Breeding Journal, Species: Dascyllus trimaculatus ( domino damselfish )

General
Species:  dascyllus trimaculatus  domino damselfish
Social Structure:  pair
Size of Individuals:  3 inches
Age of Individuals:  2 years
Date added to Tank:  january 2010

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank:  1000  gallons
Substrate Details:  sand
Filtration Details: live rock 
Water Changes:  no too often
Water Temperature:  27
Lighting:  fluorescent
Lighting Cycle:  14   8
Other Tank Inhabitants:  yyeloow tangs blue tangs sailfin tangs, psudocrimis porphirea, engineer gobies

blue face angel French angel

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types:  frozen homemade  spectrum
Feeding Schedule:  4 times a day

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn:  november 6 2010
Spawn Time of Day:  morning

Dates of Consecutive Spawns:  every 15 days
Courtship Details:  male follows the female
Egg Size:  1 mm
Egg Color: transparent
Egg Count:  ????

Hatch Details
Hatch Date:  november 10
Hatch Time of Day:  nigth
# Days after Spawn:  4
Larvae Description:  very small maybe 2 mm but with no pigemnted eyes and no mouth




Larval Tank Details
Temperature:  27
Size of Larval Tank:  5 gallon bucket
Substrate Details:  no
Other Tank Decor: 
Filtration Details: 
Lighting:  fluorescent
Lighting Cycle:  24
Water Changes:  dayly

Larval Feeding Details
Food Types:  rotifers and ciliates
Feeding Schedule:  all the time

Metamorphosis/Settlement
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Grow-Out Tank Details
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Grow-Out Feeding Details
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Additional Information
Miscellaneous Information(NO PHOTOS OR VIDEO):  i have had few hatches but until now i have tryied to breed them they are very small y will see how much time they will survive



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here the pair laying eggs

and here the 2 day old larvae

well  3 days and they get eyes and stomach but the rotifers are too big so they begin dying

well they die all  here is the new spawn but i need to get some copepods

an here is the biggest nest i have never seen in marine fishes



an here i am trying to get it out

Now i have thousands of babies with no eyes so they Are prolarvae

here a video of the  babies see the rotifers nearby
 

Today they have eyes

well  it is night today and still have a lot of babies they aparently began to eat i see round bellys and feeding behavior but i havent been able to see if they are eating the rotifers

5 days and still alive? thats is a record for me i think they are eating
 

Well thats all they begin to die in numbers i rally need copepods

well today  i see them laying eggs and want to share this one see the female ovopositor papila