Pomacentrus alleni (neon damsel) spawned!

[Woodstock]

My trio of Pomacentrus alleni (neon damsels) spawned this past weekend!
The trio consists of one male and two females. They have always got along but I noticed some 'chasing' going on.... After taking a closer look, the egg mass was found!

Here is there NORMAL coloration:

Here is the male defending the eggs:

 

[Clownfish518]

That's very cool. Did you post to the Marine Breeder Registry? I don't think much is documented for damsel reproduction, for all the reams written on their clown cousins

 

[Kovu]

that is awsome

 

[seafansar]

Cool! Are you going to try and raise them?

 

[Woodstock]

Yes, I will attempt to raise them. I have a lot of learning to do since I can not find much info on them. They are very small (compared to percula fry) so I hope my rotifers will be small enough.

 

[Woodstock]

You can see their eyes today. Here is a neat photo of the daddy watching me take a photo of them.

 

[DaveK]

Fantastic! I wish you every success in trying to raise the fry.

 

[reefman78]

that is really cool. gl in raising them

 

[burntricer]

so your gunna sell clowns, and now damsels....gunna have to buy another house soon for all your grow outs eh?

 

[Woodstock]

Thanks!

 

[Ssullivan]

how would you get them off the glass?

 

[AndtheBonus]

Wow that's awesome!

 

[Frankie]

That is so cool Doni! I call dibs on a pair if you raise them.

 

[prorotifero]

Thanks, nice pic!

 

[l3fty999]

Yes, I will attempt to raise them. I have a lot of learning to do since I can not find much info on them. They are very small (compared to percula fry) so I hope my rotifers will be small enough.

Rotifers will probably be too big. I'm trying to raise my Chrysiptera rex (king damsel) fry and I've done a lot of looking for information, including emailing a number of people, and the guy in this article Breeding Anemonefish by Bob Bittner said he tried it before. Apparently, rotifers were too big and he even tried culturing paramecium, but since they're a freshwater microbe, that didn't work out too well either and so he stuck to raising clownfish. As of this post, however, I have some fry that look like they'll make it past 24 hours and if they make it longer, I could give you some details about what I fed them if you like.

Aaron

 

[Clownfish518]

Amy Drehmel used a different strain of rotifers that was smaller to breed yellow watchman with. Might be an alternative

Spawning and Rearing the Yellow Watchman Goby (Cryptocentrus cinctus) by Amy Drehmel - Reefkeeping.com

 

[l3fty999]

Amy Drehmel used a different strain of rotifers that was smaller to breed yellow watchman with. Might be an alternative

Spawning and Rearing the Yellow Watchman Goby (Cryptocentrus cinctus) by Amy Drehmel - Reefkeeping.com

I've emailed the guy I mentioned in my previous post to see what strain he used and will post that info as soon as I get it. I'd also like to see others come forward that have attempted to raise damsel fry so we can put our heads together and share some information.

Aaron

 

[Lewis N Sophie]

might be a little late.. this thread is from last year

 

[Clownfish518]

might be a little late.. this thread is from last year

valuable for a future spawn. Hard to get this sort of info

 

[l3fty999]

might be a little late.. this thread is from last year

I was in fact aware of the date. As Clownfish518 said, this could be valuable for a future spawn. And, Woodstock may still have damsels, too. I hope that she and others notice that this thread is active again so that we could put our information together in one place. I myself am doing this both for the challenge and I just happen to like damsels. I've spent a lot of time just watching them and I've found out some pretty neat things about them.

Aaron