apogon leptacanthus

[reifen]

I need some information for this fish .I got 2 weeks ago 6 of them 4 males and 2 females.
My questions are:
a) Sex ratio
b) Does the male protects the youngââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s after they hatch
C)how many days he holds the eggs in his mouth
d) If I must remove the male, when that should be done.

Currently I think that one of the males is holding something in his mouth.

 

[Amphiprion]

a) how on earth did you find out you had males or females (short of the mouth-brooding male)?

b)This species most likely does not--to my knowledge, only P. kauderni does that.

c)For this species...I have no clue

d)When the young hatch

 

[reifen]

I though it was easy to sex them.
The four of then have the first dorsal fin allot longer than the second, normally those are the males. The ones I call females the two fins are almost equal.

Thanks I will set up a small tank for them and a larger later as soon I manage to give away the fresh water residents.

 

[FMarini]

reifen-
there are a few informative threads in the fish breeding forum on this Apogon. Matt in the FBF breed them.
a)- I have little idea howe to sex them, shy of a mouth brooding male. Please check the threads.
b)Males hold the eggs until they hatch, approx 8-10 days, then release planktonic fry. Only banggais (P. Kauderni) and P. mirificia hold for longer
if you want to breed this fish, you'll have to remove th emale and place him in soloation early, however if you can make an egg tumbler (look up on google or in the FBF), you can "strip" the eggs, and raise them in a tumbler. No male is required shy of fertilization

 

[Jeremy Blaze]

P. mirificia :

Could you give some more info on this fish? I looked in Scott Michaels book, but did not see anything on it.

Do you have a pic? Common name?

 

[FMarini]

Please do a search, its on fishbase.org.
In brief, its austrialian, recently discovered, and its the only other family member of pterapogon. Lastly, its ugly and mean.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=759909&highlight=mirifica

 

[Jeremy Blaze]

Thanks, I tried googling it, but nothing came up.

 

[Julio]

these guys are awsome fish, but they do have a reputation for being poor shippers. I have a pair in my tank that constantly breeds and i am looking to add some more. You can see their fluorescent eye from across the room.

 

[reifen]

I will look but what is FFB?

I love them too but when I first saw them they didnââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢t look even close like the pictures in the books just plain colorless fish.
Now after good food the colors appear and starting to look better than the pictures.
The male is still holding I tried to look into his mouth but I couldnââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢t understand what I was looking.

 

[Jeremy Blaze]

FBF = fish breeding fourm

 

[reifen]

I figured it.
I looked at the log in the picture the middle one is male (my criteria) the right one is female and the left one probably female but not so sure.
I think I want be able to raise them I donââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢t have and canââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢t find the cultures to feed them either way I try to do my best.
Thank you all for your help and I think I posted in the wrong forum, sorry.

 

[Joao Monteiro]

IÃ"šÃ‚´m planning on a school of 11 to 15 Apogon leptacanthus in a 210 g.

I will also have 5 Lyretail anthias.

Do you have some info on the behavior of these cardinals in a large aquarium ? Will they school through the tank or just hang out nearby a coral ?

Your input will be appreciated.

Tks

 

[dvmsn]

I have two pairs in my 110. They are not sexually dimorphic as far as I can tell. Mine regularly carry eggs and the males are noticeably thinner as a result. I have never seen actual fry. I am not sure if the eggs are infertile, or if they are released at night and I never see them before they all die. As an interesting side note, I started with six. They seamed to act a school in those numbers. They eventually whittled down to four. This wasn't due to aggression, but natural attrition. Once they reached four, they paired off and seem to prefer to hang in separate groups as pairs.