Breeding Journal, Species: A. frenatus (Tomato)

General
Species:  A. frenatus
Social Structure:  male and female
Size of Individuals:  Female 4" male 2.5"
Age of Individuals:  unknown
Date added to Tank:  first of July '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 fluorescents
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:  11/26/11
Spawn Time of Day:  between 4pm and 5pm
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: 
Courtship Details:  I have yet to witness their spawning event
Egg Size:  approx. 2mm  seem to be smaller than A. ocellarisand A. percula
Egg Color:  orange
Egg Count:  hundreds

Hatch Details
Hatch Date:  12/05/2011
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 w/ rotigreen omega
Feeding Schedule:  as needed

Metamorphosis/Settlement
Date of Settlement Start:  12/12/11
Days after Hatch:  7
Date of Settlement End:  12/14/11
Description of Fry:  reddish 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:  15dph 

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

Additional Information

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This is not their first spawn together.  I will follow this spawn from now until selling size.

We had a 100% hatch last night (12/05/2011)!!!  6" clay pot was removed from broodstock tank and placed into larvae rearing tub (25gal round tub).  Eggs were then aerated using airstone, with bubbles moving across eggs.  After lights went out all hatched between 10pm-12am.  This morning, rotifers were added as well as 2.5mL of rotigreen omega.

Tomato 12dph

Jonathan Foster

FishEye Aquaculture

Picture for 60 DPS report.  As you can tell from the picture, they are nasty towards each other...

Jonathan Foster

FishEye Aquaculture