Has anyone reared lythrypnus dalli?

[dingdingboom]

I've tried for years rearing these cute fish. They lay lots of eggs but the larvae never live more than a week or so. I tried giving them copepods, rotifers, to no avail. Appreciate any help! Thanks!

 

[NowGlazeIT]

I've tried for years rearing these cute fish. They lay lots of eggs but the larvae never live more than a week or so. I tried giving them copepods, rotifers, to no avail. Appreciate any help! Thanks!

Go on reef nutrition.com they got plenty of smaller foods just for hatchlings. Pods are for when the fry are a little bigger

 

[Larry L]

Go on reef nutrition.com they got plenty of smaller foods just for hatchlings.

Yes, ping Chad at @Reef Nutrition, super helpful and I'm sure will have some ideas for you, or at least can point you to the right people.

 

[Reef Nutrition]

I've tried for years rearing these cute fish. They lay lots of eggs but the larvae never live more than a week or so. I tried giving them copepods, rotifers, to no avail. Appreciate any help! Thanks!

Catalina gobies are so awesome. You should go contact Dr. Andy Rhyne about them. He has been successful raising them. He is at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island. I believe he offers them copepods when they first start eating and then on to rotifers. He also uses live Isochrysis algae as greenwater. The students in the lab call them California cockroaches because they breed like crazy. You may want to keep them at lower temperatures since they are a cold water species.

Here is his contact information:https://www.rwu.edu/academics/schools-and-colleges/fssns/faculty/andrew-rhyne
One of his grad students may be able help out as well: Joseph Szczebak https://www.rwu.edu/academics/schools-and-colleges/fssns/faculty/joe-szczebak

We have plenty of copepod and rotifer starters that we can send you as well. I have a copepod that has a 70 micron nauplius. It is Apocyclops panamensis and eats our non-viable (dead) algae. I have had them in culture for 4 years now and have never fed them live algae. Same with our rotifers.

Good luck!

Chad

 

[dingdingboom]

Catalina gobies are so awesome. You should go contact Dr. Andy Rhyne about them. He has been successful raising them. He is at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island. I believe he offers them copepods when they first start eating and then on to rotifers. He also uses live Isochrysis algae as greenwater. The students in the lab call them California cockroaches because they breed like crazy. You may want to keep them at lower temperatures since they are a cold water species.

Here is his contact information:https://www.rwu.edu/academics/schools-and-colleges/fssns/faculty/andrew-rhyne
One of his grad students may be able help out as well: Joseph Szczebak https://www.rwu.edu/academics/schools-and-colleges/fssns/faculty/joe-szczebak

We have plenty of copepod and rotifer starters that we can send you as well. I have a copepod that has a 70 micron nauplius. It is Apocyclops panamensis and eats our non-viable (dead) algae. I have had them in culture for 4 years now and have never fed them live algae. Same with our rotifers.

Good luck!

Chad

Thanks for the reply! I wasn't able to get any information from them though. Has anyone else raised these little guys?

 

[Reef Nutrition]

Thanks for the reply! I wasn't able to get any information from them though. Has anyone else raised these little guys?

Check out this paper! http://online.sfsu.edu/fishlab/Fish...hambeault_et_al-2015-Aquaculture_Research.pdf

I hope this helps!

Chad