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  Change Page: 123 > | Showing page 1 of 3, messages 1 to 20 of 41 - powered by ASPPlayground.NET Forum Trial Version Author Message cmpenney Total Posts : 2772 Reward points : 1443 Joined: 7/18/2005 Location: Reading, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 70 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Breeding Journal: Amphiprion clarkii Thursday, April 29, 2010 8:47 PM (permalink) 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: Amphiprion clarkii Social Structure: Pairs Size of Individuals: Female 6",  Male 4"  Age of Individuals: Female 12 yrs, Male unknown Date added to Tank: 4/17/2010 Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank: 22 Gal Substrate Details: Crushed Coral Filtration Details: Connected to Main system, 200 Gal + 2 100 Gal Sumps  Water Changes: 40 gals every 2 weeks Water Temperature: 78° Lighting: (2) 35watt 10K PC lights  Lighting Cycle: 11 hours Light Other Tank Inhabitants: Haddoni Carpet Anemone Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types: Mix of various pellet foods, Formula One, Formula Two, Spectrum, Cycopeze Feeding Schedule: Twice a day Spawning Details Date of First Spawn: 4/29/2010 Spawn Time of Day: 9:30 pm Dates of Consecutive Spawns: Courtship Details: Missed courtship on first time. Egg Size: 1 mm Egg Color: Rust colored Egg Count: 1600 Hatch Details Hatch Date: 5/7/2010 Hatch Time of Day: About  10pm. # Days after Spawn: 8 days Larvae Description: Small about 2mm with visible eyes.  I could not see if they had yolk sacks still. Larval Tank Details Temperature: Size of Larval Tank: Substrate Details: Other Tank Decor: Filtration Details: Lighting: Lighting Cycle: Water Changes: 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 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 cmpenney on Tuesday, December 7, 2010 9:40 AM> Chad Penney - MBI Council Agis quod Adis   #1 cmpenney Total Posts : 2772 Reward points : 1443 Joined: 7/18/2005 Location: Reading, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 70 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion clarkii Thursday, April 29, 2010 8:50 PM (permalink)   Well only two weeks after I picked up these guys I came home tonight and went to feed them just before bed and caught them going at it!         I threw food in the tank so the anemone would contract and I could get the eggs in the picture.   Here are a couple close ups of Big Mama     <message edited by cmpenney on Monday, May 3, 2010 8:23 PM> Chad Penney - MBI Council Agis quod Adis   #2 cmpenney Total Posts : 2772 Reward points : 1443 Joined: 7/18/2005 Location: Reading, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 70 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion clarkii Thursday, April 29, 2010 8:59 PM (permalink)   <message edited by cmpenney on Friday, July 30, 2010 10:06 PM> Attached Image(s) Chad Penney - MBI Council Agis quod Adis   #3 cmpenney Total Posts : 2772 Reward points : 1443 Joined: 7/18/2005 Location: Reading, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 70 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion clarkii Friday, April 30, 2010 6:29 AM (permalink) They had spawned for the previous owner but I never got numbers of how big the nests were. I really hadn't expected them to spawn already at all. I have only had them for 2 weeks and really haven't been feeding them what you would consider a  brood stock diet. It's been pretty much just the same mixture of 5 or 6 different pellet foods that I feed my display tank. Because I hadn't expected this I have no cultures up and going so I'm now in a desperate search for a starter culture of Rot's. If anyone has any near AA please let me know. Chad Penney - MBI Council Agis quod Adis   #4 cmpenney Total Posts : 2772 Reward points : 1443 Joined: 7/18/2005 Location: Reading, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 70 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion clarkii Saturday, May 1, 2010 7:29 PM (permalink) I was able to get a starter culture of Rot's today from Cowboy13 ( thanks for meeting me . Hopefully this means I will have a shot at raising at least some of them.. Wish me luck! Chad Penney - MBI Council Agis quod Adis   #5 mhowe9 Total Posts : 924 Reward points : 2479 Joined: 12/15/2008 Location: Auburn Hills, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 120 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion clarkii Saturday, May 1, 2010 8:14 PM (permalink) Glad you found some rots Chad!  What are you going to raise the larvae in?   #6 cmpenney Total Posts : 2772 Reward points : 1443 Joined: 7/18/2005 Location: Reading, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 70 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion clarkii Saturday, May 1, 2010 8:35 PM (permalink) I have a 10 gal tank that is already drilled that I'm planning to try the flow through system with. The rack it's on has a spot above that I can place a container to drip enriched Rot's from and then just let it drain into my main sump. I'm going to go with the lazy man's way of raising larvae Or at least trying to! Chad Penney - MBI Council Agis quod Adis   #7 cmpenney Total Posts : 2772 Reward points : 1443 Joined: 7/18/2005 Location: Reading, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 70 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion clarkii Sunday, May 2, 2010 6:36 PM (permalink) There is a very different look to the eggs today:     Darker and lost all the orangish color they had when first laid. Attached Image(s) Chad Penney - MBI Council Agis quod Adis   #8 mPedersen Total Posts : 3450 Reward points : 1376 Joined: 2/27/2009 Location: Duluth, MN, US Status: offline MBI: 4975 Pnts MBI Site: Lake Superior Marine Aquarium Club Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion clarkii Sunday, May 2, 2010 11:18 PM (permalink) Holy frick that's massive!  Please do the day to day pix if you can!!!   #9 cmpenney Total Posts : 2772 Reward points : 1443 Joined: 7/18/2005 Location: Reading, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 70 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion clarkii Monday, May 3, 2010 6:16 AM (permalink) I plan to get a least a few more pics in before hatch. The acrylic on the front of the tank is terribly scratched up. These used to be a holding tanks from an LFS so they have been aroudn the block a few times and it is hard to get decent pictures through them. I'll try to do the best I can. I wish I had put tiles in the tank so they didn't lay these on the back wall. Now I'm going to have to setup a snagger to get the larvae out. Which by my calculations will be Wed or Thurs night. Chad Penney - MBI Council Agis quod Adis   #10 Fishtal Total Posts : 5467 Reward points : 2908 Joined: 8/31/2006 Location: Waterford, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 585 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion clarkii Monday, May 3, 2010 11:09 AM (permalink) You need an underwater camera. http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage "Making captive breeding easier."   #11 cmpenney Total Posts : 2772 Reward points : 1443 Joined: 7/18/2005 Location: Reading, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 70 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion clarkii Monday, May 3, 2010 8:25 PM (permalink) Ok here they are on Day 4:   I also posted some pictures of teh parents in my second post above: http://www.masm.org/mforums/fb.ashx?m=38482 Attached Image(s) Chad Penney - MBI Council Agis quod Adis   #12 cmpenney Total Posts : 2772 Reward points : 1443 Joined: 7/18/2005 Location: Reading, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 70 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion clarkii Thursday, May 6, 2010 7:15 PM (permalink) OK here they are on Day 5:   And Day 6:   If you look really close at day 6 you can see eyes on some of the eggs now.   Attached Image(s) Chad Penney - MBI Council Agis quod Adis   #13 cmpenney Total Posts : 2772 Reward points : 1443 Joined: 7/18/2005 Location: Reading, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 70 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion clarkii Thursday, May 6, 2010 7:53 PM (permalink) And here is Day 7:   You can see lots of eyes tonight...Looks like there is a chance for a hatch tonight so I shut off the pumps and turned the lights off early.   If they hatch tonight They'll be another post on this later.   Attached Image(s) Chad Penney - MBI Council Agis quod Adis   #14 Arc Katana Total Posts : 929 Reward points : 1293 Joined: 10/20/2009 Status: offline MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion clarkii Thursday, May 6, 2010 8:17 PM (permalink) Awesome. Simply awesome.  Good luck with the kids!   #15 cmpenney Total Posts : 2772 Reward points : 1443 Joined: 7/18/2005 Location: Reading, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 70 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion clarkii Sunday, May 9, 2010 10:38 AM (permalink) Sorry for the lack of updates! The last few days have been crazy busy and I've had a few unexpected problems. So Friday I had set the the timer to shut off the light on the tank at about 10 pm.. I knew I should be home at just about 11pm so I fgiured they would be good and ready to hatch when I got home..We didn't actually get home til around 11:30 and when I went down to the tank and looked at the nest( red flashight). This is what I saw:   CRAP! They had already gone off. I quickly scanned the tank and only found 3 fry in the tank with the parents. Since I figured I would be home before any thing happened I didn't shut down the flow through or the tunze nano in the tank in the morning. I immediately figured I was hosed. Just to check I lifted the cover off teh first of my 100 gal sumps and sure enough there were a bunch of fry in there. Not 2000 but a bunch none the less. I siphoned out maybe 100 of them and then flipped the lid off the second sump and BAM! there where fry everywhere.. I started by just siphoning them out and easily got a couple hundred this way but I was having to stop every few minutes and carefully try to siphon just the water back in the system and then go back and try to siphon fry again..Because they were so spread out in this 100 gallons of water I was just getting too much water between fry. I finally just gave up and started carefully netting them out with a brine shimp net and placing them in the bucket.     Attached Image(s) Chad Penney - MBI Council Agis quod Adis   #16 cmpenney Total Posts : 2772 Reward points : 1443 Joined: 7/18/2005 Location: Reading, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 70 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion clarkii Sunday, May 9, 2010 10:41 AM (permalink) Here are a few shots of the bucket as I progressed.   This first one I think is shortly after I started siphoning from the second sump:       Then a couple close up's of the fry in the bucket. Or as good as I could get in my hurry:       Attached Image(s) Chad Penney - MBI Council Agis quod Adis   #17 cmpenney Total Posts : 2772 Reward points : 1443 Joined: 7/18/2005 Location: Reading, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 70 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Breeding Journal: Amphiprion clarkii Sunday, May 9, 2010 10:42 AM (permalink) And here is the bucket when I was about done:     This isn't even half of what was in teh tanks.. I just finally gave up. Attached Image(s) Chad Penney - MBI Council Agis quod Adis   #18 Fishtal Total Posts : 5467 Reward points : 2908 Joined: 8/31/2006 Location: Waterford, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 585 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Breeding Journal: Amphiprion clarkii Sunday, May 9, 2010 10:59 AM (permalink) Hah, that happens. I hate when they hatch before you expect them to. Pretty cool that they made it to the sump and you were able to get quite a few out. http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage "Making captive breeding easier."   #19 Barelycuda Total Posts : 186 Reward points : 829 Joined: 3/20/2010 Location: Vancouver, WA, US Status: offline MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Breeding Journal: Amphiprion clarkii Sunday, May 9, 2010 11:14 AM (permalink) Very nice looking pair of clarkii's.  Congrats on recovering so many after they went off.   #20 Online Bookmarks Sharing: Facebook Digg Google del.icio.us StumbleUpon Change Page: 123 > | Showing page 1 of 3, messages 1 to 20 of 41 - powered by ASPPlayground.NET Forum Trial Version

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