Breeding Journal, Species: <Amphiprion percula Onyx and Picasso>

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
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Doni Marie~

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

 

Doni Marie~

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.

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).

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.

http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage
"Making captive breeding easier."

I can't afford ONE platinum let alone two LOL

I assume ORA will get to do it before anyone else does.  I would guess they're just going to produce nothing but Platinums...??

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).

Doni Marie~