Breeding Journal: Amphiprion Ocellaris (Black)

General
Species: Amphiprion Ocellaris
Social Structure: Mated pair
Size of Individuals: Female: 3"; Male 2" (both still growing a bit!)
Age of Individuals: About 2-4
Date added to Tank: October 2008

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank: 34 Gallon Red Sea Max
Substrate Details: Fine live sand
Filtration Details: 290 GPH divided between 2 pumps
Water Changes: 2.5 Gallons every 4 days
Water Temperature: 80F-83F
Lighting: 110w PC 50/50 (10000K & Blue Actinic)
Lighting Cycle: Lights come on at 8:30 AM and turn off at 6:00 PM (2 blue LED on at night)
Other Tank Inhabitants: Banggai Cardinalfish, 6-Line Wrasse, Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types: PE Mysis, Rod's Original, Live Brine Shrimp
Feeding Schedule: Tiny bits of food 3 times per day, first live brine, then PE Mysis, then Rod's

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn: Thursday, May 6th, 2010
Spawn Time of Day: 2:40 (started to lay eggs at 3:10)
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: NA (yet)
Courtship Details: Female lays an egg here, an egg there, and the male fertilizes
Egg Size: 1mm?
Egg Color: Orange at first, and by the night of hatching they are silver with big light brown yolk sacs and big black eyes
Egg Count: First time looks like 50-100, but there was a few hundred fry

Hatch Details
Hatch Date: Sunday, May 16th, 2010
Hatch Time of Day: 7:02 PM
# Days after Spawn: Today... um 0...
Larvae Description: They are small and they look like transparent dolphins with light orange/brown yolk sacs 


Larval Tank Details
Temperature: 79F-81F
Size of Larval Tank: 10 Gallon filled 3/4 of the way
Substrate Details: Bare-bottom!
Other Tank Decor: Water and rotifers
Filtration Details: Air Stone
Lighting: 25w PC
Lighting Cycle: Whenever I decide to turn on and off the lights
Water Changes: 1 cup every few hours

Larval Feeding Details
Food Types: Rotifers! L Strain!
Feeding Schedule: I add rotifers when I feel likei t

Metamorphosis/Settlement
Date of Settlement Start: NA (yet)
Days after Hatch: NA (yet)
Date of Settlement End: NA (yet)
Description of Fry: NA (yet)

Grow-Out Tank Details
Temperature: NA (yet)
Size of Grow-Out Tank: NA (yet)
Substrate Details: NA (yet)
Other Tank Decor: NA (yet)
Filtration Details: NA (yet) 
Lighting: NA (yet)
Lighting Cycle: NA (yet) 
Water Changes: NA (yet) 
Size at Transfer: NA (yet)
Age at Transfer:  NA (yet)

Grow-Out Feeding Details
Food Types: NA (yet)
Feeding Schedule: NA (yet)

Additional Information
Miscellaneous Information:

Video of hatch and collection and fry tank to come in the next few days!

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Today while I was away my mom adjusted the light. I think it may have light shocked them. I found 50 or so dead on the bottom of the tank and maybe 25 that were alive but on the bottom swimming in circles. I repositioned the light and there are about 100 doing fine. I'd like to think of it as unnatural natural selection. I'll have a few more hatching tonight and I'm putting together a video of the hatch right now... and it's in HD!

Great video! You can really tell that you're excited. Keep the audio.

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LOL, I loved it.  You remind me of myself from . . .  well now.  Definitely keep the audio great video and keep up the great work .

The video of the clownfish hatching won't upload to my computer because the flash card is a bum. I guess there is always next time.

Rest of the babies hatched at 7:02, but I forgot and was on the computer. I managed to get 4! That's better than nothing.

OMG a bristle worm!


I think I peed a bit.

Today I got home to find a nice little patch of about 500 eggs. Must have overlooked them yesterday.
The bristle worm is gone for good... and now so are the brittle stars...

Bristle Stars are good.  Note- if there is one bristle worm, there are going to be many bristle worms .  Cool about the eggs.

Out of the batch I have, there are about 10 survivors so far. Maybe I'll have a bit more luck with the next batch.

10 is a great start! How old are they now?

http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage
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LMK if you need any supplies, whatever it is it's probably gathering dust at my place. You know where I'm at. Congrats btw!