Breeding Journal, Species: A. percula

General
Species: A. percula
Social Structure: Mated Pair 
Size of Individuals: Female 1.5" Male 1"  
Age of Individuals: Unknown, 1.5 years? 
Date added to Tank: 11-13-08 

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank: 10G 
Substrate Details: Fine layer of black sand 
Filtration Details: Plumbed with 5 other 10g's and 55G sump, approx 95 gallons. 
Water Changes: 15 gallons every week or two 
Water Temperature: 80-83F
Lighting: Standard Shop light
Lighting Cycle: 14hrs light/ 10hrs dark
Other Tank Inhabitants:

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types: Most frozen foods, Spectrum pellets, occasional additions of squid and enriched brine shrimp  
Feeding Schedule: Four times per day  

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn: 04-12-09 
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: 14-18 days

Larval Tank Details
Temperature: 82F
Size of Larval Tank: 10G 
Substrate Details: none 
Other Tank Decor: Small piece of LR 
Filtration Details: None until week 3 
Lighting: CF bulb with reflector 
Lighting Cycle: 14hrs light/ 10hrs dark
Water Changes: None until day 14 

Larval Feeding Details
Food Types: Rotifers, finely crushed flake foods, Otohime A 
Feeding Schedule: 4 times per day 

Metamorphosis/Settlement
Date of Metamorphosis: Day 9
Date of Settlement:

Grow-Out Tank Details
Temperature:80-83F
Size of Grow-Out Tank: 20 gallons     
Substrate Details: none 
Other Tank Decor: small piece of LR 
Filtration Details: Four 20G's with 55G sump; bioballs, skimmer, LR, macro algae 
Lighting: StAndard shop light 
Lighting Cycle: 14hrs light/10hrs dark 
Water Changes:
Size at Transfer: about 1cm 
Age at Transfer: about 28 days 

Grow-Out Feeding Details
Food Types: Flake foods, small Spectrum pellets, cyclopeeze
Feeding Schedule: Four times per day 

Additional Information
Miscellaneous Information: A. percula take about 7 days longer to get to grow out.  They stripe much slower than A. ocellaris, getting their first stripe around 14 days.  Middle stripe is still developing after 6 months.  

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Broodstock pair:
 

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(Hatch data field wasn't included in the form when I filled it out. )
 
First hatch date from the 4-12-09 spawn was on 4-21-09.  These were moved to grow out on 5-21-09.
 
The next span that I chose to grow out was on 7-07-09, hatch on 7-17-09.  I don't have the exact date of transfer to grow out, I think it was around 8-15-09.
 
 

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I don't seem to have any pics of the A. percula larvae but here are some of them in grow out with A. ocellaris (regular and Darwin).  The mis bars are Darwins, the A. percula have only the head stripe, in most cases, but are the same age as the others.
 
 
 

 
These have all been sold.

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Oops, I lied, I do still have one left from that batch.  This guy freaked out when I was catching the others and ended up in the filter sock for a few days.
 

 
 

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Hey tal,

  I was looking at your log and had a question.  I noticed your broodstock tank information says the following:

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank: 10G 
Substrate Details: Fine layer of black sand 
Filtration Details: Plumbed with 5 other 10g's and 55G sump, approx 95 gallons. 
Water Changes: 15 gallons every week or two 
Water Temperature: 80-83F
Lighting: Standard Shop light
Lighting Cycle: 14hrs light/ 10hrs dark
Other Tank Inhabitants:

Size of Tank is 10 G, and you do a 15 G water change ever week or two how does that work?

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Duh that makes sense now.  I somehow skipped over that line.

I wish I would have made it to the meeting at your place to check out how you have everything plumbed together.  I'm starting to work on designing a Fish Tank rack to setup all my tanks and plumb them to a sump that would be located near my utility sink in my basement.  And some how work it that I only need to work valves to make water changes. I'm looking at expanding my breeding stocks and attempting to breed other fish especially clown fish.  So I was trying to figure out how you had your Broodstock tank setup.

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Web Administrator
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Scott, this should show you what I did: http://www.masm.org/mForums/tm.aspx?m=18311 
 
If you have any questions feel free to PM me, you're welcome to come see it in person as well.

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