First food for damselfish larvae

[DanDashO]

I have a male springer's damsel and a female yellowtail that spawn every six days, and i would like to try to raise some of the larvae. I've done Ocellaris clowns a few times, looking at the dale larvae under a scope, they appear to be half the size of clown larvae. Would they be able to take Reed's "mini L type" rotifers (160um) as a first food, or will they need s or ss type? they look very similar in size to dottyback larvae, what do most breeders use as a first food for those?

 

[ThRoewer]

I would try the S-type or the SS-type.

 

[ichthyogeek]

Look up LouisA's breeding log on his C. hemicyanea X C. parasema hybrids, as well as his C. parasema spawns, I think he mentions what rotifers he uses.

 

[ThRoewer]

Helicostoma nonatum seems to be easy to cultivate (if you are willing to let some corals rot away) and perfect in size.