Breeding Journal DataSheet
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General Species: Hippocampus reidi
Social Structure: Two mated pairs
Size of Individuals: 6"
Age of Individuals: 2+ years
Date added to Tank: 21 July 2010
Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank: 65 Gallons
Substrate Details: Sand bed
Filtration Details: Polyester sock, Protein skimmer, Chaetomorpha in sump, Rowaphos in phosphate reactor, live rock
Water Changes: 25% weekly (daily while fry kreisel is operating)
Water Temperature: 72-76 F
Lighting: HO T5 2 x 39 W, 1 Actinic 450 and 1 Super Daylight 6500 K
Lighting Cycle: 12 Hr photoperiod
Other Tank Inhabitants: Clean up crew-- Turbo snails and red-legged hermits
Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types: PE Mysis, Hikari Mysis, Enriched Brine, occasional live ghost shrimp
Feeding Schedule: 2-3 times daily
Spawning Details Date of First Spawn: Both males arrived pregnant. First broods lost to filter sock. First spawn in my tank was 2 August, 2010.
Spawn Time of Day: Not witnessed.
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: 20 August, 2010, and 23 August, 2010 (different males), 3 September, 2010.
Courtship Details: Larry loves Freckles, and Big Bob loves Miss Piggy.
Egg Size: Egg Color: Egg Count: Hatch Details Hatch Date: First brood birthed 19 August, 2010.
Hatch Time of Day: About 1:00 AM
# Days after Spawn: 16 1/2
Larvae Description: Several hundred (appx. 375) small fry about 7 mm long
Larval Tank Details Temperature: Ambient room temp ~ 72 F
Size of Larval Tank: Jelliquarium Ephyra grow-out:
http://www.jelliquarium.c...ls.aspx?productID=3112 Alternative tanks used are 1-gallon fishbowls lit from top and bottom, with an airline in one corner.
Substrate Details: Bare bottom
Other Tank Decor: None
Filtration Details: 10 Gallon sump with HOB Penguin Bio-Wheel 350 filter + bio balls + live rock
The 1-gallon tanks have no filtration, per se. Live T-Iso used as greenwater. Twice daily siphoning and frequent small water changes, plus judicious use of AmQuel Plus and Prime.
Lighting: 15W fluorescent
Lighting Cycle: 24 hrs
Water Changes: 50-75% daily. The small fishbowls get frequent (2-3 times a day), small (10%) water changes.
Larval Feeding Details Food Types: Enriched rotifers, Enriched Instar II-III BBS, Apocyclops panamensis, Euterpina acutifrons
Brood #2 was fed almost exclusively A. panamensis. They got a few rotifers on day One, and some enriched BBS, but they never really liked the BBS. The are copepod pigs!
Feeding Schedule: Many times daily. Every time their guts don't look full, and when the snicking stops. 4-5 times daily at first, and then more like 2-3 times daily at two weeks.
Metamorphosis/Settlement Date of Settlement Start: Hitching seen with some individuals of Brood #2 at Day 11.
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.
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