Breeding Journal, Species: Maroon Hybrid x Picasso

General
Species: Maroon/ percula hybrid x picasso percula 
Social Structure:  pair
Size of Individuals: female maroon is 4-5 inches, male picasso is 2 inches 
Age of Individuals:  maroon ~5 years, percula is around 1 year
Date added to Tank:  September 2011

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank:  30 gallon
Substrate Details: Hawiian black aragalive 
Filtration Details:  HOB filter
Water Changes:  25% once a week
Water Temperature:  78 F
Lighting:  T5 one daylight one actinic
Lighting Cycle:  Lights on at 9:30am, lights off at 10:30
Other Tank Inhabitants:  Hermit crabs, green/ blue long tentacle anemone, pair of saddleback clowns with blue long tentacle anemone- tank is divided with eggcrate.

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types:  Rods breeders blend, homemade blend, new life spectrum thera+A
Feeding Schedule:  three to four times daily

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Date of First Spawn:  none as of yet
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Here are some pictures of Bertha the Maroon and Mack the picasso.


surprisingly Bertha is timid and hides in the anemone and mack gets the run of the tank.
 
here's a picture of Bertha when I first got her from Adam. you can see her stripe patterns a lot better.

those are both good looking fish!
 
Why the odd pair? What's the babies going to be like?

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

Personal choice but +1 on the above, why noy pair with a maroon?

maroons never really caught my eye, but this one and the gold stripes. I love the way she has great qualities of both the maroon and the percula. maroon figure with percula temper and a good mix of both in the stripes. I thought about pairing her up with a GSM but why not a picasso. see what kind of babies come from it. I know a lot of people don't like the idea of hybridization but if it makes something thats healthy and people like then less market for wild caught fish.

I like it!

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