Breeding Journal, Species: [amphiprion percula onyx )

General
Species:  amphipiron percula  onyx
Social Structure:  pair
Size of Individuals:  female 8 cm   male 6 cm ( captive breed by me)
Age of Individuals:  4 and half years
Date added to Tank:  may 2007

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank:  125 liters
Substrate Details:  no
Filtration Details:  central system with other 11 tanks the same size and with breeding pairs
Water Changes:  10 % every 15 days
Water Temperature:  28 c
Lighting:  fluorescent
Lighting Cycle:  16 day  8 nigth
Other Tank Inhabitants:  none

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types:  homemmade frozen food  spectrum pellets
Feeding Schedule:  4 times a day

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn:  i will be posting from this late spawn on  february 18 2011
Spawn Time of Day:  12 o clock
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: every 15 days 
Courtship Details:  they clean the pot
Egg Size:  1 mm
Egg Color:  brigth orange
Egg Count:  200

Hatch Details
Hatch Date:  february 25 2011
Hatch Time of Day:  nigth
# Days after Spawn:  7
Larvae Description:  3 mm with yolk sac


Larval Tank Details
Temperature:  28 c
Size of Larval Tank:  10 liters brt
Substrate Details:  none
Other Tank Decor:  no
Filtration Details:  no
Lighting:  fluorescent
Lighting Cycle:  16 day 8 nigth
Water Changes:  30% daily

Larval Feeding Details
Food Types:  rotifers l strain and nanocloropsis algae
Feeding Schedule:  all the time

Metamorphosis/Settlement
Date of Settlement Start:  march 2 2011
Days after Hatch:  5
Date of Settlement End:  march 7 2011
Description of Fry:  they begin to swim as adults first white line present 

Grow-Out Tank Details
Temperature:  28 c
Size of Grow-Out Tank:  30 gallon trash can  blue
Substrate Details:  no
Other Tank Decor:  no
Filtration Details:  sponge filter
Lighting:  incandescent
Lighting Cycle:  16 day 8 nigth
Water Changes:  10% weekly
Size at Transfer:  5 mm
Age at Transfer:  10 days

Grow-Out Feeding Details
Food Types:  othohime B1  frozen homemade
Feeding Schedule:  4 times a day

Additional Information

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Miscellaneous Information: 



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here they laying eggs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-GNMYBukUo

another one see how they lay eggs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXVoJ9mSCX0

well here i put 2 nests togheter and see how they are borning http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWvsVyd5A9o
 
 

and here newly hatched fry                                           http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J6sqJZFj6w
 
 

here they are at 6 days old begining settlement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07y8zwcvJWI

10 days in settlement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVzk_TtIRDg

these are the wild caught parents of this pair
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfG3njZsfuM

and this is a group of percula babies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQBMVG5aVn4

and here comapred to a frenatus group the perculas just have one white line in the head
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqNzxIrFrYk
 

i breed this female
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc6JCxR0QGs