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Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion frenatus
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 10:47 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 frenatus (tomato clownfish) Social Structure: Pair Size of Individuals: 9,5 cm Age of Individuals: 4,5 cm Date added to Tank: January 18, 2009 Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank: 60 x 30 x 40 cm - 70L (~18g) hooked to a 700L (~185g) system Substrate Details: bare bottom Filtration Details: tanks > filter sock > sump > diy skimmer > return pump > bio tower or UV > tank Water Changes: mostly freshwater reposition Water Temperature: 26C Lighting: 1x 40 watt daylight T8 tube / rack of 4 tanks Lighting Cycle: 12L/12D starting at 12:00 Other Tank Inhabitants: none Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types: New life spectrum, cyclopeeze, home made frozen food, occasional frozen artemia and frozen mysis. Feeding Schedule: 3 - 4 times/day. Mostly pellets and cyclopeeze, I need to feed them better... Spawning Details Date of First Spawn: ~1,5 years ago Spawn Time of Day: In the early afternoon, a couple of hours after lights going on. Dates of Consecutive Spawns: There were several, didn't track of them (usually 1 or 2/month) . The one described here happened on August 2, 2011. Courtship Details: Not that intense, little cleaning activity the day before spawning. Egg Size: ~ 1 x 0,5 mm Egg Color: Bright red Egg Count: ~100 eggs Hatch Details Hatch Date: Hatch Time of Day: # Days after Spawn: Larvae Description: Larval Tank Details Temperature: Size of Larval Tank: Substrate Details: Other Tank Decor: Filtration Details: Lighting: Lighting Cycle: Water Changes: Larval Feeding Details Food Types: Feeding Schedule: 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 (No Pictures or Videos in the Section Please) Miscellaneous Information: The pair usually eats the eggs the day after spawn. This (8/2/2011) is the first I remember that lasted more but the eggs seem to be infertile. 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 aomont on Friday, August 5, 2011 4:32 PM>
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion frenatus
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 6:57 PM
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Here is the pic for this nest. Sorry for the quality of the photos but it is kind of dark for the cheap camera... I'll try harder next time..
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion frenatus
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 7:21 PM
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Very nice to see some alternative species of clowns. You need to post a few better pictures of the broodstock. What is a bio-tower?
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion frenatus
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 8:24 PM
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I'll try to take better pictures after hatching but with my camera that won't be easy. I'll try to put more light over them and see if the picture is any better. Bio-tower = large diameter pipe full of bio-balls. Part of the water from the pump go through UV to the tanks and part enters the large pipe from above and ends in the sump again. Maybe I need to picture the whole system too.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion frenatus
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 8:25 PM
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There is a forum for system builds.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion frenatus
Thursday, August 4, 2011 4:38 PM
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The better I could find until now is the picture before I bought them and a screen shot of video of the pair but the female has grown a bit since then. 2,5 years ago Less old picture Their skulls are not well shaped but I like them now.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion frenatus
Sunday, August 7, 2011 6:10 PM
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Nest was gone by the night of day 4. They looked infertile as no development could be seen.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion frenatus
Sunday, August 14, 2011 10:19 PM
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August 14, 2011 As expected, another nest exactly 12 days after the first one was laid. This interval has worked for my A. ocellaris as well. This nest is larger than the previous one (almost double the size) and was laid on the floor deep inside the tile cave. I'm slowly correcting water pH. I hadn't checked the pH for a long time until I filled in the report and got chocked (and embarrassed) to see it was down to 7,5... It is now 8,0 and I'll bring it up to 8,4 in a couple of days.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion frenatus
Saturday, April 21, 2012 11:21 PM
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The nests keep coming every other week and are now partly fertile (some eggs with embryos and some infertile).
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion frenatus
Monday, May 14, 2012 8:14 AM
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Just a few notes. * Infertile eggs remain in their tile den so long that a second nest is laid and the male tries to tend both clutches. Let's see if fertility changes with the new paste: http://www.mbisite.org/Forums/fb.ashx?m=70969 * I just want to report how gentle the female is to the male, unlike my Oc's (black or orange). She is almost three times his size and if she got mad it would be an instant kill. Whenever he gets far from the den, she goes for him and gently nudge him back. I have even seen he doing the same to her and she obeyed. A gentle giant, that's how I see her. The male oc's would envy the frenatus male life. lol * And I do have rotifers again, they seem to like me so far.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion frenatus
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:04 AM
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Fertile eggs in the den !!! I'll see if I pull a good nest in the next weeks.
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