Paracentropyge Multifasciata success

[Euphyllia97]

I could advise you how to introduce and successfully keep them but it goes against the "expert" advice on here. I will say they are beautiful fish and quite hardy once established. However, delicate the first few weeks.

My pair that had to go when I broke my reef down when I moved house.

I would love to hear, from what I read this fish is not completely understood yet, so tell me whatever worked for you :) Stunning pair!

 

[albano]

My pair that had to go when I broke my reef down when I moved house.

Look a lot like my pair… lost to a tank seam split!

 

[atoll]

I would love to hear, from what I read this fish is not completely understood yet, so tell me whatever worked for you :) Stunning pair!

PMd you

 

[atoll]

Look a lot like my pair… lost to a tank seam split!

Yep stunning fish once settled in

 

[MoReefSafe]

Here is my captive bred multibar. Absolutely love this fish. I got him from Biota in USA. I put him in a quarantine tank just for observation for a few days to recover from shipping, then put him in an acclimation box for a day or two in the display tank so the other fishes could get used to him. He is a delightful fish, have had no problems with him at all. Had him a year or so. He gets along well with 2 clowns, 2 royal gramma, 2 other dwarf angels (bicolor and coral beauty), a small damsel and a yellow tang (all captive bred) in a 4-foot 60 gallon tank.

How do you tell when the multibar is ready to leave acclimation? I have a biota multibar which has been in an acclimation box for a month now (along with cb navarchus angel). She eats tdo b2 pellets enthusiastically, but I have been hesitant to her let her loose until she can eat x-small pellets and frozen. What was your multibar eating when you released to display?

 

[MoReefSafe]

I am located in Belgium, Europe. I have found a well-known and respected store in the Netherlands who are selling tank bred multibar angels. So I will definitely spend some additional bucks on that :) Have you put yours through a QT using any medications?

Dejong bio controls are incredibly strong. I would be fine with not medicating in QT if you go this route, so long as the multibar comes straight from their system. Also, copper and other meds can be too harsh for a small juvenile.

 

[atoll]

Dejong bio controls are incredibly strong. I would be fine with not medicating in QT if you go this route, so long as the multibar comes straight from their system. Also, copper and other meds can be too harsh for a small juvenile.

And not just juveniles.

 

[RobertK]

How do you tell when the multibar is ready to leave acclimation? I have a biota multibar which has been in an acclimation box for a month now (along with cb navarchus angel). She eats tdo b2 pellets enthusiastically, but I have been hesitant to her let her loose until she can eat x-small pellets and frozen. What was your multibar eating when you released to display?

I've never used an acclimation box more than a few days. But I usually keep new fish in a separate tank until I know they are eating well, then use the acclimation box to let the fish get used to its new tankmates and vice versa. My multibar was eating TDO x-small and smaller bits of frozen brine shrimp when I introduced it. Yours must be pretty small if it is not eating x-small yet. I think you could release it any time as long as you are willing to give it the food it needs. I have to feed a few different size foods because one of my other fish is still small and won't eat anything bigger than x-small.

 

[Euphyllia97]

Dejong bio controls are incredibly strong. I would be fine with not medicating in QT if you go this route, so long as the multibar comes straight from their system. Also, copper and other meds can be too harsh for a small juvenile.

I have seen that coralandfishstore in Breda is selling tank bred Multifasciata’s. I have previous experience with this store when it comes to fish and corals. I will contact them to see if their tank breds are coming from dejong (which I guess they are) I’m 100% going to drive up there and not let the fish ship