yellow tail damsel breeding

[Osprey]

hi all
i've only got two yellow tail damoiselle and i have watch one stay in is hidey place for a few days now the other one swims around the tank
to day i can see small black spots over the rock that hides under
i read some where that
The eggs will hatch in 3 to 7 days. The larvae then drifts away as plankton, feeding on the other zooplankton and phytoplankton for several to many weeks, depending on the species. A damselfish can take from 2 to 3 years or even longer to mature, with each species having its own timeframe.
if this is right then they are not going to serive because off filters and other fish i would like to give them a go but how any ideas
the rock they are on is smallish and i can move it
http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2006Q4/dams.JPG

[Mandarin Dragonet]

Remove it and if you have a tank set up with a running filter at 10X per hour thats great. Not more that 10 times though. Being reef babies they CAN withstand surges to a certain extend. Remove the rock and the guarding parent, one eggs hatch bring out mrs damsel. Feed rotifers-napaulii and so on.

[Osprey]

hi Mandarin Dragonet

got home to day with a small tank (got from a mate)to put rock in and eggs have gone :rolleyes: so hopefully they will have ago again and i'll be ready
thanks for the info though :)

[Reefworks]

Hi mate, one of my old coleagues tried to raise these at the London Aquarium but had no luck. the fry seemed to be too small to take rotifers as a first food. if you keep a high enough population of rotifers in with them they might be able to start on juvenile rotifers, alternatively you could try copepod nauplii.
Good luck.

[ickypimp]

oyster eggs may be the way forward as they are roughly 50% the size of rotifers