Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion percula - "onyx"

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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Here's a pic of the CQuest onyx pair.  I'll post a pic of the rod's onyx pair with eggs in a bit.
 

Male with eggs:
 

 
The pair.  The female is only about 2" and the male barely 1".
 

Chelsey, I assume you know that Rod's Onyx pair is from the C-Quest line originally....basically C-Quest to Morgan to Rod.  Same overall lineage.

Yes, I do know that Rod's pair is also from Cquest.  The differentiation I made is mostly for my own identification purposes, though I think you'll agree with me that there's quite a bit of difference between my Cquest pair and Rod's onyx pair in terms of how much black is between the bars

How OLD is your Rod's Onyx Pair?  In watching my juvenile F1 Onyx grow up, I realized it can take 3 years for final coloration to form (including black and stripes).  I also have seen a wild caught Onyx lose all its black.  I hear ya though on drawing the distinction for tracking purposes..of course that makes sense.

My Rod's onyx pair is nearly 2 years old.

Baby perc, 2 dph:

New nest picture!  532 eggs (yes, I counted)

Wow! Lots of little eyes!

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