Breeding Journal, Species: <Amphiprion Ocellaris - 2nd Hatch>

General
Species: Amphiprion Ocellaris 
Social Structure:
Size of Individuals: 
Age of Individuals:  About 3 years old
Date added to Tank: 2007

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank:  14 gallon
Substrate Details:  1 inch sandbed
Filtration Details:  Oceanic Biocube stock filtration
Water Changes:  None- weekly top-off
Water Temperature:  78
Lighting: 
Lighting Cycle: 
Other Tank Inhabitants:  1 turbo snail, 2-3 mini blue legs, 1 tonga nassarius

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types:  pellet, flake,mysis
Feeding Schedule:  4 times daily 

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn: 
Spawn Time of Day:  4:30- 5:15pm
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: 
Courtship Details: 
Egg Size: 
Egg Color: 
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Hatch Details
Hatch Date: 9/3/2010 - partial 
Hatch Time of Day: 10:10pm - 12:15am 
# Days after Spawn: 
Larvae Description:  healthy - 16 larvae


Larval Tank Details
Temperature:  78
Size of Larval Tank:  5 gallon
Substrate Details:  bare bottom
Other Tank Decor: heater, air stone
Filtration Details:  no filtration
Lighting: no direct lighting, using window light, and also room light until they are older 
Lighting Cycle: 3 hours on - 3 hours off 
Water Changes:  slowly going to syphon out and replace with brood tank water

Larval Feeding Details
Food Types:  rotifers
Feeding Schedule: 4 x daily 

Metamorphosis/Settlement
Date of Settlement Start: 
Days after Hatch: 
Date of Settlement End: 
Description of Fry: 

Grow-Out Tank Details
Temperature: 
Size of Grow-Out Tank: 
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Other Tank Decor: 
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Lighting: 
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Size at Transfer: 
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Grow-Out Feeding Details
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Additional Information
Miscellaneous Information:  This is my 2nd attempt. 

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Michelle  
 

Good morning everyone!
 
9/1/2010 : Set up larvae tank, with phyto, rotifers, heater, and airstone.
                  Not making tank as green as initial attempt.
                  Split my rotifer culture.
 
9/2/2010 : Fed larvae tank rotifers and phyto.
                  Tank maintains at 78 degrees
 
9/3/2010 : Brood tank : Turned lights off at 9:18 pm.
                  1st hatchling began at 10:10pm
                  Not many had silver eyes - so I ended the night at 12:15am
                  Total # of larve collected last night : 16
 

 
9/4/2010 : Woke up this morning, checked on larvae, there are still quite
                  a bit in the tank- although hard to count as they are zigzagging
                  everywhere- which is a good sign that they are healthy and eating.
                 Fed rotifers this morning, added a bit more phyto.
 
 
 
More to be collected tonight.
 

Michelle  
 

Good luck

Just when you think you know something......
 
Seems I have possibly been misinformed when purchasing my ocellaris pair a few years back. And my fault, I never checked it thinking they were just that.
But it appears after googling more research, that I may not have an ocellaris pair afterall. From the photos here:
http://www.tmc-ltd.co.uk/hatchery/species-list.asp 
 
It seems as though my pair is actually a Red Percula <?>
I have caught myself saying wow....the female looks redder in the belly... but I thought that may have just been due to laying eggs <?>
 
So...if I try to post a clear photo, or if anyone can tell from the videos of the first journal, I would like confirmation on this - just for my own record keeping

Michelle  
 

Is this the same pair from your other journal? If so, you don't need to start a new journal for each batch. You can just continue with the original one.
 
As far as species ID goes, can you get a clear pic of the pair?

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

If you can get a clear pic of the dorsal fin also, that may help too.