Kathy Leahy : Breeding saltwater fish in your home CAN be done. Here's how I do it. | MACNA 2019

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Kathy is saltwater fish hobbyist from St. Louis, Missouri. With over fifteen years of experience keeping saltwater fish, many of which were spent raising clownfish for her local and distant markets, Kathy more recently ventured into raising other species of marine ornamentals. Many gobies, damsels, shrimps, pipefish, and mandarins later, she successfully raised Centropyge bispinosa, also known as Coral Beauty Angelfish, from egg to adult, a species-first.
Kathy is a moderator of the Marine Breeding Initiative website, and has been an active forum participant, frequent contributor, and has earned the level of Advanced Breeder. She is a wife, mother of two adult children, bicyclist, gardener, and supervisor of a neuroscience research lab at Washington University School of Medicine.
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[@kathyleahy7314]

One great thing, for me, about having these talks recorded, is that I get to correct my misstatements. It's hard to think and talk at the same time... * Ramon Villaverde raised large angels (not Centropyge) in a 6 liter pretzel jar, not a 6 gallon pretzel jar. * I recommended using polypropylene mesh for making filters, and I should have said polyester. * I said salinity should be around 30 parts per million, should have been 30 parts per thousand. * Clearly it is impossible to speak and do math at the same time...I'm not sure if the copepod nauplii numbers I was spouting are correct, but I'm sure you get the jist of it. Once again I offer my thanks to MASNA for the invitation to speak, and I will once again encourage YOU to be the first kid on YOUR block to raise a marine ornamental that hasn't been raised before. Opportunity awaits you, and there has never been a better time.

[@osiris031]

Awesome presentation, Kathy - thanks so much! Having a hard time finding those micron mesh sheets for the filter cups you made on Amazon. Would you happen to have a link??

[@mattbockman4353]

Thanks for the awesome presentation, really inspiring. I'm also having a hard time finding the polyester micron mesh sheets, do you have a link?

[@jakoblang7426]

@@osiris031 Same issue, i would love a link!

[@tom-andrethomsen]

Wow, one of the most pleasant, practical, and likeable speakers I have ever seen on MACNA talks! Such a lovely lady

[@benhowardbath]

BRStv thank you so much for sharing these awesome video's!!! You guys rock!!!

[@mrberlinmethod1492]

such a great talk and soo humble

[@StLbfdup]

Greaat video. I live in stl. And she definitely right about our water.

[@kensellick4892]

Really good practical approach that is in reach of most hobbiests

[@zsxking]

Exactly, this is the best talk so far because those are the practice I can start doing tomorrow. The talk from science labs are great, but those are more of fantasies to me that I can only appreciate from a distance.

[@Jaym369]

Much respect!

[@siggyincr7447]

Great speaker, she's doing what I'd like to try myself sometime down the road.

[@kathyleahy7314]

Try, try whenever you like, but sooner would be better than later. Be the first kid on your block!

[@siggyincr7447]

@@kathyleahy7314 I've been out of the hobby for quite a while, but I plan on getting back into it when I move back Stateside. Till then I'll have to live vicariously through the many reef keepers that share their tanks and projects with the world through videos like these.

[@huffman747]

Had no idea this was happening in my back yard. That's cool!

[@kathyleahy7314]

Are you a St. Louis aquarist?

[@huffman747]

​@@kathyleahy7314 Pretty much. I'm in the Glen Carbon/Edwardsville area. But somehow had no idea this type of breeding was being done so close by.

[@dennisdonovan2735]

@@kathyleahy7314 i live in st.louis and i breed sea horses very challenging but very rewarding and enjoyable

[@vleis7226]

I would blur her "Block" if that is her real address, or just delete my comment if we dnt want everyone to be aware of it... Great Talk Kahty Unfortunately you do get WEIRD people out there...

[@Heather_-lh1ff]

i kno this is an off the wall question but I need expert advice can I use prazi pro in a reef tank?

[@amoore311]

i've used it in the past about 10 years ago in a mixed reef. It killed xenia and didn't affect any other SPS or LPS.

[@BRStv]

You can use Prazipro in a reef tank, as it is reef safe! Be sure to follow the dosing instructions to avoid issues.

[@lisafoster4468]

If my body would let me, I'd totally experiment with Anthias...

[@MrJSpicoli]

is it fish breeding if you are just hatching the eggs? I enjoyed the video, just sayin

[@teagancombest6049]

That's the most important part. The fish do the rest. Getting it from egg to larvae to fry to juvenile to adult safely is the true challenge.

[@bobbyknox9258]

So raising saltwater fish in a homemade lab.

[@dennisdonovan2735]

soon it shall be

[@bobbyknox9258]

@@dennisdonovan2735 the vid says breeding. But it's not, its raising. Where did the fish breed. If she managed to breed them thats the game changer. Not very clear

[@Steven-fz8rt]

@@bobbyknox9258 She collected the eggs from her friend which came from his home aquarium. So yes, the whole process was done in home aquaria.

[@kathyleahy7314]

@@Steven-fz8rt Getting these fish to breed in captivity is fairly common with talented aquarists. The eggs I used came from a talented friend's home aquarium. I did not breed these fish, but I did raise them. Previous to me, no one had gotten eggs of this species to metamorphosis.

[@stephenwalker2195]

Kathy, this is a great presentation. Would you be willing to share your email address so that I could correspond with you directly? I did some marine fish propagation in my work as a public aquarist, but am now retired and want to try to get back into it. I have some questions that came up during your presentation. Thanks.