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Breeding Journal, Species: Premnas biaculeatus (Maroon)/Amphiprion ocellaris (False Perc)
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 1:37 PM
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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: Premnas biaculeatus (Maroon Male)/Amphiprion ocellaris (False Perc Female) Social Structure: Size of Individuals: Maroon Male 2", Oscillaris Female 3.5" Age of Individuals: Maroon Male 1 year old, Oscillaris Female 3 years old Date added to Tank: April 2011 Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank: 36G Bowfront Substrate Details: BB Filtration Details:HOB Skimmer Water Changes: 1 5G Weekly Water Temperature: 81F Lighting: T-5 Lighting Cycle: 10am-7pm Other Tank Inhabitants: Various Snails, mostly dwarf cerith Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types: Pellets, Roggers, Mysis Feeding Schedule: once daily at 6pm Spawning Details Date of First Spawn: 5/28/11 Spawn Time of Day: 6am Dates of Consecutive Spawns: Courtship Details: Flirting in their ceramic cave, prespawn involved fanning and cleaning right side of cave. Egg Size: Egg Color: Orange Egg Count: 500-700 Hatch Details Hatch Date: Hatch Time of Day: # Days after Spawn: Larvae Description: Larval Tank Details Temperature: 77 Size of Larval Tank: 10G Substrate Details: BB Other Tank Decor: Painted 3 sides, black cardboard on front Filtration Details: Nada Lighting: pc off to the side Lighting Cycle: 24/7 Water Changes: .5G Daily Larval Feeding Details Food Types: Rotifers Feeding Schedule: 8am, 1pm, 6pm 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: I received this pair a few months ago in the hopes that I could get them to breed. They were already an established pair i.e. hadn't killed each other, so I thought chances were good. The Maroon is the male and the oscillaris is the female.
<message edited by ReefBreeder on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 1:50 PM>
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Premnas biaculeatus (Maroon)/Amphiprion ocellaris (False Perc)
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 1:44 PM
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A ceramic cave made for me by a friend  When I first got them, in the acclimator  Haven't found the cave yet  Found it and almost never leave   Male always guards the back hole  I noticed that they had been cleaning and fanning the sides of the cave incessantly and thought that was a good sign. That was thursday and friday. Woke up the morning of Saturday 28th and saw a tiny batch of eggs (Look above the females head)  Upon closer inspection, I turned the cave a bit more, the shadow on the right...all eggs, the clutch is huge!!! 
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Premnas biaculeatus (Maroon)/Amphiprion ocellaris (False Perc)
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 8:07 PM
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nice,good luck and keep the updates coming 
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Premnas biaculeatus (Maroon)/Amphiprion ocellaris (False Perc)
Thursday, June 2, 2011 8:12 AM
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Premnas biaculeatus (Maroon)/Amphiprion ocellaris (False Perc)
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:20 AM
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Any updates??
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Premnas biaculeatus (Maroon)/Amphiprion ocellaris (False Perc)
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:28 AM
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Hey Flynn,
Well the eggs hatched on the morning of the 4th, but I did not have my rots fully cultured so I lost them. I am a little worried as I have not seen them prespawning since then. I know it can take a couple weeks before they spawn again, but still..
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Premnas biaculeatus (Maroon)/Amphiprion ocellaris (False Perc)
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:34 AM
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Yes, my ocellaris are doing this now. I took the rock with the eggs out back in march to raise the fry, and they layed one batch of eggs since. I'm interested by your outcomes with this pair. I have a "maroon percula hybrid" that I would like to pair with another percula.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Premnas biaculeatus (Maroon)/Amphiprion ocellaris (False Perc)
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 8:50 AM
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Success! I noticed the female picking at the sides of the cave yesterday and sure enough, this morning I saw they had laid eggs, quite a bit bigger than the first batch too!!
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Premnas biaculeatus (Maroon)/Amphiprion ocellaris (False Perc)
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 9:41 AM
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Congrats!
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Premnas biaculeatus (Maroon)/Amphiprion ocellaris (False Perc)
Friday, June 24, 2011 7:53 AM
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Another success of sorts, I have baby clowns swimming in a sea of Green! It is a bitter sweet time as I made a rookie mistake which resulted in a less than optimal hatch. The night I thought they were going to hatch which was tuesday the 21st, I removed the cave and placed it in my 10G fry tank. The hardest thing I found was getting the bubbles to be calm enough to wave the eggs and place the air stone in teh perfect spot. Anyway, Wednesday morning I woke up and found that only one fry had hatched. I went ahead and left the cave in. Thursday Morning I woke up and saw what I thought was a bunch of empty eggs and some fry swimming around the tank. So I tinted the water and added rots and took the cave out. I started tending to my other tanks and came back in a few minutes to rinse out the cave and saw this   Turns out what I though was clear was silver and most of my eggs hadn't hatched yet. I have about 20 fry that hatched I'm keeping my fingers crossed that most make it.
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