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Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion Ocellaris
Saturday, August 14, 2010 5:59 PM
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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: A. Ocellaris Social Structure: MAted Pair Size of Individuals: Male: about 2" Female: about 2.5/3" Age of Individuals: 3 years Date added to Tank: 2007 Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank: 14 gallon Oceanic Biocube -changed to a 20 gallon long Substrate Details: Sand- mix of moonlight black and samoa pink - changed to bare bottom Filtration Details: standard on biocube- insert filter/mini bioballs- changed to hob Water Changes: None, top off only - water changes to create larval tank, then top off bood tank Water Temperature: 78 Lighting: 24w flourescent/24w actinic - changed to sunlight during day- room light at night Lighting Cycle: 15hrs (usually when I am up they are up) -changed to blinds open during day Other Tank Inhabitants: 1 turbo snail, 1 tonga nassarius, xenia, baby mushroom, zoos, baby paly colony - changed to 3 hermits/1 turbo Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types: right now: frozen brine,flake,pellet,fuel,oyster feast all mixed together -also oto C Feeding Schedule: have just changed to 4 times daily, (with a snack here and there  ) - still feed several times daily Spawning Details Date of First Spawn: do not remember long while ago, we will go with this week as being "first" 8/13/2010 Spawn Time of Day: between 5pm-6pm Dates of Consecutive Spawns: (they just laid about 2-3 weeks ago... but we will use 8/13/10 as starting point) Courtship Details: They are very much 'in love' when they begin to cuddle and wiggle I know it is close. Also, the male will begin to 'dart' back and forth feverishly as if protecting the female from an attacker, funny that they are the only 2 fish in there! But he is doing his job- gotta give him kudos for that! Egg Size: when laid: tiny, like the size of something inbetween a poppy seed and a nerd (candy), then they become oblong, like rice Egg Color: when laid: orange/golden yellow Egg Count: 50? give or take - the numbers increase/decrease given stress/changes in tank (rockwork, water changes, etc) also warmer weather = more eggs? I think. Hatch Details Hatch Date: 8/21/2010 Hatch Time of Day: 12:20am # Days after Spawn: 7-8 Larvae Description: Healthy looking, intact, react to light/movement Larval Tank Details Temperature: 78 -changed to 80 Size of Larval Tank: 5 gallon Substrate Details: bare bottom Other Tank Decor: 2 heaters, an airline tube/bubble stone -no heater, changed to garage (Florida) Filtration Details: Will siphon, HOB when ready to use - using foam filter when transitioned Lighting: 15watt hood- changed to sunlight / overhead garage light Lighting Cycle: will create it after reading more journals/info Water Changes: will syphon/turkey baste out until fry are ready for sponge filter Larval Feeding Details Food Types: culturing phyto/rotifers presently then otohime when ready- will try to introduce copepods also Feeding Schedule: will create once I read more Metamorphosis/Settlement Date of Settlement Start: TBA Days after Hatch: TBA Date of Settlement End: TBA Description of Fry: TBA
Grow-Out Tank Details Temperature: - will be using larvae tank until new tank is acquired Size of Grow-Out Tank: n/a Substrate Details: n/a Other Tank Decor: n/a Filtration Details: n/a Lighting: n/a Lighting Cycle: n/a Water Changes: n/a Size at Transfer: n/a Age at Transfer: n/a Grow-Out Feeding Details Food Types: otohime A Feeding Schedule: 3-5 times daily Additional Information Miscellaneous Information: will include in posting 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 Chelle's Ocean on Saturday, April 23, 2011 6:35 PM>
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion Ocellaris
Saturday, August 14, 2010 6:38 PM
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Greetings everyone! First entry...hopefully the video comes in ok. My clowns were purchased as a threesome of itty bitty babies in 2007, one died shortly thereafter by jumping into the overflow, going through the filtratrion, and ended up in the sump. The remaining two then mated and have been together ever since , awwwwww xoxoxo Anyway, I originally had them in my 180g DT, and could never get to the fry when they hatched. After basically tearing down my aquascape a few times, standing on a stool at the tank for hours with a net...finally was able to catch the female, and the male jumped in on the next attempt. They were moved to their own tank in the bedroom - a 14 gallon Oceanic Biocube, with a baby lawnmower blenny...I buy everything in 'baby' size if possible. I just recently removed and transferred the blenney to the DT just in case the eggs hatched while I wasn't home. Didn't know if it would try to feed on them or not. My clowns have spawned many many numerous times over the past 3 years, and just recently I moved the eggs/rock to a hatch tank, but a fail on my part- I was not able to keep the fry alive longer then 3 days. So I will continue to research and experiment and improve my success rate. 8/12/2010 -The clowns were clearing away a spot on the back wall - getting ready to lay. 8/13/2010 -Upon entering the room for the dinner feeding, I had a clutch of golden orange eggs waiting for me! I am hoping to keep a video journal of the process, but will also begin taking still shots as well for the other forums I am part of. Here is my first video of Day 1-
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion Ocellaris
Monday, August 16, 2010 5:47 AM
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8/14/2010 Day #2 Eggs are doing well...parents doing well . Eggs taking on a "grain of rice" appearance, becoming long and thin, not as bright orange, from the front they have a brownish tint, from the sides still a golden yellow/pale orange
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion Ocellaris
Monday, August 16, 2010 5:56 AM
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: <A. Ocellaris>
Monday, August 16, 2010 6:08 AM
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How can I post my videos/photos like I see on another journal to where it will show up 'here' instead of me giving a link each time? Any tips? thanks!
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: <A. Ocellaris>
Monday, August 16, 2010 8:14 AM
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Sometimes the editor sees jsut sees the video as a link instead of as a video. It thinks it's trying to help you out which most of the time is OK but here can be a pain. A few tips:
Try typing the first tag: [video] then pasting the link to the video. Often that first tag being there is enough to stop it from seeing it as a link.
If is does still show up as a link move your cursor to the end of the link and hit the backspace key once or twice til the underline disappears. This tells the editor that you don't want that to appear as a link.
Chad Penney - MBI Council Agis quod Adis
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: <A. Ocellaris>
Monday, August 16, 2010 2:32 PM
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Thanks Chad! looks great now
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: <A. Ocellaris>
Thursday, August 19, 2010 5:20 PM
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Day #4 8/16/2010 Pair is becoming more protective as I approach the tank. Eggs are looking good. Can see the eyes. Brownish color is now uniform. Set up a phyto / rotifer station- culturing both presently.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: <A. Ocellaris>
Thursday, August 19, 2010 5:51 PM
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Day # 5 8/17/2010 Water parameters still in check. Eggs are more silvery. Some eyes have more of a reflection than others. (sorry for the video, camera#1 batteries died, camera#2 backup was not charged up- so went with the phone)
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: <A. Ocellaris>
Thursday, August 19, 2010 6:02 PM
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Day #6 8/18/2010 Phyto/Rotifers are growing/culturing within their jars. Planning to do the 5 gallon bucket for the rots soon... and adding more jars of phyto. Added phyto and rotifers to the fry tank, with airline/bubbler and heater. The eggs sacs are more noticeable...can see the little guys inside! Going to try to do the white tile Tal used in his photos, so that I can watch the process better than against a black wall next time. Only issue is the turbo snail keeps getting curious- but the pair sends him on his way. (I have moved him a few times also, not wanting to take him out of tank yet) Gave a little snack of New Life Spectrum pellets.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: <A. Ocellaris>
Thursday, August 19, 2010 6:05 PM
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Question: until I am able to get the Otohime A - can I use the New Life Spectrum? It's the Small Fish Formula, very very tiny pellets. If I were to crush these up..in a powder form, can I use this in the larvae tank?
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: <A. Ocellaris>
Thursday, August 19, 2010 6:13 PM
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If you can get it fine enough you could use it in a pinch. A mortal and pestle does the job nicely.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: <A. Ocellaris>
Thursday, August 19, 2010 6:55 PM
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Today is Day #7 8/19/2010 The fry tank is a nice green, with what I now believe to be a pretty good amount of rotifers - because when the light is held under the glass- it does in fact look like dust floating around. So I am feeling good about that I am gong to stay up and watch as not sure if some will hatch tonight due to the eyes on some of them. (I think I may have posted the phyto on Monday...actually that was Tuesday that I picked up/set up- so I missed a video, sorry)
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: <A. Ocellaris>
Thursday, August 19, 2010 6:57 PM
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 Originally Posted by Fishtal If you can get it fine enough you could use it in a pinch. A mortal and pestle does the job nicely. Cool. I will try to get the other ordered quickly just to have on hand.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: <A. Ocellaris>
Friday, August 20, 2010 5:18 PM
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Ok... last night was not the night. Hopefully tonight is hatch night- the eyes are looking more reflective/ more have silver to them.
Lights on @ 6am today- both pairs were tending the eggs
Sacs are a bit more transparent...or to say I can clearly see the larvae more.
Noticeable agitation in the tank. The male is fighting with himself in the reflection of the tank wall. Not sure why. He actually charges the glass, does a side to side motion, then swims away and charges at himself again. If the female approaches the glass panel- he pushes himself in front of her to block her from the glass image. Weird, but cute.
Still fanning the eggs.
Trying to find out if adding oyster feast to larvae tank is a good idea. I don't want to use this hatch as an experiment.
Any comments on adding oyster feast to the larvae tank...or rotifer container?
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: <A. Ocellaris>
Friday, August 20, 2010 5:33 PM
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: <A. Ocellaris>
Friday, August 20, 2010 6:22 PM
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Yeah, I saw that post Tal, thank you so much! I actually emailed them right after your post- and I will try to get with them via phone. Looking for a 'smaller' portion to start with, but may end up having to go big afterall. There isn't anyone in my club raising - so no one to borrow from for a sample starter to see how it is. But I will be the first I guess, I can always lend mine out to those who attempt this after me . Ok- so I am doing ALOT of reading. Seems everytime I get on a forum, I get lost in the world of fish, lol...clicking links to other articles, forums, books.....I am taking a break and checking on the tanks right now- so far everything 'looks' good- but haven't done this yet so not sure of any signs to look for. I added a few drops of the prime to the larvae tank(hoping that is ok) thinking it would be a good start when adding the larvae. And have been maintaining a nice enough green color to the water so as not to be able to see the bottom of the tank. The tank is stable with the brood tank. Oh..... getting excited .....to be continued..... (keep your fins crossed! lol)
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: <A. Ocellaris>
Friday, August 20, 2010 7:08 PM
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Is it true that a lower temp will delay metamorphosis and a higher temp speeds it up?
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: <A. Ocellaris>
Saturday, August 21, 2010 12:00 PM
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Eggs began hatching this morning around 12:20am Total siphoned out (using turkey baster) was 21 Added the larvae to the fry tank - which was loaded with phyto and rotifers. Added a second heater because I had a feeling the one in there was on the 'blink', didn't want it to go out during the night. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This morning I turned on the light for the phyto which is over the fry tank- and placed a cardboard on the rack below the shelf to shade the light from directly going into the tank. There are still swimmers.... trying to count, so far I see a huddle of around 10. More to come tonight! I think the video on youtube is fuzzy looking (or maybe it's because I didn't go to bed, lol) so here is a link to my facebook- showing the video as well. http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=152905571387456
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: <A. Ocellaris>
Sunday, August 22, 2010 6:25 AM
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This morning I counted and cannot tell if I am counting the same ones, lol- so I may have to wait until the water clears in a few water changes. (I know I added too much phyto because I cannot see anything when looking straight into the tank from the front glass) I did my 1st rotifer feeding of the day about an hour ago....but am fearing they are not reproducing fast enough. I watched an episode on talking reef : http://www.talkingreef.com/forums/podcast-episodes/648-culturing-rotifers-video-podcast-episode-42-a.html mine do not look like his. I am only working with the one jar...and not sure they are enough. I plan on having 3 jars going hopefully for the next clutch.
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