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Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion Ocellaris (Darwin Black)
Saturday, May 28, 2011 9:27 AM
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Breeding Journal DataSheet This first post should be updated regularly to include new information as events take place or changes are made to your system General Species: Amphiprion Ocellaris (Darwin Black) Social Structure: Pair Size of Individuals: 3", 2 3/4" Age of Individuals: At Least 5 years Date added to Tank: March 2011 Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank: 25gal Substrate Details: None Filtration Details: Central sump Water Changes: None Water Temperature: 27C Lighting: Ambient fish house lights Lighting Cycle: 14 on Other Tank Inhabitants: none Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types: Cooked prawns, mysis, lobster eggs, 400 micron pellets Feeding Schedule: 2-3 times daily Spawning Details Date of First Spawn: 5/28/2011 Spawn Time of Day: Not known Dates of Consecutive Spawns: 7/28/11 , 8/13/11 Courtship Details: Lots of pot cleaning Egg Size: 3mm long 1mm wide Egg Color: Orange Egg Count: 50-100 Hatch Details Hatch Date: 8/5/11 Hatch Time of Day: 11.30pm # Days after Spawn: 8 Larvae Description: Well formed and large around 6mm in length. Larval Tank Details Temperature: 80 Size of Larval Tank: 6mm Substrate Details: none Other Tank Decor: none Filtration Details: none Lighting: Ambient fish house lights Lighting Cycle: 14 on Water Changes: small amount every couple of days. Larval Feeding Details Food Types: Rotifers, 100 micron larval feed. Feeding Schedule: 3 times daily Metamorphosis/Settlement Date of Settlement Start: 8/16/11 Days after Hatch: 11 Date of Settlement End: 8/20/11 Description of Fry: 8-9mm in length bright orange with broad headband, some already have other stripes appearing and posteriorly darker to black in colouration. Grow-Out Tank Details Temperature: 80f Size of Grow-Out Tank: 12x12x18 Substrate Details: None Other Tank Decor: None Filtration Details: Central sump as above Lighting: Ambient fishouse lights Lighting Cycle: 14 on Water Changes: Slow drip 1 per second Size at Transfer: 12mm Age at Transfer: 2 months Grow-Out Feeding Details Food Types: ZM200, Lobster eggs, cyclopeeze Feeding Schedule: 3 times daily Additional Information (No Pictures or Videos in the Section Please) Miscellaneous Information: You will be required to provide photographic or video 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. PHOTOS AND VIDEO S MUST BE PLACED IN ADDITIONAL POSTS, NEVER IN THE FIRST POST IN A JOURNAL.
<message edited by Duck on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 10:40 AM>
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion Ocellaris (Darwin Black)
Saturday, May 28, 2011 9:31 AM
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Caught these two spawning today around 3pm. The nest was very scattered and although the male was fertilizing the eggs, they were eating them within a couple of minutes. Not really concerned as its the first spawn since I got them. I hope they spawn more successfully in the next week or so. Here's some pics.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion Ocellaris (Darwin Black)
Saturday, July 30, 2011 4:36 AM
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Spawned again on Thursday. Will have to see if they eat the eggs this time.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion Ocellaris (Darwin Black)
Saturday, August 6, 2011 12:19 PM
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Hatched the nest last night. Here's a pic.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion Ocellaris (Darwin Black)
Saturday, August 20, 2011 10:00 AM
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Managed to get 9 of these through meta without the use of rots, dry feed only. Works out at about 1% as I estimate there was close to100 that hatched. Here's a pic.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion Ocellaris (Darwin Black)
Saturday, August 20, 2011 10:15 AM
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Wouldnt that be ~10%
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion Ocellaris (Darwin Black)
Saturday, August 20, 2011 1:19 PM
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hehe. Small detail.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion Ocellaris (Darwin Black)
Saturday, August 20, 2011 2:54 PM
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Hahahaha..... My maths must need some work! I actually put them in another BRT this evening with some GSM fry and counted 13. So that makes it ummmmm............13%
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion Ocellaris (Darwin Black)
Friday, September 16, 2011 9:07 AM
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My little beauties!
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion Ocellaris (Darwin Black)
Saturday, October 1, 2011 10:19 AM
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There coming upto 2 months old today. They grow quicker than any of my other clowns. Lost the male of the pair 2 weeks ago, I found him on the floor......Put a fancy white Oc in with the female for now and they seem to have paired up pretty quickly.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion Ocellaris (Darwin Black)
Thursday, October 20, 2011 5:00 PM
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Here they are 60dps. I have some that are 2 weeks behind them in the same tank.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion Ocellaris (Darwin Black)
Thursday, October 20, 2011 5:06 PM
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Very cool shot!
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion Ocellaris (Darwin Black)
Thursday, October 20, 2011 5:20 PM
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Why thank you kind Sir!
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