Breeding Journal, Species: Pictichromis diadema

General 
Species:  Pictichromis diadema 
Social Structure:  Pair 
Size of Individuals:  Both approx 2.5" 
Age of Individuals:  Unknown 
Date added to Tank:  07/13/13, one fish lost.  Replacement fish added 9/24/2015 
  
Broodstock Tank Details  
Size of Tank:  Breeding setup approx 1000L total.  Tank 380x610x390mm 67L 17.5US Gal  
Substrate Details:  None  
Filtration Details:  Skimmer, UV, Macro Algae, Live Rock  
Water Changes:  100L Fortnight  
Water Temperature:  27.1C  
Lighting:  Power Compact  
Lighting Cycle:  7am to 7:45pm  
Other Tank Inhabitants:  Single clownfish 

Broodstock Feeding Details  
Food Types:  Spectrum Thera A+, Spectrum Salt H20 flakes, Enriched Brine Shrimp, Marine Green, Home Made Mash (prawn, pipi clam, white bait, squid, garlic, norrie etc). Occasional live brine shrimp  
Feeding Schedule:  Morning and night.  Pellets followed 10 minutes later with frozen food.  

Spawning Details 
Date of First Spawn:   10/9/2015
Spawn Time of Day:   Morning
Dates of Consecutive Spawns:   N/A
Courtship Details:   None seen.  The new fish has remained in the "nest" since introduction to the tank (assumed to be male), the other fish (assumed to be female) became fat in the abdomen within a few days of the introduction of the other fish.  After spawn the fish outside of the nest was a little beaten up near the pectoral fins.
Egg Size:   0.5mm
Egg Color:   clear/opaque
Egg Count:   200-300 across three bundles (looks like they have been separated/cleaned by the adult)

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2015/10/26 S

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Adults (now with better pictures)
Assumed Female
  
Assumed Male
  
   
Eggs

 
Adult Pair

 

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How did you get these two to not kill each other? My understanding is that Diademas and Strawberries are downright viscous with each other! 

Well, its taken a while and a few no goes.
 
I started with four fish.  Now I have a single pair.
I lost one to what can only be described as rough attention, I separated them, but the one that was beaten up perished.  This left the remaining one that I think is the female (she is the one that got quite fat and then next day there were eggs).
With the second pair, I lost one to jumping.
Then I didn't do much with them for a long time and quite honestly forgot that I still had two (the one Im calling a male) likes to hide inside the sponge filter in the tank and is rarely seen.
That was about a year ago or so.
 
A month or so ago when cleaning, I spotted him and thought, well lets give this another go.  So I added a capped pipe in the hopes of luring him into the pipe.
Within a couple of days he was in residence, I left him to become accustomed to the pipe for a week or so.
 
Then I just moved him and the pipe to the tank next door and watched for aggression.  No aggression was really seen other than the clown liking to move the pipes around in the tank (there are about 6 pieces to provide shelter).
A couple of weeks later ... eggs
 
So basically I put the two fish together and they did what adult fish do

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My Strawberries did knock each other off fairly regularly.

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Updated species name to Pictichromis from Pseudochromis.
Thanks
Matt

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Eggs appear to have been eaten today

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