With regards to the sieves and feeder sizes:
With regards to the substrate settlement:
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Thanks @ISpeakForTheSeas ...always helpful to say the least. To my understanding these gobies havent been successfully bred in captivity to date so it's kind of uncharted territory...A long quote from one of my other posts to start, then a bunch of links to my posts with info on breeding different gobies - the last link is not about gobies, but gives a bunch of info on rearing difficult species and troubleshooting problems with the rearing. (I really need to get around to organizing this info one of these days.)
"Some general advice that might help:
- Have a tank ready to move the larvae into (basically a tank with an air stone, a dim light, and a heater - a kreisel tank is ideal, but not necessary; you don't want a filter, a skimmer, uncovered pumps/powerheads, etc. - it needs to be as pelagic larvae safe as possible).
- Be prepared to catch the young when they hatch (ideally, you'd be able to move the eggs immediately before hatching into the new tank, but I'm assuming you don't know exactly when they'll hatch) - catch them and move them into the larval rearing tank as soon as possible.
With regards to the sieves and feeder sizes:
- You may need to screen the feed initially to only offer Parvocalanus nauplii.
- Observing the larvae eating when/if possible is important for telling if they are accepting/able to eat the food you are offering them.
With regards to the substrate settlement:
- Some species need sand, rock, dark areas, specific colors, or other oddly specific things to settle on/in (from what I've seen, inverts are usually a lot more picky with this), so it may help to have a ledge or cave (PVC should be fine for this, if it's even needed, which I honestly kind of doubt) and a little sand in the larval rearing tank.
That’s all I can think of at the moment - hope it helps!"
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Sorry, linked the wrong post from the first link (I corrected it now).
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