Breeding Journal DataSheet
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General Species: Lysmata boggessi
Social Structure: Trio
Size of Individuals: 1.5 - 2"
Age of Individuals: Unknown
Date added to Tank: 12/10
Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank: 58 gallon
Substrate Details: sugar sand - 6+ inches deep
Filtration Details: Live rock, sump, protein skimmer
Water Changes: 30% monthly
Water Temperature: 76.7
Lighting: T5 HO 6 bulb
Lighting Cycle: 13 hour light/11 dark (blue LED)
Other Tank Inhabitants: pair common clowns, Hippo tang, yellow tang, 3 banggai cardinals, green chormis, gramma, orchid dottiback, 3 pepermint shrip, hermits and snails, and corals
Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types: frozen and dry, variety of foods offered
Feeding Schedule: 2 to 4 times per day
Spawning Details Date of First Spawn: Unknown (detected eggs on 2 females on 1/1/11)
Spawn Time of Day: Unknown
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: 2/14/11
Courtship Details: unknown
Egg Size: <1mm
Egg Color: yellow-orange
Egg Count: hundreds
Hatch Details Hatch Date: 1/5/11
Hatch Time of Day: Over night
# Days after Spawn: 14 - 17 days
Larvae Description: Look like mini dandiliion seeds without magnification. With magnification (10X), they look like mini adults with eye stalks that are redish colored and a clear body. By this evening they developed some white cross-sectional strips.
Larval Tank Details Temperature: 74 at hatch, raised to 80 F
Size of Larval Tank: 15 gallon black stock tank
Substrate Details: None
Other Tank Decor: one small piece of live rock
Filtration Details: air stone only
Lighting: 6500K CFL (100 watt equivalent)
Lighting Cycle: on at 6 am off at 11 pm
Water Changes: none so far
Larval Feeding Details Food Types: ground high-quality marine flake food
Feeding Schedule: 4 times per day
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 Food Types: Feeding Schedule: Additional Information Miscellaneous Information: You will be required to provide photographic evidence in this thread of each event submitted for the MBI Program.
If your thread does not contain these photos the MBI Committee will not be able to approve your reports.
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