Breeding Journal DataSheet
General Species: Amphiprion ocellaris
Social Structure: pair
Size of Individuals: Female 4 inches in length, male 3 inches in length
Age of Individuals: Female >3 years, male born 1/23/2009 (the first fish I ever raised... completed the life cycle!)
Date added to Tank: Female added May 2009, male added December 2009
Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank: 72 gallon bow front
Substrate Details: live sand, multiple substrate sizes
Filtration Details: algae turf scrubber, exclusively
Water Changes: Not in last 1.5 years
Water Temperature: 78
Lighting: 250 W MH
Lighting Cycle: 10 hours on, 14 hours off
Other Tank Inhabitants: Flame Angel, Bangaii Cardinal, Royal Gramma, Spotted Mandarin, Brown Tang, Cleaner Shrimp, Entacmaea quadricolor, Stomatela snails (no other snails or crabs)
Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types: New Life Spectrum Pellets
Feeding Schedule: Twice daily
Spawning Details Date of First Spawn: 9/11/10
Spawn Time of Day: Evening
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: 9/11/10, 9/23/10
Courtship Details: An odd pair, don't sleep together, inhabit separate conch shells most of the time.
Egg Size: normal
Egg Color: light orange
Egg Count: First spawn ~20; second spawn ~50
Hatch Details Hatch Date: First spawn 9/18/10
Hatch Time of Day: 10:30 pm
# Days after Spawn: 7
Larvae Description: few, weak, only one through meta
Larval Tank Details Temperature: 80
Size of Larval Tank: 20 gal, BRT
Substrate Details: None
Other Tank Decor: None
Filtration Details: None, for first two weeks, through filtration allows BRT to be connected to grow-out system
Lighting: 20 W flourescent,
Lighting Cycle: 15 hours on, 9 hours off
Water Changes: Every other day
Larval Feeding Details Food Types: Rotifers, unidentified copepod (likely cyclopod), then pulverized flake after meta
Feeding Schedule: Rotifers - twice daily; flake two-three times daily
Metamorphosis/Settlement Date of Settlement Start: 9/23/10
Days after Hatch: 5 days
Date of Settlement End: 9/24/10
Description of Fry: dark orange, looks more like mom
Grow-Out Tank Details Temperature: 80
Size of Grow-Out Tank: 240 (plus sump)
Substrate Details: none
Other Tank Decor: pvc pipe when needed
Filtration Details: MTC HSA 1000 skimmer, bioballs, will add turf scrubber soon
Lighting: 2 40 W bulbs in "shop light" fixture
Lighting Cycle: 15 on, 9 off
Water Changes: weekly
Size at Transfer: 1/4 inch or so
Age at Transfer: variable, usually between first and second month
Grow-Out Feeding Details Food Types: pulverized Formula I flake, pulverized New Life Spectrum Pellets (sm)
Feeding Schedule: 3 times daily
Additional Information Miscellaneous Information: Female was purchased from Premium Aquatics and sold to me as from Sustainable Aquatics. Male's parents were ORA derived. Male was the first fish I ever raised - properly named "Alpha".
Crummy picture of the male attending to the first spawn
Crummy picture of the first nest
Slightly better photo of the second nest with male and female attending
Rediculously poor picture of the only fish to make it through meta. Day 6. See if you can find him.
I made this a spawing report only, because I doubt that the picture directly above would qualify as proof of anything. I need a new camera!