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Breeding Journal, Species: <Amphiprion percula snowcasso/snowcasso>
Friday, August 27, 2010 12:47 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 snowcasso/snowcasso Social Structure: single pair Size of Individuals: 2-3.5" Age of Individuals: 2 yrs Date added to Tank: March 2010 Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank: 65 gallon Substrate Details: deep sand bed Filtration Details: sump, skimmer Water Changes: monthly 25% Water Temperature: 80-82 Lighting: MH Lighting Cycle: 14 hrs on, 10 hrs off Other Tank Inhabitants: quadricolor anemones Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types: thawed homemade mush, mysis Feeding Schedule: twice daily Spawning Details Date of First Spawn: May 2010 Spawn Time of Day: between noon - 5pm Dates of Consecutive Spawns: every 12 days Courtship Details: shaking and cleaning spawning site Egg Size: Egg Color: orange Egg Count: several dozen at first and then several hundred Hatch Details Hatch Date: May 2010 Hatch Time of Day: 10-12pm # Days after Spawn: 8 Larvae Description: Larval Tank Details Temperature: 80 Size of Larval Tank: 20 gallon Substrate Details: barebottom Other Tank Decor: Filtration Details: sponge filter Lighting: normal florescent Lighting Cycle: 24 hrs for first week, then 14 hrs on, 10 hrs off Water Changes: weekly 25% Larval Feeding Details Food Types: rotifers 1-7 days, NHBS & othohime Feeding Schedule: twice daily Metamorphosis/Settlement Date of Settlement Start: Days after Hatch: 7-10 Date of Settlement End: 8-12 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, micron sock, skimmer Lighting: T5 Lighting Cycle: 14 hrs on, 10 hrs off Water Changes: weekly 15% Size at Transfer: 3/4" Age at Transfer: 3 months Grow-Out Feeding Details Food Types: otohime, new life spectrum, thawed brine, mysis, mixed with flake Feeding Schedule: twice daily Additional Information Miscellaneous Information: This pair produces a large percentage of platinum (solid white) offspring 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 snowcasso/snowcasso>
Friday, August 27, 2010 1:02 PM
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Pair Female swollen with eggs One month old juveniles 2 month old offspring
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: <Amphiprion percula snowcasso/snowcasso>
Friday, August 27, 2010 1:15 PM
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Nice looking pair. Question: You know how Platinum offspring are apparent by about the 3rd week... are Snowcassos apparent that soon too, or does it take a while?
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: <Amphiprion percula snowcasso/snowcasso>
Friday, August 27, 2010 1:39 PM
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They ought to be apparent that soon. One of the photos was at four weeks and I can see 'em.
--Andy, the bucket man. "Not to know the mandolin is to argue oneself unknown...." --Clara Lanza, 1886
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: <Amphiprion percula snowcasso/snowcasso>
Friday, August 27, 2010 1:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Umm_fish?
They ought to be apparent that soon. One of the photos was at four weeks and I can see 'em. Ok, let me re-phrase that... can you tell that they will be Snowcassos rather than Platinums at that age? Or, do they look like Picassos and just continue to get more white as they age?
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: <Amphiprion percula snowcasso/snowcasso>
Friday, August 27, 2010 8:24 PM
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Well, you can get a good idea if each will have picasso patterns, but usually it is 3-4months (or longer) before I know if they will be snowcassos. Strangely, many juvenile's white continues to spread as they age.
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