Breeding Centropyge.

[jhawkor]

Has anyone ever successfully bred any Centropyge in captivity?

 

[Jordani]

RCT Hawaii has bred a ton of rare angelfish and others. The waikiki aquarium bred one genicanthus personatus.

 

[jhawkor]

RCT Hawaii has bred a ton of rare angelfish and others. The waikiki aquarium bred one genicanthus personatus.

Wow, that's awesome. Has it ever been done by a hobbyist?

 

[AuroraDrvr]

Breeding angels is very easy. Its the rearing the offspring/larvae that's tricky.

 

[jhawkor]

Breeding angels is very easy. Its the rearing the offspring/larvae that's tricky.

Do you know of any hobbyist who have been successful rearing the larvae?

 

[danch]

There's a few people trying, and some good info here

 

[Jordani]

Have you looked through rcthawaii.com There is a lot of great information on breeding dwarf angelfish and how to raise the larvae. Also mofib.org is a great forum dedicated to just breeding differnt types of reef fish, including angelfish.

 

[FMarini]

by the way RCT Hawaii is pretty much a one man operation- and Frank can be considered a top level hobbyist. The key to success w/ centropgyes is first fry food and finding a nutritious copepod nauplii

 

[jhawkor]

Thanks for the info guys. I'm thinking about setting up a 40 breeder this summer and I'm going to get a pair of C. colini or C. multicolor and try to get them to spawn. They would have the 40b all to themselves. Do you guys think this is big enough?

 

[AuroraDrvr]

Centropyge need a lot of height to breed. The taller the tank, the better. Frank used plastic 55 gallon drums.

 

[jhawkor]

Centropyge need a lot of height to breed. The taller the tank, the better. Frank used plastic 55 gallon drums.

Thanks for the tip..I'll see if I can find a tank that's 24+inches.

 

[jhawkor]

Also is Frank on Reefcentral?