Breeding Journal, Species: Scartella cristata

General
Species:  Scartella cristata
Social Structure:  group of 6
Size of Individuals:  2.5" - 3"

'Age of Individuals:  Unknown
Date added to Tank: January 1, 2014

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank:  20 gallon
Substrate Details:  none
Filtration Details: 100 pounds live rock in sump 
Water Changes:  none
Water Temperature:  78 F
Lighting:  Ambient light
Lighting Cycle:  7am - 10pm
Other Tank Inhabitants:  none

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types:  Frozen Mysis, krill, Brine Shrimp
Feeding Schedule:  at least 2 times daily

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn: 1/7/2014, 6/18/15 
Spawn Time of Day:  not seen, but I suspect at night
Dates of Consecutive Spawns:  1/10/2014, 6-18-15, about every 2 nights there is a new spawn.
Courtship Details:  none noted
Egg Size:  1.5mm
Egg Color:  pink
Egg Count:  not counted, estimated at 350

Hatch Details
Hatch Date: 1/15/14, 06-26-15
Hatch Time of Day:  night after lights out, 3AM
# Days after Spawn: 8
Larvae Description:  fully developed, eyes, mouth, small, no color
Consecutive Hatch Dates:1/18/14, 06-26-15, about every 2 days      

Larval Tank Details
Temperature:  78 F
Size of Larval Tank:5 gallons
Substrate Details:none 
Other Tank Decor:  none
Filtration Details:none, daily water changes and air bubbles
Lighting: small LED
Lighting Cycle: 24 hours a day
Water Changes:  20% daily

Larval Feeding Details
Food Types:  Rotifers, baby brine shrimp
Feeding Schedule:  2 times a day

Metamorphosis/Settlement
Date of Settlement Start:  07-11-15
Days after Hatch:  15
Date of Settlement End:  7/18/15
Description of Fry:  1/4" to 1/2" long, dark pigmentation on head and  pectoral fins . Eyes have a golden tint when looking down on them.

Grow-Out Tank Details
Temperature:  80 F
Size of Grow-Out Tank:  10 gallon
Substrate Details:  none
Other Tank Decor:  none
Filtration Details:  Bio-wheel
Lighting:  t-5
Lighting Cycle: on 14 hours, off 10 hours 
Water Changes:  none
Size at Transfer:  they ranged from 1/2" to just over an inch
Age at Transfer:  27 days post settle

Grow-Out Feeding Details
Food Types:  TDO, Frozen brine shrimp
Feeding Schedule:  Several times a day, when ever I walk by the tank.

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I won these in the raffle at the MBI breeders workshop 2013 from SA (thanks Matthew C).
They arrived 7-30-2013 and have been in a quarantine tank until the first of the year.  A week after I moved them to a bigger tank, they started to spawn.

One of the smaller females.

Male guards the eggs he won't leave his hole even to eat.
 

Larvae bottom left of glass they are tiny. 

Some eggs hatched, some hatched a few days later. I could see the eyes developing in some and not others, I suspected there was more than one spawn. Either more than one female is laying, or the same female spawns every few nights.  

Today will be day 9 post hatch, they are growing a lot slower than clownfish.

Any update with these?

I will try to get a pic. tomorrow when the lights are on. There are still a few left, they are growing slowly.

Cool, glad to hear they are doing well!
They do produce lots of eggs, and sometimes it's difficult to get only one age of larvae in a hatch because of the continuous spawning/egg production.
One thing we found is that these guys eat a LOT of rotifers. They're very active larvae and probably use a lot of energy swimming around. Providing a continuous supply of rotifers seems to help growth and survival quite a bit.
Good luck with them!

Going to give these another try, they spawned on the 06-09-15, 06-12,
 
 
Thanks for the tips Matt!!!

Day 7 pectorial fins have started to develop and pigment, they look like a little bird flying when they swim. 

They are cute little guys, good luck with them !

Jake
We are all in this together

They look like little fruit flys from the top.

Awesome, how old are these?

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The pictures are day 15.

At 30 days old they are 1/2" to 3/4" long. The last couple of days the dark pigment is fading to a light brown on several of them.

Today several have a light brown "Mottled" color down their body. They are starting to color up like the adults!

These little guys already recognize me as a food source. They come to the front of the tank to Beg for food when ever I walk by.
 In an earlier post I posted they grow slower that clowns, I was starving them. They are an extremely active larvae, and need lots of food! They have grew a lot faster this time with a lot more food.

That's awesome!!!!

Wow...that's just amazing.  Love seeing all these!

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