflies

[Eric Cohen]

Hey Ya’ll !!!!
Pretty exciting news over here at Among The Reef! We got eggs for the first time and heck if I’m not gonna brag about it!

This pair of butterfly acquired from Japans finest Koji Wada have given us all something to get excited about for the first time ever! I knew yesterday the female was about to pop and I’m glad I caught her on video just fat and sassy!

It will take time to yield really healthy eggs but we are on our way. I’ll post a video of the female all plump and full of eggs. Then some photos of the eggs we collected the following morning and some photos of them under the scope.

Thanks to my staff Kris, Kyler, Peter and Nayt. To Jordan Yallen who had the vision. To Avier Mantalvo, Karen Brittain and Matt Wittenrich who are mentoring us along the way. It’s a process and we will be collaborating to make bringing captive raised wrought irons a reality.

happy to answer questions….enjoy the photos. More to come!

 

[dthom]

Brag away! Really excited to hear the news and to hear how things progress.
Congratulations!!!

 

[chad vossen]

Can't wait to see more updates

 

[Eric Cohen]

Can't wait to see more updates

We are getting tons of eggs often now but still no fertile ones. Patience is the key while they figure out how to make good ones. Everything looks positive with egg collection working perfectly and the quality of the eggs is also really good. Just a matter of time now Thanks Chad! We are stoked!

 

[Bepis]

Incredible can’t wait till they only cost me 250$ Instead of 6k

 

[reses12]

How exciting!

Hey Ya’ll !!!!
Pretty exciting news over here at Among The Reef! We got eggs for the first time and heck if I’m not gonna brag about it!

This pair of butterfly acquired from Japans finest Koji Wada have given us all something to get excited about for the first time ever! I knew yesterday the female was about to pop and I’m glad I caught her on video just fat and sassy!

It will take time to yield really healthy eggs but we are on our way. I’ll post a video of the female all plump and full of eggs. Then some photos of the eggs we collected the following morning and some photos of them under the scope.

Thanks to my staff Kris, Kyler, Peter and Nayt. To Jordan Yallen who had the vision. To Avier Mantalvo, Karen Brittain and Matt Wittenrich who are mentoring us along the way. It’s a process and we will be collaborating to make bringing captive raised wrought irons a reality.

happy to answer questions….enjoy the photos. More to

 

[Reefjockey]

Great news! Wishing the best of success with their care. A very unique fish that I have yet to see in anyone's reef.

 

[Zionas]

Wow any idea on the approx time to being sold?

 

[Eric Cohen]

Wow any idea on the approx time to being sold?

We are still waiting for success on getting fertile eggs. Could take a few months so let’s all pray for success soon! I can tell Momma is about ready to pop again so it could be this week!

 

[Tamberav]

beautiful fish... good luck! very cool!

 

[Zionas]

中国鱼友？你也在繁殖日本黑鲽?

Chinese Reefer? You’re breeding the Wrought Irons too?

 

[Eric Cohen]

Well we finally had a breakthrough and had our first batch of fertilized eggs. Not enough to write home about but here is the first ever “fertilized” captive wrought iron egg to be seen.

 

[Zionas]

That’s really cool. Was pairing them straightforward? Do you plan to “mass produce” these butterflies?

 

[Eric Cohen]

我的鱼也产了非常多的卵。太多了，我没办法把它们孵化

Hello! Please share your knowledge with us.

 

[Eric Cohen]

That’s really cool. Was pairing them straightforward?

We added 5 to the tank and when one pair clearly became a couple, we removed the others and let these two have the entire space.

 

[Zionas]

I see. To my knowledge they’re not hermaphrodites right?
I and many hope you can get a good supply going. Would you ever consider shipping to Asian countries?

 

[Eric Cohen]

Thanks Zionas. Once we have fish available I’m sure we can reach anywhere. Keep the positive thoughts going!

 

[Zionas]

Same to you!

 

[ReefRondo]

This is absolutely amazing news!

 

[Zionas]

不知道鲽鱼、但好多其他鱼刚孵化都会喂轮虫

我想这个阶段的鲽鱼也吃浮游生物为主吧