Breeding Journal DataSheet
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**There are not my pair, unknown info on the broodstock**
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General Species: Amphiprion Percula
Social Structure: mated pair
Size of Individuals: female 4-5 inches, male 4 inches
Age of Individuals: unknown
Date added to Tank: march 19 2011
Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank: 12gallons of a 100gallon system
Substrate Details: bare bottom
Filtration Details: deep sand bed, live rock, filter socks, macro algae, bio-pellet reactor, soon to have ozone hooked up
Water Changes: 30 gallons once every other week
Water Temperature: 78.4
Lighting: vho bulbs
Lighting Cycle: lights on at 9am, lights off at 10:30pm
Other Tank Inhabitants: pair o black ocellaris, and a pair of banded pipefish share space in system but not in tank
Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types: TDO EP1
Feeding Schedule: three times a day
Spawning Details Date of First Spawn: unknown- pair was a mated pair before purchase, first for me --6/5/11
Spawn Time of Day: daytime
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: 6/5/2011, 6/19/2011, 7/6/2011*, 7/23/11,
8/8/11*, 8/26/11, 9/5/11,
9/19/11*, 10/8/11, 10/24/11
Courtship Details: unknown
Egg Size: 1mm
Egg Color: bright orange
Egg Count: 300 -500
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Hatch Details Hatch Date: 11/1/2011
Hatch Time of Day: 12:30am
# Days after Spawn: 7
Larvae Description: Normal looking clown larvae, mostly clear with two small black eyes and a silver stomach.
Larval Tank Details Temperature: 78F
Size of Larval Tank: 10G
Substrate Details: BB
Other Tank Decor: Heater / Air stone
Filtration Details: None
Lighting: 25W florescent
Lighting Cycle: 9am-12am
Water Changes: Every other day - 3-4G
Larval Feeding Details Food Types: Rotifers, TDO-A & TDO-B1
Feeding Schedule: 4 times a day. Noon, 3pm,6pm, 10pm and sometimes before bed.
Metamorphosis/Settlement Date of Settlement Start: 11/11/11
Days after Hatch: 10 days
Date of Settlement End: 11/14/2011 (Some stragglers)
Description of Fry: about .2", strips showing up and turn slightly brownish in the tail with a bright orange belly.
Grow-Out Tank Details Temperature: 78F
Size of Grow-Out Tank: 18G
Substrate Details: BB
Other Tank Decor: None
Filtration Details: Central sump
Lighting: Overhead florescent
Lighting Cycle: 9am-12am
Water Changes: New system so I'm not sure on levels yet. It cycled for months and is lightly stocked right now.
Size at Transfer: .25-.3"
Age at Transfer: 21 days old
Grow-Out Feeding Details Food Types: TDO-B1 through TDO-C2
Feeding Schedule: Same as larvae
Additional Information These eggs came from Shannon's Perc pair.
(No Pictures or Videos in the Section Please) Miscellaneous Information: These are Shannon's eggs. (FlynnFish) She offered them to be the day before they hatched.
Process of collecting and hatching eggs - I went to Shannon's at around 1pm the day (~12-16 hour prior to hatch) they were suppose to hatch. The eggs were located on a 6"x6" tile so they were easy to relocate. We filled a 5G bucket 1/2 way and placed the eggs upright on the bottom of the bucket. I didn't use any air or circulation as I live about 20 minutes away.
I got the eggs home and put ~3G of FASW into a 10G and got the parameters as close to the parameters of the 5G bucket as I could in about an hour. I then placed the eggs into the 10G tank with the ~2.5G of system water from Shannon. The eggs were bubbled for the rest of the day and I had an approximately 90% hatch rate the first night and the rest hatched the second night. I used RGreen and Rotifers and then went to Rotifers and copepods and finally to TDO.
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