Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion Percula (Onyx varient)

General
Species:  Amphiprion Percula
Social Structure:  Mated pair
Size of Individuals:  female 3 inches, male 2 inches
Age of Individuals:  unknown
Date added to Tank:  August 17 2011

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank:  15 gallonsof a 120 gallon system
Substrate Details:  Bare bottom
Filtration Details:  Filter sock, carbon, marco algae, deep sand bed, live rock, bio-pellet reactor
Water Changes:  25% bi weekly
Water Temperature:  80 F
Lighting:  VHO T12
Lighting Cycle:  Lights on at 9:30am, lights off 10:30pm
Other Tank Inhabitants: Mated pair of Banggai Cardinals 

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types:  Thera A from New Life Spectrum, Homemade food blend 
Feeding Schedule:  Three times a day
Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn:  12/25/11
Spawn Time of Day:  afternoon
Dates of Consecutive Spawns:  12/25/11,
Courtship Details:  none observed
Egg Size:  1mm
Egg Color: orange
Egg Count:  ~100+

Hatch Details
Hatch Date:  1/2/12
Hatch Time of Day:  night
# Days after Spawn: 8 days 
Larvae Description: small silver eyes, silver belly, active 


Larval Tank Details
Temperature:  80 F
Size of Larval Tank:  20 gallons
Substrate Details:  bare bottom
Other Tank Decor:  heater, air stone
Filtration Details:  water changes
Lighting:  T5 daylight and actinic
Lighting Cycle: lights on at 8:00 am, lights off at 11pm 
Water Changes: 25% after 1st week once a week
Larval Feeding Details
Food Types:  Rotifers on Rotigow +, TDO A
Feeding Schedule:  Three times a day

Metamorphosis/Settlement
Date of Settlement Start:  1/11/12
Days after Hatch:  9 days
Date of Settlement End:  1/15/12
Description of Fry:  swimming vigorously, head stripe visible, orange with darker pigments near tail.

Grow-Out Tank Details
Temperature: 80 F 
Size of Grow-Out Tank:  20 gallons
Substrate Details:  bare bottom
Other Tank Decor:  heater, airstone
Filtration Details:  water changes
Lighting:  t5 actinic and daylight
Lighting Cycle:  lights on at 9:30am, lights off at 10:30 pm
Water Changes: once every other week 
Size at Transfer:  non-transfer- same as hatching tank
Age at Transfer: 

Grow-Out Feeding Details
Food Types:  TDO B1
Feeding Schedule:  three times a day

Additional Information

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Miscellaneous Information:  Pair is wild caught from the Solomon Islands- obtained through Wet Thumb Frags



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Picture of Onyx Percula bonded pair.

those are some good looking ones!!!

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

Very Nice

Michelle  
 

Got some prespawn behavior yesterday! Woop woop!! Keeping my fingers crossed for some Christmas eggs!

love is in the air!

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

And on the 130th day Shanny said "let there be eggs!" and so it was. http://youtu.be/tovun2G7s9w

yeah! Christmas eggs!!!!

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

Nice musical accompanyment!

Eggs are starting to look clearish, I'm thinking they may hatch tomorrow instead of Monday.  Christmas eggs hatch on New Years???? Tooo neat!!!!!

Eggs Hatched last night- WOOT WOOT!!!!

very cool!!! Congrats!!!!

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

babies are doing great. still can't tell how many fry are in there yet, but they all have nice round bellies and are now started on TDO A as of yesterday.

Here is a video of the fry. Some of them are just starting to hit meta, I can see a few of them swimming with more exagerated swipes of the tail. The look silly now but they will get the hang of it soon.
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Nice work! Can't wait to see how the color develops!

My female Onyx looks fat as an ox today! hopefully there will be some more eggs when I get home today!!

There were more eggs laid on the 12th, I wasn't able to get good pictures of the eggs, but I got some good shots of the fry today and some of them have their head stripes now. YAY!!

looks like a great batch!!! Awesome!

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

babies are doing great and most have their head stripe in. They are fed TDO B1.
the last batch of eggs fungused over and most didn't make it.  only 11 were still clear on hatching day. When I returned the nest after removing the eggs the onyx had taken the rest off the tile.
Friday I had run out and picked up a pair of "Bicinctus" juveniles, don't know if they are really Bicinctus, the juveniles look correct but the parents did not look like bicinctus at all. since they were captive bred I didn't think about QT, and by Friday night my female Onyx is breathing fast and didn't want to eat. I was in their tank catching a large cleaner shrimp to put back in my husbands reef. So I thought maybe she is just freaked out from being in her tank and moving things around. Yesterday morning she was still breathing fast and didn't want any breakfast, and the male didn't eat either. I started freakin' out!!! Not my breeding pair of Onyx!!!! so I messaged a really good reliable source on information on what to do. the new fish must have had brook or gill flukes. sigh!!! never again will I not QT a fish, no matter where it came from. None of my other pairs are affected by anything. My ocellaris pair #1 laid eggs, and so did my picasso/true perc pair yesterday. So I started up an 8 gallon bio-cube that a friend of mine had sitting in his garage. By a recomendation I put the Onyx in the QT tank bare bottom and added 16 drops of Formalin MS. Today the female is looking a bit better, still breatheing fast. I gave them a 10 min. dip in 1 gallon of water with .25ml of Prazipro. while they were chilling in the bucket with an airstone I cleaned out the bio-cube and changed the water. then returned the fish. I let them sit in the clean water for awhile before adding more Formalin. Hopefully they pull through this with out issues. here is a video of the female with some sort of issue and the fast breathing is visible.
 http://youtu.be/XSnn9BHHF5Q

Very sorry to hear!  Hopefully they will pull through.   
 
I myself am now a 100% QT person due to a bad experience with adding a fish to my display.  We all know better, we just talk ourselves out of what we know!      Once I move, there will be a very rigorous process for anything to enter the breeding room. 

Good luck with the pair Shannon!  I sure hope they pull through for you.

Treatment is going great. Female looks to be doing fine, breathing is back to normal and she's swimming all over the QT tank. The male is still breathing a bit fast but is by his wifes side all the time. the female was eating yesterday, didn't sit and watch today. one more day of treatments and they go back in their own tank. all other fish look great as well.
Here is a video of the pair in the QT tank.
http://youtu.be/20GtkshSAsw
 

Fish are back in their regular tank and doing great.

Here is a recent picture of the babies.

Oh I am so glad to hear Shannon!  Babies look great too!

everything is still going good. Onyx are eating like pigs, babies doing great. I took a photo and counted at least 50 babies, there were a few that were not in the picture that I know of, so when they get a bit bigger I may know for sure. belly stripes will come in in about a month. can't wait!