Abstract
A method was developed to culture two species of damselfishes, Dascyllus albisella and D. aruanus. Larval feeding during the first 2 weeks post-hatch was accomplished by maintaining a continuous indoor culture of algae and rotifers in the larval tanks, supplemented by progressively larger wild Zooplankton beginning on day 5. After 2 weeks, the algae and rotifers were withdrawn and feeding of Artemia nauplii was begun. Survival rates ranged from 0.1% to 41.2%, with three of the four trials producing settled juveniles in encouraging numbers after 23–35 days. In the best of the four trials, 103 D. albisella reached a marketable size at approximately 10 weeks of age (41.2% survival). Results suggest the co-culture of algae, rotifers, and plankton offers a satisfactory method to produce damselfish and possibly other ornamental reef fishes.
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