Breeding Journal, Species: <Pterapogon kauderni>

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.

Doni Marie~

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
 

Doni Marie~

They are lovely. Nice photos!

--Andy, the bucket man.
"Not to know the mandolin is to argue oneself unknown...." --Clara Lanza, 1886

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

Thank you Andy
 
Rook, all fixed!

Doni Marie~

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.

BTW, what the heck is the wierd purple urchin surrogate?

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~

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~

Classic creativity Doni - love it!