Breeding Journal, Species: A. percula (Onyx variant)

General
Species:  A. percula (Onyx variant)
Social Structure:  male and female
Size of Individuals:  3.5" female 2.5"male
Age of Individuals:  unknown
Date added to Tank:  8-19-11

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank:  10gal plumbed into a 500gal system
Substrate Details:  bare bottom
Filtration Details:  wet/dry, fluidized sand bed, I-tech skimmer
Water Changes:  10% weekly
Water Temperature:  79-80
Lighting:  overhead fluorescent
Lighting Cycle:  on for 13hrs
Other Tank Inhabitants:  none

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types:  Rods Food FO blend, formula 1 & 2 pellets, PE mysis, cyclop-eeze wafer
Feeding Schedule:  every 4hrs

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn:  12/01/11
Spawn Time of Day:  between 6PM-7PM
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: 
Courtship Details:  aggressive female
Egg Size:  approx 2-3mm
Egg Color:  orange
Egg Count:  hundreds

Hatch Details
Hatch Date:   12-09-11
Hatch Time of Day:   after lights went out, somewhere between 10pm - 12am
# Days after Spawn: 8
Larvae Description: silver with eyes and mouth


Larval Tank Details
Temperature:  80
Size of Larval Tank:  25gal round tub
Substrate Details:  bare bottom
Other Tank Decor:  none
Filtration Details:  none
Lighting:  overhead fluorescents
Lighting Cycle:  8am-9pm timer
Water Changes:  none yet, plan to do some at 5dph

Larval Feeding Details
Food Types:  rotifers
Feeding Schedule:  add rotifers as needed, green water as needed with RotiGreen Omega

Metamorphosis/Settlement
Date of Settlement Start: 12-19-11
Days after Hatch:  10
Date of Settlement End: 12-21-11 
Description of Fry:  orange with head stripe

Grow-Out Tank Details
Temperature:  80 F
Size of Grow-Out Tank:  100gal black oval tub, only filled to 75gal 
Substrate Details: none 
Other Tank Decor:  none
Filtration Details:  Plumbed into system filtered with 25um sock, wet/dry, skimmer, and UV
Lighting:  overhead fluorescent
Lighting Cycle: 8am-10pm
Water Changes:  10% weekly
Size at Transfer: .25"-.5" 
Age at Transfer:  20dph

Grow-Out Feeding Details
Food Types:  otohime B2, NLS Grow, crushed HUFA flake
Feeding Schedule:  every 4 hours 

Additional Information
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Miscellaneous Information: 



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Pair w/eggs
 
  
  
 

I was going to try to do a full journal here in one shot using my notes from previous spawns.  After thinking on it most of the day, I think it will be fun to do this on a day by day journal.  I might even find some new ideas along the way!
Some information will be the same for all of my species due to my set up, that is why it is already filled in.  Thanks for following!!!!

A. percula 2dph.  Sometimes the easiest way to get a shot of the larvae is to put them in a drop of water
 

A. percula 21dph

Jonathan Foster

FishEye Aquaculture

Picture for my 60 DPS report!!!!

Jonathan Foster

FishEye Aquaculture