Harlequin pair are pregnant

[Phillip p.]

anyone know how to setup a separate tank/if needed for hariquin babies. Food? And is it even possible or easy enough.

 

[prsnlty]

anyone know how to setup a separate tank/if needed for hariquin babies. Food? And is it even possible or easy enough.

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[Reefs On Ice]

Hi, our pair carried an egg sack longer than I thought they should (or maybe it was a second one really soon?) The larvae were released about 3 weeks later than I expected. We noticed the cardinal and damsel's darting in toward the female in very sporadic patterns shortly after lights out. I watched them for about 4 minutes as the shrimp climbed up the tallest rock formation and then up the side of the glass. Fish following closely. Then all of a sudden, the female did a somersault and flung the egg sack out. That's when I realized what was going on. Long story short, we had a 10 gallon tank set up as we were about to try to start holding star fish to rotate limb donations, so we moved them into that tank. It's a 10 gallon set up with a small filter and heater. About 2 inches of sand, and a little live rock, and some macro algae. Today they are 22 days old and seem to be doing well. We are feeding the the 5280 mix of copepods from Algae Barn. I am trying to learn when they will progress to asterinas, as some are twice the size of others and I suspect soon (if not already) they will begin eating each other.

 

[Reefs On Ice]

Here are a few links I have found useful:

http://www.mbisite.org/Forums/tm.aspx?&m=94805&mpage=1

http://www.rcthawaii.com/research/8.htm