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•  Breeding Journal, Species: <Pterapogon kauderni>

  Author Message woodstock Total Posts : 231 Reward points : 263 Joined: 8/18/2010 Location: Hillsborough, NC Status: offline MBI: 1190 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Societies of North America Breeding Journal, Species: <Pterapogon kauderni> Friday, August 20, 2010 9:03 AM (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:  Pterapogon kauderni Social Structure:  single pair Size of Individuals:  2" and still growing Age of Individuals:  @1.5 years Date added to Tank: January 2010  Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank: 40 gallon  Substrate Details:  barebottom Filtration Details:  flowthrough, sump, micron sock, skimmer Water Changes:  weekly 25% Water Temperature:  80 Lighting:  T5 Lighting Cycle:  14 hrs on, 10 hrs off Other Tank Inhabitants:  clownfish Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types:  frozen PE mysis, homemade mush Feeding Schedule:  twice daily Spawning Details Date of First Spawn: @ june 1, 2010  Spawn Time of Day:  Unsure Dates of Consecutive Spawns:  every 30 days Courtship Details:  Just hanging out together; sometimes they follow eachother around Size:  egg ball Egg Color:  unsure Egg Count: 10-20 Hatch Details Hatch Date:  release date - June 26, 2010 Hatch Time of Day:  unsure # Days after Spawn:  approx 25 Larvae Description:  tiny replicas of their parents; they seek shelter immediately upon release from the father's mouth Larval Tank Details Temperature: 80 Size of Larval Tank:  20 gallon Substrate Details:  barebottom Other Tank Decor: plastic plants  Filtration Details:  sponge filter Lighting:  normal output florescent Lighting Cycle:  14 hrs on, 10 hrs off Water Changes:  weekly 25% Larval Feeding Details Food Types:  BBS, enriched 2-4 day old BS, cyclop-eeze and later frozen mysis Feeding Schedule:  twice daily Metamorphosis/Settlement Date of Settlement Start:  (same as hatch/release date above)  Days after Hatch:  Date of Settlement End:  Description of Fry:  Grow-Out Tank Details Temperature:  80 Size of Grow-Out Tank:  40 gallon Substrate Details:  barebottom Other Tank Decor:  plastic plants Filtration Details:  sump, skimmer, refugium, carbon reactor Lighting:  T5  Lighting Cycle:  14 hrs on; 10 hrs off Water Changes:  20-25% weekly Size at Transfer:  1.5-2.0" Age at Transfer:  2-3 months old Grow-Out Feeding Details Food Types: frozen mysis  Feeding Schedule:  twice daily Additional Information Miscellaneous Information:  Very easy to raise.  I had 100% survival rate on my first attempt. 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 woodstock on Friday, September 24, 2010 5:21 AM> Doni Marie~   #1 woodstock Total Posts : 231 Reward points : 263 Joined: 8/18/2010 Location: Hillsborough, NC Status: offline MBI: 1190 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Societies of North America Re: Breeding Journal, Species: <Pterapogon kauderni> Friday, August 20, 2010 9:11 AM (permalink) Photo of several young adults in QT back in November 2009. These paired off eventually.   video of Newly released http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsXifEOhYO8   1 week old       6 weeks old           3 months old   <message edited by woodstock on Friday, September 24, 2010 5:31 AM> Doni Marie~   #2 Umm_fish? Total Posts : 2835 Reward points : 953 Joined: 11/4/2009 Location: Boulder, CO, US Status: offline MBI: 775 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Society of Colorado Re: Breeding Journal, Species: <Pterapogon kauderni> Friday, August 20, 2010 9:29 AM (permalink) They are lovely. Nice photos! --Andy, the bucket man. "Not to know the mandolin is to argue oneself unknown...." --Clara Lanza, 1886   #3 Rook Total Posts : 804 Reward points : 1287 Joined: 8/30/2006 Location: Grosse Pointe Park, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 0 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re: Breeding Journal, Species: <Pterapogon kauderni> Friday, August 20, 2010 9:31 AM (permalink) Your date of spawn is missing a "0".     Good work, you've been very busy.  I need to find some banggai broodstock to get started. Rook   #4 woodstock Total Posts : 231 Reward points : 263 Joined: 8/18/2010 Location: Hillsborough, NC Status: offline MBI: 1190 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Societies of North America Re: Breeding Journal, Species: <Pterapogon kauderni> Friday, August 20, 2010 9:37 AM (permalink) Thank you Andy   Rook, all fixed! Doni Marie~   #5 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: <Pterapogon kauderni> Thursday, September 23, 2010 10:15 AM (permalink) Do you have any images of the broodstock holding the eggs?  I'd love to see a shot of "DAD" pre-release to document the process a bit further.   #6 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: <Pterapogon kauderni> Thursday, September 23, 2010 10:15 AM (permalink) BTW, what the heck is the wierd purple urchin surrogate?   #7 woodstock Total Posts : 231 Reward points : 263 Joined: 8/18/2010 Location: Hillsborough, NC Status: offline MBI: 1190 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Societies of North America Re: Breeding Journal, Species: <Pterapogon kauderni> Friday, September 24, 2010 5:18 AM (permalink) Originally Posted by mPedersen Do you have any images of the broodstock holding the eggs?  I'd love to see a shot of "DAD" pre-release to document the process a bit further. A difficult photo to get since he hides in the back corner but I'll work on getting a decent photo of him holding as soon as possible. Doni Marie~   #8 woodstock Total Posts : 231 Reward points : 263 Joined: 8/18/2010 Location: Hillsborough, NC Status: offline MBI: 1190 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Societies of North America Re: Breeding Journal, Species: <Pterapogon kauderni> Friday, September 24, 2010 5:20 AM (permalink) Originally Posted by mPedersen BTW, what the heck is the wierd purple urchin surrogate? LOL!  That used to be a man made purple goniopora type coral but I cut all the polyps off to make a nursery for the bangaii.   Doni Marie~   #9 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: <Pterapogon kauderni> Friday, September 24, 2010 9:34 AM (permalink) Classic creativity Doni - love it!   #10 Online Bookmarks Sharing: Facebook Digg Google del.icio.us StumbleUpon

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