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Breeding Journal, Species: <Amphiprion percula Onyx and Picasso>
Thursday, August 26, 2010 8:25 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: Amphiprion percula Wild caught with Picasso Social Structure: single pair Size of Individuals: 3.5" female/ 2" male Age of Individuals: male 10 months old, female 4 years? Date added to Tank: January 2009 Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank: 29 gallon Substrate Details: sand bed Filtration Details: flow-through with sump & skimmer Water Changes: 25% biweekly/monthly Water Temperature: 78-80 Lighting: T5 & clamp on MH Lighting Cycle: 14 hrs on, 10 hrs off Other Tank Inhabitants: corals & anemone Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types: homemade mush, frozen mysis, pellets Feeding Schedule: twice daily Spawning Details Date of First Spawn: 3-26-2009 Spawn Time of Day: between noon - 5pm Dates of Consecutive Spawns: every 12-18 days Courtship Details: shaking and cleaning of spawning site Egg Size: Egg Color: orange Egg Count: several dozen in first spawn, several hundred with later spawns Hatch Details Hatch Date: 4-3-2009 Hatch Time of Day: 10pm # Days after Spawn: 8 Larvae Description: small and hungry Larval Tank Details Temperature: 80 Size of Larval Tank: 20 gallon Substrate Details: barebottom Other Tank Decor: Filtration Details: sponge filter Lighting: normal output florescent Lighting Cycle: 14 hrs on, 10 hrs off Water Changes: 25% weekly Larval Feeding Details Food Types: rotifers, NHBS, otohime Feeding Schedule: twice daily Metamorphosis/Settlement Date of Settlement Start: 8 days Days after Hatch: 8 Date of Settlement End: 12 days Description of Fry: Grow-Out Tank Details Temperature: 80 Size of Grow-Out Tank: 40 gallon Substrate Details: barebottom Other Tank Decor: Filtration Details: flow-through sump with micron sock & skimmer Lighting: T5 Lighting Cycle: 14 hrs on, 10 hrs off Water Changes: 25% weekly Size at Transfer: 3/4" - 1" Age at Transfer: 3-4 months Grow-Out Feeding Details Food Types: New Life Spectrum GROW, Otohime, thawed brine, cyclopeeze, flake Feeding Schedule: twice daily Additional Information Miscellaneous Information: 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.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: <Amphiprion percula Onyx and Picasso>
Thursday, August 26, 2010 8:35 PM
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4-28-2009 video 1st spawn was very small (3-26-2009) 3rd spawn was much larger (4-28-2009) Post meta 5-10-2009 4 month old offspring
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: <Amphiprion percula Onyx and Picasso>
Thursday, August 26, 2010 8:46 PM
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Cool looking juveniles I like the in focus one in the lower right with a white cap from the middle bar to the head stripe and the onyx coloring Your breeding journal says picasso......it looks like a platinum variant? or is the other side barred? hmmmm maybe I need a platinum to get more oddball markings hehe.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: <Amphiprion percula Onyx and Picasso>
Thursday, August 26, 2010 9:32 PM
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Yeah...I love Doni how you're calling this one a Picasso..it really looks like a full on Platinum with some slight pullback from the real threshhold...like AAA Picasso. Honestly though, I think that's probably genetically what we'd call a "Platinum". Again, just guessing. Now here's the big question, are you getting ANY Platinums out of that pairing? I ask, because if not, it lends an incredible amount of credence to the genetics of Picasso / Platinums being some sort of multi-gene continum or codominance thing. I.e. XXX = Regular Perc YXX = "B Grade Picasso" YYX = "A Grade Picasso" YYY = "Platinum". Or perhaps better thought of as : XX + XX = Regular Perc XX + XY or XY + XX = Regular Perc with hidden Picasso genetics XY + XY or XX + YY or YY+ XX = B Grade Picasso XY + YY or YY + XY = A Grade Picasso YY + YY = Platinum IDK..there was another way I thought of this at some point as well, but I think you get what I'm suggesting. It is interesting that Platinums show up out of Picasso Parings but doesn't seem that they're showing up in pairings like yours (but you obviously get a lot of Picassos).
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: <Amphiprion percula Onyx and Picasso>
Thursday, August 26, 2010 10:18 PM
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This is very interesting. I too, would like to hear if any Platinums are being produced. Also, not to get off topic but, has anyone bred two Platinums together yet? I'm planning on it but it will be a while until they are old enough.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: <Amphiprion percula Onyx and Picasso>
Thursday, August 26, 2010 10:31 PM
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I can't afford ONE platinum let alone two LOL
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: <Amphiprion percula Onyx and Picasso>
Thursday, August 26, 2010 10:33 PM
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I assume ORA will get to do it before anyone else does. I would guess they're just going to produce nothing but Platinums...??
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: <Amphiprion percula Onyx and Picasso>
Friday, August 27, 2010 7:07 AM
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Actually, the male shown is offspring of my picasso/picasso pair. Some of their offspring have a lot of white. Moreso than the normal picasso variant but NOT solid white like ORA's platinums. I call any of these extra white picassos, snowcassos. This wild caught onyx female and snowcasso only produced less than 1% of grade A. Most were normal striped or grade B. On the other hand, this same snowcasso male named "UNO" is currently paired with another snowcasso female and they are producing a large percentage of platinums (solid white).
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