A few pics of my Centropyge argi pairs.

Cool! Even if you have no intention to raise the larvae I still think it is cool to have spawning fish. Also Centropyge angels will spawn every night. I always see these threads asking if people can keep different dwarf angels together, but IMO I would rather have a pair. I mean once they accept each other there is little to no aggression and they spawn every night! Which if your not raising them it just becomes good fish food and its fun to watch.
 
Thanks, I do recall reading this but it had slipped my mind. I hope you see some great sucess with them.
 
Well I'm back to school and they are still alive, so all is well. I should be able to start collecting some eggs soon and give it a go at raising them.
 
I look forward to hearing more about your results. I am interested in perhaps trying my hand at raising the very similar African Flameback Angel, Centropyge acanthops.
 
It depends, I am going to try wild plankton, but I am looking to do some sort of study so I might offer other foods and see what they eat. I haven't quite decided on exactly what the study will be yet.
 
Well I built the egg collector tonight so things are looking up. At least I'm making progress. I broke my nose so that slowed things down a little but I'm back at it now. I'll try and get some pix of the collector soon, hopefully not too long from now.
 
Well check it out!

Eggs, not sure exactly on the stage, would have to reference a biology book:

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And prolarve:

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And a video:

 
This is too cool!
I love my Cherub, its relatively well behaved in my reef, but I don't have the space. If I ever get my 75-90 gallon next reef, I'm going to try & pget a pair.

Congrats!
Matthew
 
Well the semester is coming to an end and I am sorry I have no exciting news. I have to go home for the summer and hopefully they will be alive and well in the fall. I had a hard time getting in the lab when I needed because I am not allowed to have a key.

BUT I will be living off campus next semester and should be able to give it a much more serious go. And I am pretty confident I will be able to report some good news then ;)

So look for some updates in the fall!
 
Well I'm back at school and thought a few picks would be necessary.

These pics only show one pair. Two pairs made the summer and the male of the other pair survived, so I have 5 angels left and I may pair the other angel with another species or another argi we will see.

I moved this pair home with me and the others will come too (I am off campus now and can have fish tanks at home!!) as soon as I finish drilling the rest of my tanks... These are in a 29 gallon bio cube.

These pics show both fish:

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And here is one of the female, she needs a little fattening up and I need to get light timers and then they should be spawning again.

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Overall I am surprised and happy that 5 out of 6 made it. I would say that it saved me money but knowing me I will blow it on some more fish sometime :rollface:

Enjoy.
 
Awesome!!! Those are some nicest argi"s I have ever seen. Hopefully you didn't get your nose broken because of drinking too many of those green bottles in the above pictures........:) Tim
 
Very cool, you managed to capture those eggs. Would love to see how far you can get with them!

My pair would spawn every night under the moon lights. Love them argi. I think they are so under rated...
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15591945#post15591945 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by myerst2
Awesome!!! Those are some nicest argi"s I have ever seen. Hopefully you didn't get your nose broken because of drinking too many of those green bottles in the above pictures........:) Tim

:lol: That was not the case, I play a lot of basketball and that is how it happened.

Very cool, you managed to capture those eggs. Would love to see how far you can get with them!

I believe the longest so far with this species is day 9 and my longest was day 6, so I have some work to do, but this year I will be working at home instead of in the lab, so hopefully that will help my chances.

One other thing that is interesting is how much yellow these fish have. And the fact they have so much yellow reveals a dark blue spot right behind the gill, just like C. fisheri and C. flavicauda. Whenever I look at them I see it and am constantly reminded of C. fisheri. I mean some think all these type of pygmies are one species...
 
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