Fiji Devils!

[clowns101]

Well they laid eggs and they looks as if they are going to hatch so they are moved into a 10 gal tank!So we will see if they hatch!Just thought I would share!

 

[clowns101]

Thay hatched!

 

[kingfisher62]

love to see some pics!

 

[clowns101]

Well right now they are so tiny you cant see anything!IF they live to get bigger I will take pics!

 

[ilvfsh]

Can you share anything about the parents? Age, how long you had them, tank conditions, etc.

 

[Damsels R Cool]

did you set up the breeding tank like you would if you were breeding clowns and wat are you feeding the babies

 

[clowns101]

Can you share anything about the parents? Age, how long you had them, tank conditions, etc.

The parents were bought as 2 individuals and they spawned 1 year after we had them.I would say that they are atleast 18 months if not older!They are bgeing kept in a 30 gallon reef tank!They eat flake food and mysis only!I dont know what else you might be looking for but hope this helps ya!

 

[clowns101]

did you set up the breeding tank like you would if you were breeding clowns and wat are you feeding the babies

No we did not set up any special tank.They spawned on a tile that I placed in the tank for the clowns.Once I seen the eggs ready to hatch(the 5th night)I took them out and placed them in a 10 gallon tank with 5 gallons of water and placed a bubbler under the eggs so they would be moved around and not have anything settle on them!Righ tnow Im feeding small thawed baby brine shrimp.They seem to be taking to that pretty well.Im also feeding a liqued food that I had for the freshwater fish that I breed.They also seem to be LOVING that food!

 

[clowns101]

Well yesterday I noticed that they laid another batch.About 800 eggs I would say.

 

[jmski333]

holy moly, thats awesome!

 

[clowns101]

It is nice and VERY AWESOME!

 

[clowns101]

From the second batch there is about 1,000 not 800!

 

[Nebthet]

wow congrats.. do you have any pictures?

 

[clowns101]

They are super tiny and cant be seen really well in photos.I already tried.

 

["Umm fish?"]

It's fairly unlikely that they are taking BBS (way too big). Good luck with them, though!

 

[clowns101]

Belive me or not they actully are.I see them eating it lik ea pig!

 

["Umm fish?"]

We need some video then. The larvae are about half the size of clownfish, right?

 

[clowns101]

Ya normally the adults are.I dont know if they will show up in the video they barely show in the pics.Well see what we can do!

 

[JHemdal]

I agree with Andy - Chrysiptera larvae feeding on frozen baby brine shrimp would be a world's first. You may be seeing an avoidance response from the larvae when they get close to the brine shrimp, and not a feeding response. Still, wouldn't that be ironic that all our searching for smaller/better live food items, and it turns out that all larval damsels want is really large, dead prey(grin).

Even s Strain Brachionus doesn't seem to work for Chrysiptera on any consistent basis. I think that Arcartia nauplii might be a good bet to augment the rotifers.

Todd Gardner at Atlantis Marine World has done some groundbreaking work raising golden damsels on JUST rotifers: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2008/4/breeder
We have a dozen of his fish's offspring but they haven't spawned for us yet.

Jay

 

[wegotjs]

Let's see the video of them eating.