Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion ocellaris (Darwin Black)

General
Species:  amphiprion ocelaris  black
Social Structure:  1 pair
Size of Individuals:  adults
Age of Individuals:  2 years
Date added to Tank:  I breed them

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank:  40 gal
Substrate Details:  no
Filtration Details:  central sistem  with mechanical filtration
Water Changes: 10% every 15 days 
Water Temperature:  28 c
Lighting:  fluoroscent
Lighting Cycle:  16 light   8  nigth
 Other Tank Inhabitants:  par  alone

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types:  frozen  home made   spectrum pelets
Feeding Schedule:  4 times a day

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn   february 10 2010
Spawn Time of Day:  afternoon
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: every  15 days 
Courtship Details:  female and male trembling togheter   female very fat
Egg Size:  1mm
Egg Color:  orange
Egg Count:  400 +

Hatch Details
Hatch Date:  february 18 2010
Hatch Time of Daynigth:   daynight
# Days after Spawn:   8
Larvae Description:  4 mm 


Larval Tank Details
Temperature:  28
Size of Larval Tank:  5 gallon bucket
Substrate Details:  no
Other Tank Decor:  no
Filtration Details:  no
Lighting:  fluorescent  
Lighting Cycle:  24
Water Changes:  daily

Larval Feeding Details
Food Types:  rotifers l size  nanocloropsis
Feeding Schedule:  all the time

Metamorphosis/Settlement
Date of Settlement Start:  february 24 2010
Days after Hatch:  6
Date of Settlement End:  february 25 2010
 Description of Fry:  they get first headline and swim like the adults do

Grow-Out Tank Details
Temperature:  28 c
Size of Grow-Out Tank:  30 gallons garbage can
Substrate Details:  no
Other Tank Decor:  no
Filtration Details:  sponge filter
Lighting:  incandescent 60 wats
Lighting Cycle:  24  hr ligth
Water Changes:  daily
Size at Transfer:  7mm
Age at Transfer:  10 days

Grow-Out Feeding Details
Food Types:  othohime A and B1  frozen homemmade
Feeding Schedule:  6 times a day

Additional Information
Miscellaneous Information:  i left tyhem there for 2 weeks and the transefer to another growing tank

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsi3EkzU13Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B27ms97rKmc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc3C8S0RVN4                                                               http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PlqrDSmKY4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUr3H_hOpIs

 



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sorry i was new so i put the videos in the other post but here i will put the correct sequence
first the pair taking care of a nest

 
then the newly hatched fry
 

Nice
Question....on the newly hatched fry....what do you have in their tank/tub?
Is that a sand bed bottom? With live rock?

Michelle  
 

No just a handful of sand so i can see the babies toward a black tank

here are the babies in ten gallon tanks

and here bigger ones
 

 
and here almost ready to sell
 

 

and finally  the second generation guarding a nest
 

Very nice.  Love the videos!
 
Will you describe what's inside of the 10G tanks and how you keep them so clean?

Inside only fish water and a sponge filter i use thatvtanks for a month and then put the babies in bigger tanks for selling them so i clean the 10 gallón and put another group

this ones like to eat flakes

 
and here just postmetamorfosis

here at growout
 

here at 15 days with my finger  
 

 

Thanks for sharing the videos
 
How many tanks do you currently run?

Michelle  
 

Well i have 40 tanks plus some that i only use temporario for breeding

well here at 21 days old
 

here more videos of some more clutches remeber that this pair has been laying eggs for more than a year now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WUikxI89G8  here some 2 months fry
and here just at 8 day mark begining metamorphosis
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIo0W2P7tM4
 and other group in the metamorfosis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7wQGl3xYNY

but i have 3 pairs of black ocellaris laying eggs one was the original and the others are from the kids group

i dont know if i can open a thread for each one so here they are mixed videos of them

here some kids in growout                          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaQhN5X8X1M
 
 

here some kids in growout                          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaQhN5X8X1M
 
 

and here are at 10 days postmeta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFevkPKelu4

well i take this group out fro growing and put 111 babies in this trash can
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOBCyOvhGac
 and look how well they eat dry food
this other ones were born in december 14 2010
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRWPkOhjoco
 and are almost ready to sell  ( i sell them really small because of the great demand they have)
 

and here the group of january 28 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6v7oo9RwYo
and also the bangais

here at one month looking for food ( captive breed fishes are great just like puppies)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iddQiuLPBjg

and here are some kids at 30, 45 and 60 days
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z9kCvP6UtQ