Breeding Three Stripe Damsels

Two reasons people dont raise them.

They are $5 retail, so it would cost more to raise them then you can sell them for.

The larvae are half the size of clownfish larvae, so very hard to get started eating.

You can catch them with the overflow if you want to try & raise them, they hatch 4 days after they lay the nest within a couple hours of darkness.

 

Sweet man...whats PIPAC? I don't know if they're commonly bred or not. They're certainly easy enough to breed and rear, just like clownfish. But due to their low commercial value I don't know if anybody is committed to breeding them. It's just like FW fish farms, lots of low value fish in low cost facilities multiplied by acres and acres, and the problem of profitability quickly becomes a problem of scale. Not to mention variety is key to making and maintaining accounts.

Striped damsels are really cool looking I think! I saw this picture in Corals (husbandry, selection and natural history) by Eric Borneman where this group of three stripe damsels are hosting to a purple stag acropora and the background is just entirely blue, the mix of colors was purely mind blowing!!! Very cool. Just goes to show that some species are totally underrated!

 

most of all your smaller fish are wild caught thay are so cheap wholesale u would go broke trying o breed them