Baby Centropyge interrupta

[jyxie]

Finally pulled the trigger on my dream fish!

Bought a ~1.3" Baby Centropyge interrupta today, wish me luck!

:rollface:

 

[RayL]

Good luck, that's a beautiful fish

 

[jyxie]

Good luck, that's a beautiful fish

thanks and sorry for the [profanity] pic, doesnt serve her any justice. :love1:

never had luck with fish this small, got any tips for me?

 

[humaguy]

thanks and sorry for the *removed* pic, doesnt serve her any justice. :love1:

never had luck with fish this small, got any tips for me?

a great fish, best of luck with her...
careful with the language in here...

 

[jyxie]

a great fish, best of luck with her...
careful with the language in here...

sorry I didnt mean to offend anyone....
huma do you have experience with small fish like this?
my previous experiences with small fish have not been good...
had a rock beauty and flame this size before, both were eating fine for around a month and suddenly just died out of nowhere....

 

[pktech]

You can literally spend a day reading up on your fish here, just type Centropyge interrupta in the search field Congrats & best of luck - what size tank do you have? Any tank mates for this little one?

 

[aandfsoccr04]

That's such a pretty fish! Jealous with a capital J!!!! Good luck with it.
:beer:

 

[RayL]

At that size, feeding regularly is very important. Feed small amounts often, I would personally be feeding about 5-7 times in small quantity.

 

[humaguy]

sorry I didnt mean to offend anyone....
huma do you have experience with small fish like this?
my previous experiences with small fish have not been good...
had a rock beauty and flame this size before, both were eating fine for around a month and suddenly just died out of nowhere....

I have 2 interrupta now a bunch of other smaller fish...I qt them all and offer several different foods...would be happy to answer any questions...they are very special and really terrific lil fish, great score...did you get her thru bz?

 

[humaguy]

At that size, feeding regularly is very important. Feed small amounts often, I would personally be feeding about 5-7 times in small quantity.

I agree...lots of small feedings is key and fresh seafood and solid frozen foods are key...

 

[WayneL333]

^ what they said. I've owned a few babies and they've always been good eaters for me.

 

[jyxie]

You can literally spend a day reading up on your fish here, just type Centropyge interrupta in the search field Congrats & best of luck - what size tank do you have? Any tank mates for this little one?

yeah i have done plenty of research before buying her
however, not much was found on fish this small.... i believe only huma and tactical have shared about keeping such a small individual

i currently have a 150g reef, but plan on keeping her by herself in a 24" for a while

 

[jyxie]

That's such a pretty fish! Jealous with a capital J!!!! Good luck with it.
:beer:

thanks! i will try my best! :bounce1:

 

[jyxie]

At that size, feeding regularly is very important. Feed small amounts often, I would personally be feeding about 5-7 times in small quantity.

well noted.
she is currently feeding on mysis, do you recommend any other food?

 

[jyxie]

I have 2 interrupta now a bunch of other smaller fish...I qt them all and offer several different foods...would be happy to answer any questions...they are very special and really terrific lil fish, great score...did you get her thru bz?

I agree...lots of small feedings is key and fresh seafood and solid frozen foods are key...

thanks for your help! i saw earlier from you post that you have raised one of around a quarter size... did you keep it by itself? what foods did you feed it?
she is currently feeding on mysis....
i am actually located in Hong Kong right now...and got it thru a LFS

 

[jyxie]

^ what they said. I've owned a few babies and they've always been good eaters for me.

yes she started eating as soon as i finished acclimation :bounce3:

 

[MikeandNicole]

That is an amazing fish, good luck.

 

[RayL]

well noted.
she is currently feeding on mysis, do you recommend any other food?

I like feeding mysis over brine, so once a fish is eating mysis, I try to cut out brine. With mysis, I feed clams on a half shell, a frozen angel sponge formula and some spectrum pellets. I also soak food for one of the feedings a day in a supplement additive.

 

[jyxie]

That is an amazing fish, good luck.

thanks!

I like feeding mysis over brine, so once a fish is eating mysis, I try to cut out brine. With mysis, I feed clams on a half shell, a frozen angel sponge formula and some spectrum pellets. I also soak food for one of the feedings a day in a supplement additive.

May I ask why do you think mysis is better than brine?

 

[RayL]

Brine has a very low nutritional content, compared to mysis which is very high.
If you feed brine, from everything that I have read in the past, newly hatched brine is a lot more nutritious then adult brine.