Breeding Journal, Species: Chrysiptera parasema

General
Species:  Chrysiptera parasema
Social Structure:  pair
Size of Individuals:  3 cm
Age of Individuals:  unknown
Date added to Tank:  january 2010

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank:  300 gallons
Substrate Details:  aragonite
Filtration Details:  central system
Water Changes:  10% every 15 days
Water Temperature:  28 c
Lighting:  mh nad fluorescent
Lighting Cycle:  16 day 8 nigth
Other Tank Inhabitants:  marines betas, pseudorcomis fridmani,amphiprion polymnus, zebrazoma flavescens, piajama caerdenal fishes  dascyllus aruanus

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types:  homemmade frozen food spectrum pelets
Feeding Schedule:  4 times a day

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn:  7 december 2010
Spawn Time of Day:  morning
Dates of Consecutive Spawns:  not seen
Courtship Details:  male pursuing female and tryin to bring her to the nest area
Egg Size:  1 mm
Egg Color:  translucent
Egg Count:  400 +

Hatch Details
Hatch Date:  april 10 2011
Hatch Time of Day:  nigth
# Days after Spawn:  5  ( this group isnt from the first spawn)
Larvae Description:  tiny 3 mm thin  with big eyes and small yolk sac


Larval Tank Details
Temperature:  28 c
Size of Larval Tank:  10 liters brt
Substrate Details:  no
Other Tank Decor:  no
Filtration Details:  no
Lighting:  fluorescent
Lighting Cycle:  16 day 8 nigth
Water Changes:  daily  30%

Larval Feeding Details
Food Types:  rotifers   nanocloropsis unidentified copepod
Feeding Schedule:  all the time

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Additional Information

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Well this is a spawn of my  yellowtailed damselfishes 
Chrysiptera parasema

i wasn unable to coleect the eggs not the fry but today they are courting to each other so maybe i will give them a try this year

here is the male taking care of eggs today i hope i can recover some fry soon

We REALLY need to help you get some macro shots LOL.

well finally i managed to get some larvae here some videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mawhwfPFekM


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yy0bC9nlZY


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKnsKd7J-V4

How did this turn out? I noticed some courting with mine last night. Just wanted to check out who all has done it.

RLTW

180 Gallon Mixed Reef

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