Breeding Journal DataSheet for Synchiropus stellatus
General Species: Synchiropus stellatus
Social Structure: non-pairing, non-monogamous, pair spawners
Size of Individuals: I kept multiples
Age of Individuals: always unknown (wild caught fish)
Date added to Tank: the first RSB's I bought were in May of 2006.
Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank: 24 gallon nanocubes
Substrate Details: live sand
Filtration Details: stock filtration with a Remora C skimmer
Water Changes: 25% weekly
Water Temperature: 78-82F
Lighting: Metal Halide
Lighting Cycle: 12 hours on, on timer
Other Tank Inhabitants: too numerous to mention
Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types: Frozen Enriched Adult Brine Shrimp, Frozen Mysis, Pellet foods (Formula 1, small pellet, is the most readily accepted)
Feeding Schedule: multiple feedings per day
Spawning Details Date of First Spawn: 10/29/2006
Spawn Time of Day: 11:05 PM
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: not fully recorded, but assuming they spawn frequently like all other Dragonettes
Courtship Details: at dusk, male displays dorsal fin to female, pair goes though multiple spawing ascents before finally release eggs at the apex of a rise.
Egg Size: 0.8 mm
Egg Color: clear
Egg Count: maybe 100?
Hatch Details Hatch Date: 10/30/2006
Hatch Time of Day: afternoon
# Days after Spawn: less than 1
Larve Description: prolarvae, no eyes, gut, mouth etc..
Larval Tank Details Temperature: 82F
Size of Larval Tank: probably a 10 gallon
Substrate Details: none
Other Tank Decor: none
Filtration Details: none
Lighting: standard 10 gallon strip light
Lighting Cycle: probably 18 hours on, on timer
Water Changes: none
Larval Feeding Details Food Types: rotifers
Feeding Schedule: greenwater technique (constant)
Metamorphosis/Settlement Date of Settlement Start: N/A at this time...
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Additional Information Miscellaneous Information:
Red Scooters have been one of my most accident-prone fish...I've lost multiples due to jumping. People usually don't think of "mandarins" and "scooters" as jumpers, but the reality is that when HEALTHY and paired, they are prone to leap from the tank during these spawning rises. Needless to say, it took me a while to make the connection between disappearing Dragonettes and the fact that I had an open-topped tank. Lesson learned. COVER YOUR DRAGONETTE BREEDING TANKS!
I spent a fair amount of time playing around with Red Scooter Blennies. I have multiple threads to reference:
Pair RSBs on Reef Central -
http://www.reefcentral.co...howthread.php?t=841804 My First Breeding Log for Red Scooters, on Reef Central -
http://www.reefcentral.co...s=&threadid=960292 My second Breeding Log for Red Scooters, on MOFIB -
http://www.marinebreeder....ic.php?f=176&t=989 Some highlighted pictures from the various efforts: One of our first female Red Scooters 
One of the first male Red Scooters 
Courtship... 
Spawning rise 
0 hours post spawn at 60X 
0 hours post spawn at 200X 
0 hours post hatch at 60X 
66 hours post hatch at 60X 
97 hours post hatch at 60X 
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