META AT 40 DAYS!!!
Only four
larvae remain.I recently moved them from their exclusive calanoid naup diet to
bbs and Otohime "A".They are still very small,about
5 mm.,though their body profile is taller.They remain colourless wathsoever,though one of them shows a hint of yellowish tint.
I put a small dried piece of Acropora in the tank,and soon the
larvae took an interest in it.I saw one
larva perching on it briefly yesterday.
Today two of them are completely settled.They behave like adults,staying put among the coral branches which they only leave to take some food in open water and quickly darting back to their refuge.Amazing sight considering they are still colourless and only about
5mm long!
Witt in his book gives 33 days as the larval period,taking the first
larva to settle,which is compatible with my very small sample.
So I could crack a new species,good way to end this year
I call raising 1-3 juveniles a "marginal success",as it is not a real success,but it´s neither a failure.What should I call raising four?

(just kidding).
Marginal successes are OK when they are followed by real successes,where decent numbers of juveniles are raised.Problem is when you get stuck in marginals as happens to me with damsels!
