Breeding Journal, Species:Amphiprion ocellaris

General
Species:  Amphiprion ocellaris
Social Structure:  pair
Size of Individuals:  3.5" female , 2"male
Age of Individuals:  approx 2.5 years
Date added to Tank:  6/2010

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank:  20 gallon 
Substrate Details:  bare bottom , 4" flower pot 
Filtration Details: 500 gallon centralized system . wet dry , foam fractionation , turf scrubber , chemical filtration 
Water Changes:  5-10% weekly
Water Temperature:  84F
Lighting:  48" t12 
Lighting Cycle:  14 on 10
off
Other Tank Inhabitants:  astrea snail

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types:  home made frozen mash , rods , artemia , tigriopus, spectrum pellets , aquadine duraflake 
Feeding Schedule:  1 - 4 times dailly

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn:  11/19/2011
Spawn Time of Day:  7:00pm
Dates of Consecutive Spawns:  every 10 - 11 days since first spawn
Courtship Details:  frantic cleaning , jerking, twitching and swimming 
Egg Size:  2-3mm
Egg Color: day 1 - 2 the eggs are light orange then they develop a darker red until 3 days before hatch when they are transparent containing visible reflective eyes
Egg Count: 40-50 1st spawn , 80-90 2nd, 1003rd, 120-150 4th and 5th

Hatch Details
Hatch Date:  11/26/11
Hatch Time of Day:  9:00pm
# Days after Spawn:  8
Larvae Description:  4mm transparent larvae with developed mouth . small remnant of consumed yolk.
darting swimming behavior 



Larval Tank Details
Temperature:  82F
Size of Larval Tank:  10 gallons in 20 gallon blue round tub
Substrate Details:  bare
Other Tank Decor:  air diffuser , heater 
Filtration Details:  none
Lighting:  12w pc 50/50 bulb in a clamp lamp clamped to rim of tub
Lighting Cycle:  24
Water Changes:  none , i drip broodstock system water , cloram-x and rotigrow+ @ 1- 4 drops per second to increase water volume and add green water.

Larval Feeding Details
Food Types:  Brachionus rotundiformis
Feeding Schedule:  co-culture

Metamorphosis/Settlement
Date of Settlement Start:  12/4/11
Days after Hatch:  8
Date of Settlement End:  12/21/2011

Description of Fry: larvae are becoming more deep bodied . nuchal stripe is forming . larvae are starting to exhibit territorial behavior 
            

Grow-Out Tank Details
Temperature:  80F
Size of Grow-Out Tank:  20 gal
Substrate Details:none 
Other Tank Decor:  home made artificial anemone
Filtration Details:  wet dry , skimmer, ats
Lighting:  over head shop light 
Lighting Cycle:  14 on 10 off
Water Changes:  10% weekly
Size at Transfer:  1/2 - 3/4 inch
Age at Transfer:  28 - 30 dph

Grow-Out Feeding Details
Food Types:  tdo b1, artemia, cyclops, spectrum small pellet 
Feeding Schedule:  continuous artemia , 2-4 times per day frozen / dry

Additional Information

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Miscellaneous Information: 



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spawning

better video of eggs

6DPH

7DPH

bad scope shot 7dph

    11dph meta?

 
16 dph

At 16 dph all larvae are taking enriched artemia , adult Tigriopus and tdo b1.
I have been supplementing rotifers to tide them over between feedings .
These guys are great hunters! I had a great time watching them Chase down the adult tigriopus .

now that would be cool to watch. any way to take a video?

RLTW

180 Gallon Mixed Reef

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" Isaiah 6:8

25 dph

 

 
and a video

very cool!

RLTW

180 Gallon Mixed Reef

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" Isaiah 6:8

i had a few slow developers that hadnt started
meta until day 12 - 13 dph . shortly after the
slow developers had undergone meta and
settled to the side and bottom of the brt . i
realize this was unusually slow . the majority of
this batch hit meta some what uniformly with
only a couple days between each other . it
seemed the slow ones had caught up in growth
to the large ones in a short period of time after
starting meta and missed the limbo phase
before settling to a benthic location in the brt.
12/21 was the day i noticed all larvae had
settled to a benthic location and none were still
in the water column . during this batch i had a
heater malfunction on days 6 and 7 dph that
had over heated to 88F then i over corrected
and temp had dropped to 78F before finally
getting it dialed back in to my 82- 84F range . i
wonder if this had anything to do with the
delayed meta

heres a shot of one that has an unusual bar taken 64 days after settlement began and 47 days after settlement ended on 2/5/12 .
this batch took 17 days from settlement start to finish. i believe the delayed development was due to a temperature drop in the larval tub before settlement

this picture and video were taken 2/22/12
64 days post settlement