Success with Fiji devils-30 years late

[fishtail22]

Luis,

When can we expect a paper?

Andy,

Why didn't you leave a message? I'm ready for sea hares. Anyone down there need sea horses? I've got an experiment ending tomorrow.

 

[spawner]

Todd, that was an inside jab to Luis, you should be able to figure it out.

I'll phone you this afternoon.

andy

 

[fishtail22]

I got the Jab. I'm suggesting that Luis should actually get the credit for his accomplishment this time.

 

[Luis A M]

Luis,

When can we expect a paper?

I canÃ"šÃ‚´t write papers,IÃ"šÃ‚´m just a hobbyist.Andy is pulling my leg because of that guy who used all my data on C.parasema to publish a fake article in Aquaculture pretending he did it.IÃ"šÃ‚´m sure you know.

 

[ediaz]

Luis te dije que le iba a gustar...

How's the damsel?

Todd, wonder if your domino are still down there...

Ed

 

[SEA YOU LATER]

Congratulations Luis :hmm5:

 

[fishtail22]

I'm hoping to get an update from Bill this week.

 

[spawner]

I have a home for them Todd. Somehow I am betting that they aren't their.

 

[fishtail22]

A home for who?

 

[Luis A M]

My baby fish is 66 days old.

The fish is growing fast (faster than my photography skills) and has doubled itÃ"šÃ‚´s size.It is now about the same size of my two year old C.parasema which are starting to spawn,but yet half the adult size.IME C.parasema and C.hemicyanea are extremely slow growers.In fact Martin Moe said once that damsels are some of the slower fish to grow.This,combined with the fact that they are very difficult to raise and that their commercial value is almost nil,makes damsels not attractive to commercial breeders.

But this devil is growing really fast,even belonging to the same genus Chrysiptera. It is growing faster than clowns and being large and beautiful,is sure a good species for commercial hatcheries.

 

[aaron23]

terrrific!!! CONGRATS

 

[spk]

Congratulations. Looking good.
When is the next nest due?

 

[clownfish75]

I have spawned OTB (C. cyanea) before but have had nil success getting them to survive, do you have any tips?

Thanks

Christian

 

[Kathy55g]

That is a beautiful fish!

 

[Luis A M]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6242771#post6242771 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kmleah

That is a beautiful fish!

But a very bad picture



SPK-I lose a new big larva recently,my rots cultures crashed and I had to give bbs.This seems to produce sudden death at MMP.



Christian-No tips other than my old reports in the BR list shown in: http://www.reefsuk.org/.

Search "damsel"here.



Perhaps because of their aggressiveness,two of the many Chrysiptera species have been called "devils",C.cyanea and C.taupou.These two devils share other unique character among pomacentrids;they show sexual dimorphism (which is different in each geographic location).



It was surprising to find how fast this fish is growing,while other species of this genus are extremely slow.(My previous post was unclear,I mean C.parasema are 1/2 adult size,not the devil).

 

[Luis A M]

Checking this old thread,I realized that I never produced a decent pic of Baby Blue.
So here it is,at 10 months,a young adult in all it´s glory!:fish2:

 

[Kathy55g]

That is a beautiful fish! And a great picture!

 

[Dman]

Luis,
That is truly amazing. Have you had any more success with them in the last 10 months?
I see your photography skills have improved as well.

 

[FuEl]

Wow! Hats off to those who don't breed fish solely based on their value. Hey Luis, perhaps starkii damsels now? :rollface:

 

[jake levi]

Congratulations Luis,

modest as ever , " I'm just a hobbyist",

something like Edison saying he was a tinkerer.

The Fiji Devil is one beautiful fish, its encouraging that you have cracked the wall , I'm looking forward to your F3s.