Breeding Journal DataSheet for Serranus annularis
General Species: Serranus annularis - Orange Back Basslet
Social Structure: pairs in the wild. Simultaneous / Synchronous hermaphrodites (fish are both male and female at the same time)
Size of Individuals: 3"
Age of Individuals: unknown, they were wild collected
Date added to Tank: 3-19-2009
Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank: 24 gallon Nanocube
Substrate Details: live sand
Filtration Details: stock
Water Changes: generally 25% per week
Water Temperature: 78-82F
Lighting: stock PC
Lighting Cycle: 13 hours on
Other Tank Inhabitants: Amphiprion percula...and other fish have come and gone. Currently (Dec. '09) a Powder Blue Tang and Cleaner Wrasse also share the tank.
Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types: These guys pretty much only eat frozen foods and freeze dried plankton. I give a wide variety of mysis, brine, formula mixes, and occasionally squid
Feeding Schedule: 2-3 times daily
Spawning Details Date of First Spawn: need to go look it up.
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: n/a - to date, have only witnessed the one spawn captured on video recording
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I promise, I will get that video dug up at some point in my lifetime!!!
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