Breeding Journal, Species: Elacatinus figaro

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

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Additional Information

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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.