Breeding Journal, Species: [Amphiprion percula] ("Onyx" x "Picasso" )

General
Species:  Amphiprion percula
Social Structure:  Male/Female Pair
Size of Individuals:  Female: 3.5 inches Male:2 inches
Age of Individuals:  Unknown and ~2 years
Date added to Tank:  February 2011, but housed together in previous tank since July 2010
 
Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank:  28 gallons
Substrate Details:  Aragonite live sand
Filtration Details:Aqua C Remora HOB Skimmer
Water Changes:  5 Gallons weekly
Water Temperature:  80*F
Lighting:  LED's  by Evolution LED Lighting
Lighting Cycle:  Random-Varies according to my schedule. (No timer)
Other Tank Inhabitants:  Candy Basslet, ORA Spotted Mandarin.

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types:  PE Mysis, Fauna Marin Base and LPS foods, Cyclopeeze, Nutramar Ova, Rod's Pacific Plankton.
Feeding Schedule:  2-4 feedings, random throughout the day.

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn:  3-28-2011
Spawn Time of Day:  Unknown, spawn was not witnessed.
Dates of Consecutive Spawns:  4-9-11
Courtship Details:  Pair picks at rock, vigorously cleaning for 24 hours leading up to spawning event.
Egg Size:  ~1mm
Egg Color:  Orange
Egg Count:  Hard to say. Hundreds? See pic below

Hatch Details
Hatch Date:  4-17-11
Hatch Time of Day:  1:00am
# Days after Spawn:  7
Larvae Description:  Translucent with dark eyes, attracted to light, some orange pigments.


Larval Tank Details
Temperature:  78*-80*F
Size of Larval Tank:  10 Gallon
Substrate Details:  Bare bottom
Other Tank Decor:  none
Filtration Details:  Water Changes
Lighting:  None
Lighting Cycle: None 
Water Changes:  Daily siphoning of waste on bottom of tank

Larval Feeding Details
Food Types:  Rotifers
Feeding Schedule:  Continuous-Phyto is added to keep rotifers reproducing as the clowns eat them. 

Metamorphosis/Settlement
Date of Settlement Start: 5-1
Days after Hatch:  15
Date of Settlement End:  5-6
Description of Fry:  Miniature version of parents without the 2nd and 3rd stripes.

Grow-Out Tank Details
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Additional Information
 
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(Pic from previous tank)

 

Here's a short video

Babies!!!! Woo Hoo!!!

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

Those will be some nice babies. i was going to try the same thing, try to get more of the "snowcasso" line out there.
great job, I will be following along!

I LOVE the coloration of the female - Have not seen one so deep like that. Very nice. Nice photos and Congrats!

Michelle  
 

Thanks guys. I'm very proud of the broodstock. They are honestly some of the best percs I have seen. The picasso came from Doni, so they might produce some snowcassos. We'll see. I'm just glad they don't take as long to bar up as my regular percs!

need to fix dates on time the pair were together.

Thanks.
 
They spawned again today. That was quick. Everything seems to be going faster with these guys. They are spawning every 10-12 days and the eggs hatch on day 6. Temp is only 80*F. I'm not complaining though.
 
The larvae are doing well. They have nice silver bellies and appear to have some orange pigments. I also observed some "tail curling" which surprised me. With my other percs, they only exhibited this behavior when they were approaching meta, but they are only on day 3.

very nice blake, keep it up!!!

Thanks!

I collected another batch from this pair two days ago, and the older batch is getting close to meta. I'm seeing tail curls!

pics or i dont belive you

I'll try again...I can't get decent pictures of these guys! I'll post some, but they won't be pretty...LOL

We have head stripes!

Super awesome! Congrats! Got any pics? So exciting ain't it?

Super awesome! Congrats! Got any pics? So exciting ain't it?

Thanks! The water is still a little cloudy from the phyto, so I doubt I'd be able to get any good pics. I'll try when the water clears. I'll start introducing the otohime in the next couple days. I'm so excited to see how they turn out! Hopefully I will get some picassos...

Nice coloration. How old are these guys?

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

Thanks Tal. They are 3 weeks old today.

 
Click pic for video!
 

I took some pictures yesterday. They're getting pretty big!




 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Looking good. You're getting some nice patterns.

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

Thanks Tal! Yeah, I'm very interested to see how these fish will turn out as they mature. Some of them are very abstract already.

Update time!

A couple of questions... did you get any Platiniums? Are all of them from the same clutch? Some look like Darwins... maybe just the Onyx traits showing up early?

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

No platinums Tal. Not complaining with the results though, I think I will at least have some A grades. There are 3 separate clutches there. Two picasso clutches and one clutch of Darwins.

I was just curious. I thought I spotted some Darwins. Your results are great!

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

Thanks Tal! 

How old are they in the most resent picture? Nice looking clowns for sure! Great job.

Thanks! They are around 14 and 12 weeks in that picture.

any updates?? mine are spawning now too I'm hoping to get somewhat of the same results. Your fish look great!

I sold off the last of these guys a few weeks ago. I did lose quite a few when I went out of town but there will be more to come. I'm actually collecting more larvae from this pair as I type this!