Jenny Richards

These are very globular-looking fish.

It is comically round.

I definitely think they look cute.

They're so cute.

Our wild reef aquarist quickly grabbed it and brought it behind the scenes for us to attempt to raise.

We have to have the right lighting conditions, the right flow conditions, the right temperature, and provide the right diet.

They're incredibly fragile.

They look very similar to a tadpole.

If they look like they were stressed out from too much light, we lowered the light levels.

If it looked like they were struggling to swim, we decreased the flow.

So just making tiny adjustments to try to make sure that they looked healthy.

Is this why no one's ever raised them before?

This could help us with raising other species in the future.

With changing oceans, climate change, being able to raise these species in captivity is becoming increasingly important.