Breeding Journal, Species: Nemateleotris decora

General
Species:  Nemateleotris decora , purple firefish
Social Structure:  pair
Size of Individuals:  about 2 inches
Age of Individuals:  unknown 
Date added to Tank:  6/16/15 

Broodstock Tank Details 
Size of Tank:  20 gallon long, 30 x 12 x 12 
Substrate Details:  none except for a few PVC pipe fittings 
Filtration Details:  Sponge filter 
Water Changes:  bi- monthly, about 10 % 
Water Temperature:  79 
Lighting:  coralife blue led strip , switching to LED strip light, cool white
Lighting Cycle:  14 hours day, 10 hours night 
Other Tank Inhabitants:  This is QT. I also have  2 E. evelynae.

Broodstock Feeding Details 
Food Types:  Frozen mash, Otohime C1, copepods and enriched brine shrimp, 2 days old 
Feeding Schedule:  morning and evening 

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To let them settle in, I put each fish in a separate QT. Last night I combined them, and at first they huddled together, head to tail, under the sponge filter.  Later, they swam around the tank displaying fins to each other, taking turns.  I have hope.

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These two seem to be getting along well.  I hope that is a good sign, but not sure it is with this species.

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Love these fish!  Good luck.

This fish is also a favorite of mine.  It's great that they appear to have pair bonded immediately.

It might be great, but I'm not sure.  Sometimes pairs are not supposed to get along.  My damsels hate each other except when spawning.
Orchid dottybacks pairs don't get along either IIRC
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that said, given their relative sizes (one big, one smaller) I think we are doing OK, and time will tell.

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Strange bedfellows:
Usually when I get to the fishroom early, I find them both in here:

But today, just the one.
The other one was here:

I suppose it is nice that they get along...
 

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Last night, they did a bit of a dance.  Head to tail swimming in circles around each other, and then facing each other and touching mouths like they were either trying to bite one another or kiss one another. They would stay engaged like this and one swim backwards while the other swam forwards, then break it off and be indifferent to one another. Occational flashing of fins happens with some regularity.
 
The funny thing is when I catch them at night or in the morning before the lights go on. They are always in a PVC pipe together, sometime an elbow, that doesn't cover their long bodies, but heads together, and sometimes a yellow neon goby is in there with them.

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The smaller one is in trouble.  Perching on the floor of the aquarium, some tatter to fins, gilling heavily.   The sweet E. evelynae tries to clean her, but I see no parasites at all, and she hates this.  The other one swims normally.  I don't know what's wrong.  Did a water change, dripping in new water.

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Lights on this morning, and no sign of the sickly fish...

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Must be time of the year for issues - I've got one who suddenly appears to be blind now.   No damage, just looks like she is bumping into things and never straying away from the edge of the tank.  (And the pair is no longer the a pair, opposite sides of the tank)

YEAH, she's dead.  Found the body this morning.  Other one seems fine. E. evelynaes are fine. Wondering if I should prophylactically treat the tank… so I don't lose my breeding piar of E. evelynae.

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It definitely is that time of year. This past 2-3 months are the hottest over in the Philippines and Indonesia, its difficult to find fish that are not diseased this time of year.

If it was me, I'd be going after a treatment.