Breeding Journal DataSheet
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General Species: Amphiprion melanopus
Social Structure: female is dominant and larger, one female and one male
Size of Individuals: female is a bit over two inches, male is just under two inches
Age of Individuals: at least 5 years
Date added to Tank: over five years ago
Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank: 75 gallons
Substrate Details: sand and crushed coral
Filtration Details: live rock, bio balls, and bak pak protien skimmer
Water Changes: 5 gallons weekly
Water Temperature: 78f Lighting: 10k and 453 actinic t5s and ecoxotic LED's
Lighting Cycle: light on at 10:30 off at 9:30 Other Tank Inhabitants: one six line wrasse, hermits, snails, corals, bubble tip anemone Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types: frozen mysis, brine, and other frozen marine foods
Feeding Schedule: 3-5 times a day
Spawning Details Date of First Spawn: 1/27/11
Spawn Time of Day: afternoon
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: 5/27/11, 6/13/11, 6/29/11, 7/12/11, 7/25/11, 8/7/11, 8/21/11, 9/4/11, 9/20/11, 10/6/11, 10/22/11
Courtship Details: circling each other, nibbling, rubbing on each other, male cleans nest site, both together in the anemone
Egg Size: ~2mm
Egg Color: at spawn they are bright orange, then darker red and the clear with gray eyes by hatch night
Egg Count: 100- 150 Hatch Details Hatch Date: the two hatches that babies have servived are 9/30/11, and 10/17/11
Hatch Time of Day: late night, at least an hour after lights out
# Days after Spawn: hatch on the ninth night.
Larvae Description: about 3mm long, clear with dark eyes and organs.
Larval Tank Details Temperature: 78f
Size of Larval Tank: 16 gallon black tub with about 5 gallons of water
Substrate Details: none
Other Tank Decor: none
Filtration Details: none, just water changes
Lighting: 60 compact florescent
Lighting Cycle: about 16 hours a day, on at 6 am and of at 10pm Water Changes: add about a quart of water from broodstock tank each day and about a gallon water change once a week
Larval Feeding Details Food Types: rotifers with green water technique
Feeding Schedule: constant
Metamorphosis/Settlement Date of Settlement Start: 10/9/11 Days after Hatch: 9 days
Date of Settlement End:10/12/11 Description of Fry: rounded bodies, a head stripe and some also have one to two more stripes, dark red almost black now, they look like mini adults
Grow-Out Tank Details Temperature: 78f
Size of Grow-Out Tank: 10 gallon taml Substrate Details: none
Other Tank Decor: none
Filtration Details: none, only water changes still, plan to add a sponge filter soon
Lighting:same as above Lighting Cycle: same as above
Water Changes: add about a quart of broodstock water daily and one gallon water change weekly
Size at Transfer: 1- 1 1/2 cm
Age at Transfer: one month and 2 days old
Grow-Out Feeding Details Food Types: crushed flakes, also trying brine shrimp
Feeding Schedule: 3 times a day
Additional Information l
(No Pictures or Videos in the Section Please) Miscellaneous Information: these fish are aggressive, first sign of aggression was just past meta.
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