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Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera elegans
Thursday, March 27, 2014 2:32 AM
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Breeding Journal DataSheet This first post should be updated regularly to include new information as events take place or changes are made to your system General Species: Hymenocera elegans Social Structure: Pair Size of Individuals: Male 2", Female 2.25" Age of Individuals: Unknown Date added to Tank: October 2013 Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank: 400 gallon Substrate Details: 1" Crushed Coral Filtration Details: Live Rock, Filter Sock, Big Skimmer, UV Sterilizer Water Changes: Irregular Water Temperature: 78 F Lighting: Metal Halides, T-5 Lighting Cycle: 9 hours on, 15 off Other Tank Inhabitants: Tangs, Wrasses, Clownfish, Cardinals Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types: Chocolate Chip star Feeding Schedule: Small Chocolate Chip star every 2 weeks Spawning Details Date of First Spawn: November 2013, estimated March 12 2014 Spawn Time of Day: unknown Dates of Consecutive Spawns: estimated every 2 to 3 weeks (has eggs today 2-3-15) Courtship Details: none observed Egg Size: not measured, estimated .5mm Egg Color: Red Egg Count: unknown (estimated over 2,000) Hatch Details Hatch Date: March 27,2014 Hatch Time of Day: 2 hours after lights out # Days after Spawn: estimated 15 Larvae Description: small odd "Z" shape, tan in color Larval Tank Details Temperature: 78 Size of Larval Tank: Substrate Details: none Other Tank Decor: none Filtration Details: none, water changes Lighting: ambient light from other tanks in room Lighting Cycle: 14 hours on 10 hours off Water Changes: 50% daily Larval Feeding Details Food Types: Feeding Schedule: Metamorphosis/Settlement Date of Settlement Start: Days after Hatch: Date of Settlement End: Description of Fry: Grow-Out Tank Details Temperature: Size of Grow-Out Tank: Substrate Details: Other Tank Decor: Filtration Details: Lighting: Lighting Cycle: Water Changes: Size at Transfer: Age at Transfer: Grow-Out Feeding Details Food Types: Feeding Schedule: Additional Information (No Pictures or Videos in the Section Please) Miscellaneous Information: You will be required to provide photographic evidence in this thread of each event submitted for the MBI Program. If your thread does not contain these photos the MBI Committee will not be able to approve your reports.
<message edited by ssabey on Sunday, February 8, 2015 4:29 AM>
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera elegans
Thursday, March 27, 2014 12:45 PM
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera elegans
Thursday, March 27, 2014 12:48 PM
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Male on the left, Female on the right.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera elegans
Monday, December 8, 2014 2:48 AM
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Best picture I can get of female with eggs.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera elegans
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 2:20 AM
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera elegans
Monday, February 23, 2015 6:47 PM
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Congratulations !! Such a beautiful species.
Jake We are all in this together
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera elegans
Monday, February 23, 2015 9:14 PM
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Congrats - they look awesome!
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera elegans
Monday, February 23, 2015 10:43 PM
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What are you using for pics?
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera elegans
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 10:56 AM
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Nikon D5000, with a 18-55mm lens.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera elegans
Tuesday, March 10, 2015 3:09 PM
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I have an attachment for my I phone that takes some pretty nice pics of my shrimp, Its $10 on amazon. They have ones for other phones also.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera elegans
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 1:01 AM
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Do we know for certain that this is H. elegans and not H. picta? Just curious, as the blued out photos make it impossible for me to discern. Any chance I could pester you for clearer broodstock photos?
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera elegans
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 3:40 AM
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I'm honestly not sure what they are. When I posted this thread I knew there was two color forms, but unaware they were considered different species. Hystrix posted: "I found my reference in a pdf Fiedler 1994 Larval Stages Harlequin Shrimp. It says there are two color forms of picta. The red/maroon from the Hawaiian Islands and blue brown from the Western Indo-Pacific and Red Sea. The paper also states that shrimp from the Eastern Pacific (Panama and Costa Rica) two color forms are separate species blue being elegans and red being picta. There is no morphological basis for the separation , except color." I'll find a better picture to post.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera elegans
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 3:49 AM
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These are not my pictures, are these the two different species? elegans? picta?
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera elegans
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 3:03 AM
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Yes, I believe those are fair representations of the possible 2 different species. Which one does yours look like?
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera elegans
Thursday, June 4, 2015 1:48 AM
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???? Still curious to know which one of the two forms yours look like!
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera elegans
Thursday, July 16, 2015 7:56 PM
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elegans
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