Sanjay Black Photons have babies!

[Kinetic]

My pair just had babies today:


_DSC8951 by artchang, on Flickr

This is a picture I took of them last week:


ocean wonder by artchang, on Flickr

Video here: http://flickr.com/gp/kinetic/12QhTt

 

[WaffleWalffle22]

Congrats!
They look pretty young in the photos. How big are they?

 

[Kinetic]

Thanks, the female is about 2" and the male 1.5"

Updated with a video at the bottom:
http://flic.kr/p/8U6Vxy

 

[WaffleWalffle22]

Wow they must be young!
My pair of Black Occys that I've had for three years just started laying eggs back in May and the female is over 3" while the male is over 2". You must have a great tank for yours to lay eggs so early in their lives.

 

[Kinetic]

Yeah I'm kind of confused, I didn't realize they would have babies already! they start young these days =P

 

[Sanjay]

Congrats. You are the first one to get them to spawn with each other. I only got a male to spawn with its mother.

Very interested to see how the babies turn out.

sanjay.

 

[Sanjay]

Yeah I'm kind of confused, I didn't realize they would have babies already! they start young these days =P

They are over 2 years old at this point, so not that young. The males can spawn at 9 months. The females tend to take longer.

sanjay.

 

[Kinetic]

Congrats. You are the first one to get them to spawn with each other. I only got a male to spawn with its mother.

Very interested to see how the babies turn out.

sanjay.

Hey Sanjay, awesome to have you pop into the thread!

I probably won't be able to keep these alive. I have zero experience and don't have a tank setup for them, nor the food. I'm also traveling like a mofo the next few weeks =(

I'm going to contact a few local clownfish captive raisers and see if they may be interested in a future batch (aka Robin / fingerwrinkles)

 

[Kinetic]

They are over 2 years old at this point, so not that young. The males can spawn at 9 months. The females tend to take longer.

sanjay.

cool, good to know!!