Damellish在盐水和礁石水族馆中的包裹不好,但是二十年来,这群耐寒的五颜六色的鱼一直是我们绝对的最爱之一。几乎没有其他群体像Damellish那样多样化,易于喂养和丰富多彩,这使它们在水族馆鱼中太好了。
What we mean by this is that since so many people cycle their tanks or kickstart their fish population with damselfish, they are almost universally perceived as fish to graduate from. But objectively speaking, if you stack up the beautiful metallic blue, black & white striped, and graceful schooling species of Pomacentrids, they are just as eye-catching as any other common saltwater fish.
如果您“做错了”,那可能是狂暴的欺凌者,几乎恐吓了您添加的每条鱼他们的tank, but therein lies the trick to mixing damselfish with other species. We love damselfish but not all species and genera are the same, and we make a point to add them to our reef tanks last, or at least before any other small species are going to be added.
我们具有特殊亲和力的两个物种是Chrysiptera genus– C. springeri and C. starcki, both of which (thankfully) go by their latin name in the hobby. TheStarcki damselfishis a bold metallic blue with a brilliant yellow top while the施普林斯里·丹·塞夫遍布蓝色标记的黑色更黑,但是这两种鱼类(罐)都使水族馆居民造就了很棒的水族馆。
根据我们的经验,真正的攻击性是由于仅保留一只或仅在礁石罐中的一对鱼而发展出来,两种情况都倾向于增加对其他盐水鱼类的侵略性。但是,如果您保留一个小的后宫或3-5个标本,并确保将它们添加到鱼类库存之旅的尽头,那么它们往往会比其他较不富有生气的鱼类互动。当然,密度高度取决于水族馆的大小,因此,除非您只想要少女,否则我们建议不要将它们放在小于几英尺长的水箱中。
过去,我们对Springeri和Starcki Damselis进行了深入的深入研究,有趣的是,“物种”似乎都以两种不同但仍然可以识别的形式代表。在我们拥有的长期缺席之后,上周我们终于与这两个长期的水族馆收藏夹团聚了Quality Marine.
Most exciting is that we’ve kept the northern Filipino version ofchrysiptera starckibefore, but this is the first time we’ve had the pleasure of owning the brighter, southern form of the Starcki damselfish. Many years ago the brighter southern Starcki damselfish used to be regularly available from Tonga but more recently this form has only been available from Australia and New Caledonia.
The southern Starcki damselfish is much less common than its counterpart in the Philippines so it costs a little bit more, but it should result in a hardier and more robust fish when it lands at a home aquarium. Like all ‘fancy’ damselfish the small immature specimens may not knock your socks off when they are barely an inch long, but once they grow to two inches or larger they will become prized specimens that you’ll enjoy for many years to come.