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, "onyx"
Social Structure: Pairs
Size of Individuals: Male 2.5" and Female 3"
Age of Individuals: Unknown
Date added to Tank: September 2008
Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank: 10" x 8" x 6"
Substrate Details: barebottom
Filtration Details: Bioballs and bacteria
Water Changes: Once in a blue moon
Water Temperature: 81-84
Lighting: xenon under the cabinet lights
Lighting Cycle: 16 hrs on 8 hrs off
Other Tank Inhabitants: none
Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types: Frozen...everything (mysis, brine, etc)
Feeding Schedule: 5+ times daily
Spawning Details Date of First Spawn: 9-6-2010
Spawn Time of Day: Late afternoon
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: Every 14 days on the dot
Courtship Details: Start laying without much courtship really. Female lays eggs and male makes a pass fertilizing them.
Egg Size: 1mm x .5mm
Egg Color: bright orange
Egg Count: Rod's onyx ~150 (they've only laid a few nests)
Hatch Details Hatch Date: Hatch Time of Day: 30 mins after lights out
# Days after Spawn: 8
Larvae Description: ~3mm long, bright orange transparent, look like ocellaris babies
Larval Tank Details Temperature: 82
Size of Larval Tank: 2.5 g mini BRT
Substrate Details: barebottom
Other Tank Decor: none
Filtration Details: HOB filter with carbon
Lighting: 18W halogen clamp lamp
Lighting Cycle: constantly on
Water Changes: New water at startup, no water changes...fish are moved out of the tank after settlement (7-10 days after hatching)
Larval Feeding Details Food Types: rotifers, otohime
Feeding Schedule: constantly, then every time I walk by the raceway
Metamorphosis/Settlement Date of Settlement Start: Days after Hatch: 10 days
Date of Settlement End: Description of Fry: 5mm long, bright orange, headstripe only
Grow-Out Tank Details Temperature: 82
Size of Grow-Out Tank: 20 high
Substrate Details: barebottom
Other Tank Decor: none
Filtration Details: HOB filter with carbon
Lighting: 1/5th of two 4' T12 bulbs
Lighting Cycle: 16 on 8 off
Water Changes: none
Size at Transfer: 1/4" (separate GO by size)
Age at Transfer: 12 days or so
Grow-Out Feeding Details Food Types: otohime
Feeding Schedule: As often as possible
Additional Information Miscellaneous Information: We currently have two pairs of onyx, one of the Cquest line and a Rod's onyx pair. The Rod's onyx pair is in the information listed above. These guys only recently started laying, and I expect the nests to get bigger. I'll post pics of the fry as I take them.
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