Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion percula

General
Species:  Amphiprion percula (mistakenly listed as ocellaris)  
Social Structure:  Pair
Size of Individuals:  2.5" and 2"
Age of Individuals:  Unknown
Date added to Tank:  June 2011

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank:  Breeding setup approx 1000L total.  Tank 380x610x390mm 67L 17.5US Gal
Substrate Details:  None
Filtration Details:  Skimmer, UV, Macro Algae, Live Rock
Water Changes:  100L Fortnight
Water Temperature:  27.1C
Lighting:  Power Compact
Lighting Cycle:  7am to 7:45pm
Other Tank Inhabitants:  None

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types: 
Spectrum Thera A+, Spectrum Salt H20 flakes, Enriched Brine Shrimp, Marine Green, Home Made Mash (prawn, pipi clam, white bait, squid, garlic, norrie etc). Occasional live brine shrimp
Feeding Schedule:  Morning and night.  Pellets followed 10 minutes later with frozen food.

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn:  10/15/2011
Spawn Time of Day:  unknown
Dates of Consecutive Spawns:  approx 2 weeks there after 
Courtship Details:  Male shaking in front of female, other than that not much.  Cleaning occured but was not witnessed
Egg Size:  1-2mm
Egg Color:  Bright Orange
Egg Count:  200-300

Hatch Details
Hatch Date:  10/27/2011, later hatch 11/24/2011 for settlement.
Hatch Time of Day:  10:30pm (lights were left on till 9:45pm)
# Days after Spawn:  12 days?
Larvae Description:  quite alert, attracted to light


Larval Tank Details
Temperature:  26C
Size of Larval Tank:  10L for first 2 days, upgraded to 50L
Substrate Details:  None
Other Tank Decor:  Heater
Filtration Details:  water change and air stone
Lighting:  PowerCompact
Lighting Cycle:  6am to 10pm
Water Changes:  variable

Larval Feeding Details
Food Types:  Rotifers raised on Reed Rotifer Diet. Greenwater acheived by tinting the water with Reed Nannocholoropsis, about 2ml, and 1ml of AmGuard for ammonia control daily.
Feeding Schedule:  morning, afternoon and night

Metamorphosis/Settlement
Date of Settlement Start:  12/5/2011 (batch hatched 11/24/11)
Days after Hatch:  11 days
Date of Settlement End:  12/6/2011
Description of Fry:  Warm Orange colour with an almost pin stripe head band.  Behaviour is very different to the A. clarkii and A. frenatu.  These both spread out around the RBT.  The ocellaris group together in clumps of 4-20.  They are also more casual and less flighty.


Grow-Out Tank Details
Temperature:  26
Size of Grow-Out Tank:  1200mm x 450mm x 300mm (with seperator to make two tanks 600mm long).  1/2 of juvinile fish in each tank.
Substrate Details:  None
Other Tank Decor:  Heater and Sponge Filter
Filtration Details:  Sponge Filter and water changes as required
Lighting:  Power Compact
Lighting Cycle:  6am to 10pm
Water Changes:  as required
Size at Transfer:  8-10mm
Age at Transfer:  17 days


Grow-Out Feeding Details
Food Types:  Aqua Pearls 300-500um, Crushed Salt H2O flakes, Crushed Spectrum Pellets, Adult brine shrimp (weekly)
Feeding Schedule:  5 times per day

Additional Information

(No Pictures or Videos in the Section Please)
Miscellaneous Information: 

Additional Spawns:
S = Date of Spawn
H = Date of Hatch

S 02/28/2012
S 03/14/2012 H 03/25/2012
S 04/06/2012
S 04/19/2012
S 05/06/2012
S 07/01/2012
S 07/20/2012 H 08/01/2012
S 08/08/2012 Pair 1 H 08/18/2012
S 08/18/2012 Pair 4 H 08/27/2012
S 08/24/2012
S 09/09/2012 Pair 1
S 09/10/2012 Pair 4  H 09/17/2012
S 09/10/2012 Pair 2 - first spawn
S 2015/09/25 Pair 1 
S 2015/10/24 Pair 2 


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.

Male with eggs
 
 
Just the eggs

 

Fry from the first hatch

 




7 Days post hatch

awesome close-ups!!

Going by the "eye" identification... that would be a Perc.  I dont think there is any one good way to identify a Perc vs a Occy.

-Adam

 
Are you talking about the adult picture or the fry?

The adult - It is said Perc's have beedy pupil's while Occy's have a darker Iris which blends into their pupil a little better.
 
In your pics, the iris is a very orangish color while the pupil is black.

-Adam

i was kinda thinking the same thing- that's a lot of black lining around that center bar for an occy.  we'll have to see on how the stripes come in to know for sure on what they are.

I think you may be right.
 
Fish base agrees with you, saying that the black edged fins are Perc.  However the Occy listing on fishbase lists a rounded Caudal fin.
 
He meets both of these criteria.
 
I dont know his past that well and I got this pair about 6 months ago.  Im also not sure where to start with counting dorsal spines hard and soft.
 
Ill try to get clearer pictures tomorrow to see if he (or they) are Perc's is its looks like they might be.

Thats just thrown a spanner in my one successful spawn report!

lol. sorry. have you raised these before or is this your first?

It's the first batch through, I've had a couple of other nests but have managed to do something dumb with each previous batch.

These are the longest surviving, best looking and largest so far.

ok. great job so far. percs (in my opinion) get their head stripe sooner, but they take a long time to get the rest of the stripes in. Ocellaris get all their stripes in realitivley soon.
with my percula fry at 82/83 degrees F they got their first stripe at 6 days post hatch, the occellaris got their first stripe at 12 days.

First head stripes today
 

 
About 1/2 of the fry have developed a head stripe like the individual above.
 

All fish now have a head band and are eating very well.
 
Most have transitioned to eating flake food and crushed pellets.  I am also providing 1 day old brine.
 

They all look great, CONGRATS!!!!
BTW do you have a pic of both parents?

New hatch 12/6/11 and 12/7/11 approx 50-75 fry over the two nights.  Mostly on the second night.

12/9/11 New nest, larger than previous one, 200+ eggs

any belly stripes showing up yet??

These still only have head stripes, none appear to have a second stripe (or hint of one).

Others in same grow out clarkii (2 full stripes), Tomato (2 stripes, rear partial on most, some full rear stripe))

So I guess that this means that they are Perc's

Yep. Congrats on your Perculas!

new nest, 150+ on 1/31/2012

I just realised that my fish in grow out are now 60 days post settlement.
Ill take some photos tomorrow, then post and do a report.
In total I have three species that all have now made it to 60 days post settlement (about 74 days post hatch) within 1-2 days of each other.
 
I also have a second batch about a month younger than these ones that are also growing well.

Photo for 60 dph report

 

New hatch tonight, about 200 fry

beautiful picture!
 

 
Thanks, I really like that photo as well
The colour and a little bit of reflection, I think are excellent.
 
The parents laid another reasonable size nest tonight, probably 200 eggs.