Breeding Journal, Species: Pictichromis porphyrea: Magenta Dottyback

General
Species:  Pictichromis porphyrea
Social Structure:  pair
Size of Individuals:4 cm 
Age of Individuals:  1 year
Date added to Tank:  dec 2009

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank:  1000 galons
Substrate Details:  sand
Filtration Details:  live rock
Water Changes:  once a month
Water Temperature:  28 c
Lighting:  fluorescent
Lighting Cycle:  16 x8
Other Tank Inhabitants: tang.angels. damselfisehs. engineer gobies. 

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

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn:  february 2010
Spawn Time of Day:  ??
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: every week 
Courtship Details:  male harras the female to his breeding den an undergravel filter not in use that was suposed to be for a deep sand filter
Egg Size:  ???
Egg Color:  ??? havent seen the eggs
Egg Count:  ???

Hatch Details
Hatch Date:  february 24 2010
Hatch Time of Day:  nigth
# Days after Spawn:  ???
Larvae Description:  very thin


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

Larval Feeding Details
Food Types:  rotifers and green water ( nanocloropsis)
Feeding Schedule:  all the time

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: 
Substrate Details: 
Other Tank Decor: 
Filtration Details: 
Lighting: 
Lighting Cycle: 
Water Changes: 
Size at Transfer: 
Age at Transfer: 

Grow-Out Feeding Details
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Additional Information
Miscellaneous Information(NO PHOTOS OR VIDEO): 
they only luved for 17 days maximun then all died it has happened in more than 10 attempts


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here when they were born  i always collect them in the main tank
 

here is the coparative size between clownfishes newly hatcehd and the pseudocromis wich are very thin
 

here at 8 days of life look at the upper right side
 

 

here a bigger  one  
 

 

this is the female  

 
and male
 

 
 

some more babies
 

here when i collected them and a mix with aruanus damselfishes
 

 
 

well i think i made a mistake this is not pseudocromis is piticromis porphyrea
 the male has a new place fro eggs is shell so maybe i will take it out and try them from the begining hatching the apart from the male

Can you please edit the title of this journal to reflect the correct species?

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

thanks   Tal you correct it  but as i told in mofib they correct it to the piticromis group thats why i originally posted as it
http://www.marinebreeder.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=210&t=6770

well today i see the male guarding a nest in a shell so i took the nesto out and here it is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1VwsZqxTvc

so i put it in the tumbler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aKe6DrMgrU

Very nice! When were the eggs in the video above, spawned?

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

I am not very sure but i supose that sunday

and today they hatched
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJxxOpOrLSg
and i put them in a 10 gallon tank as Tal did to raise the fridmanis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AGsaic7uIc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0x6oemzVY8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6lNXiDGYR0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6lNXiDGYR0

FYI, I now raise the P. fridmani in black round tubs and have much better results than with the glass tanks.

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

jaja i was trying in brt but no much success so i will split the larvae in the two options  thanks

Cool, you can see which way works better for you. I find that the hardest part is getting them past meta. Copepods really make a difference at that point.

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

now they are 12 days
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT0pxgH9nIg

well here they area at 13 days old  and at 14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT0pxgH9nIg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rii6taHEVqU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UECgX1_E3yM

well at 13 and 14 days they were growing very nice and eating
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT0pxgH9nIg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rii6taHEVqU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UECgX1_E3yM
 but they died the next day i reallly need copepods