Breeding Journal, Species: Elacatinus figaro
Friday, December 2, 2011 1:44 PM
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Breeding Journal DataSheet This first post should be updated regularly to include new information as events take place or changes are made to your system General Species: Elacatinus figaro Social Structure: male and female Size of Individuals: 1.5" Age of Individuals: unknown Date added to Tank: 07/2009 Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank: 10gal Substrate Details: bare bottom Filtration Details: wet/dry Water Changes: 10% weekly Water Temperature: 82 Lighting: fluorescents Lighting Cycle: 13hrs on Other Tank Inhabitants: none Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types: frozen cyclop-eeze, hikari mysis Feeding Schedule: twice a day Spawning Details Date of First Spawn: 9-10-09 Spawn Time of Day: unknown Dates of Consecutive Spawns: 9-18-09 Courtship Details: unknown Egg Size: approx. 1.5mm Egg Color: light yellow Egg Count: maybe 100 Hatch Details Hatch Date: 9-15-09 Hatch Time of Day: late afternoon # Days after Spawn: 5 Larvae Description: slivers of glass with eyes, according to my notes Larval Tank Details Temperature: 80 Size of Larval Tank: 5gal Substrate Details: bare bottom Other Tank Decor: none Filtration Details: none for first 3 days Lighting: overhead fluorscents Lighting Cycle: 13rs Water Changes: 1 gal after day three Larval Feeding Details Food Types: rotifers Feeding Schedule: as needed Metamorphosis/Settlement Date of Settlement Start: Days after Hatch: Date of Settlement End: Description of Fry: Grow-Out Tank Details Temperature: Size of Grow-Out Tank: Substrate Details: Other Tank Decor: Filtration Details: Lighting: Lighting Cycle: Water Changes: Size at Transfer: Age at Transfer: Grow-Out Feeding Details Food Types: Feeding Schedule: Additional Information (No Pictures or Videos in the Section Please) Miscellaneous Information: 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.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Elacatinus figaro
Friday, December 2, 2011 1:45 PM
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Elacatinus figaro
Friday, December 2, 2011 1:55 PM
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I acquired several E. figaro from a LFS (they got them from ORA) in July of 2009. After a few days of fighting a pair was established. The remaining fish went back to the LFS (I regretted this later on). Two 1", capped PVC "caves" were added to the tank. Within a couple months I noticed eggs. On first harvest, they all hatched when removed from the tank, spilling into the larvae tank. This was quite startling! However, all seemed fine and rotifers and green water was added. This was one of my first attempts at raising something other than clownfish and did not end well. Larvae did not survive past 3dph on two attempts. At the time, I was not educated (or really focused for that matter) to know what had happened. My female died shortly after her second spawn and for some reason there seemed to be a E. figaro shortage in the industry so I did not get a replacement. The male went on to live in my Solana reef until this past summer when he disappeared. E. figaro is a personal favorite of mine and hope to acquire some more potential broodstock soon and try this all over again applying new learned techniques and maybe figure out what happened two years ago to my first attempts.
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