Phantasia
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Ecsenius midas, Starck, 1969
Adult specimens inhabit coral reefs, from clear coastal to outer reef walls, usually where the current is moderate. They swim 2 to 3 m above the benthos and feed on plankton. During the orange-yellow phase, they are observed swimming in schools with Pseudanthias squamipinnis, whose color resembles them.
Attention:
Jumping guard
A jumping guard prevents (nocturnal) fish from jumping out.
Wrasses, blennies, hawkfishs and gobies jump out of an unprotected tank in fright if their night rest is disturbed, unfortunately these jumpers are found dried up in the morning on carpets, glass edges or later behind the tank.
https://www.korallenriff.de/en/article/1925_5_Jump_Protection_Solutions_for_Fish_in_the_Aquarium__5_Net_Covers.html
A small night light also helps, as it provides the fish with a means of orientation in the dark!
Ecsenius midas can change color quickly, from bottom to open water swimming, to match the colors of the fish they mix with. They also mimic their swimming behavior as well as Pseudanthias huchtii and Lepidozygus tapeinosoma socially. Indonesian form is gray or greenish to golden yellow.
Cheeky, like all Ecsenius species, it looks around for a long time and then decides on its perch. Sitting in this spot, it then likes to watch the goings-on in the tank. Sometimes they also take holes to look out of.
Once acclimatized, they keep well, but this requires good feeding. Initially offer plankton, cyclops and lobster eggs to acclimatize them, as they are plankton eaters!
Breeding information
The male lures the female into a cave with jerky courtship behavior. The male has a courtship coloration (black striped) during this period. There the eggs are stuck to the walls and guarded by the male. The egg laying* takes place over several days.
The egg clutch** is between 30 and 50 pieces.
* The water temperature influences the number of fertilized eggs and the spawning period (with a difference of e.g. 1° C, the difference can be ± 2-3 days) and, in the case of gonochoristic (separate-sex) fish or shrimp, the sex. If the temperature is below the usual regional temperature, mainly female larvae will hatch from the clutch, above this temperature mainly male larvae will hatch. Furthermore, the aquarium conditions (e.g. light duration, density) can also influence the sex.
** The spawning size or the number of larvae depends on several factors - age and condition of the parent animals, water conditions, food quality, stress factors and the dissolved oxygen content.
Adult specimens inhabit coral reefs, from clear coastal to outer reef walls, usually where the current is moderate. They swim 2 to 3 m above the benthos and feed on plankton. During the orange-yellow phase, they are observed swimming in schools with Pseudanthias squamipinnis, whose color resembles them.
Attention:
Jumping guard
A jumping guard prevents (nocturnal) fish from jumping out.
Wrasses, blennies, hawkfishs and gobies jump out of an unprotected tank in fright if their night rest is disturbed, unfortunately these jumpers are found dried up in the morning on carpets, glass edges or later behind the tank.
https://www.korallenriff.de/en/article/1925_5_Jump_Protection_Solutions_for_Fish_in_the_Aquarium__5_Net_Covers.html
A small night light also helps, as it provides the fish with a means of orientation in the dark!
Ecsenius midas can change color quickly, from bottom to open water swimming, to match the colors of the fish they mix with. They also mimic their swimming behavior as well as Pseudanthias huchtii and Lepidozygus tapeinosoma socially. Indonesian form is gray or greenish to golden yellow.
Cheeky, like all Ecsenius species, it looks around for a long time and then decides on its perch. Sitting in this spot, it then likes to watch the goings-on in the tank. Sometimes they also take holes to look out of.
Once acclimatized, they keep well, but this requires good feeding. Initially offer plankton, cyclops and lobster eggs to acclimatize them, as they are plankton eaters!
Breeding information
The male lures the female into a cave with jerky courtship behavior. The male has a courtship coloration (black striped) during this period. There the eggs are stuck to the walls and guarded by the male. The egg laying* takes place over several days.
The egg clutch** is between 30 and 50 pieces.
* The water temperature influences the number of fertilized eggs and the spawning period (with a difference of e.g. 1° C, the difference can be ± 2-3 days) and, in the case of gonochoristic (separate-sex) fish or shrimp, the sex. If the temperature is below the usual regional temperature, mainly female larvae will hatch from the clutch, above this temperature mainly male larvae will hatch. Furthermore, the aquarium conditions (e.g. light duration, density) can also influence the sex.
** The spawning size or the number of larvae depends on several factors - age and condition of the parent animals, water conditions, food quality, stress factors and the dissolved oxygen content.
