Breeding Journal DataSheet
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General Species: Amphirion Percula "onyx"
Social Structure: Pair
Size of Individuals: Male 2.5" Female 3.5"
Age of Individuals: 5-6 years old
Date added to Tank: 5/2010
Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank: 30 gallon 20x18x24"
Substrate Details: Fine Sand
Filtration Details: ASM Protein Skimmer, Kalkwasser Reactor, Live rock in 120 gallon sump tied to 4 other tanks, 400 total water volume
Water Changes: 10% monthly
Water Temperature: 80F
Lighting: 250 watt 14K Metal Halide
Lighting Cycle: 10 hours on
Other Tank Inhabitants: None
Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types: Original and Breeders Blend Rods food, spectrum pellets, formula one pellets, mysis shrimp and pacific plankton
Feeding Schedule: 2-3 times daily weekdays 3-4 times daily on weekends
Spawning Details Date of First Spawn: January 2011 Spawn Time of Day: typically around 9pm CST
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: Every 10-12 days since March of 2011, Most Recent Spawn 2/19/2012
Courtship Details: Male and female chase and flirt with each other, male and female clean area of spawning area
Egg Size: approx 1mm
Egg Color: orange
Egg Count: 200-250
Hatch Details Hatch Date: Last hatch was 2/27/2012
Hatch Time of Day: 2 hours after lights go out
# Days after Spawn: 8
Larvae Description: 2-3 mm long silver and black with dark eyes
Larval Tank Details Temperature: 80F
Size of Larval Tank: 10 gallon 20"x10"x12"
Substrate Details: None
Other Tank Decor: None
Filtration Details: Airstone only until day eight then an established sponge filter was added to the tank
Lighting: Clip light with a 13 watt florescent bulb
Lighting Cycle: 24 hours day first 10 days then 16 hours a day on after day 10
Water Changes: None day one, 30% daily after that while cleaning debris off the bottom
Larval Feeding Details Food Types: Rotifers while co-culturing with Greenwater (Rotigreen omega), NHBBS, TDO size A
Feeding Schedule: As needed as the rotifer density drops, Once daily for NHBBS (starting day 7) TDO size A (starting day 5) three times daily
Metamorphosis/Settlement Date of Settlement Start: 3/3/2012
Days after Hatch: 7
Date of Settlement End: 3/6/2012
Description of Fry: 5-6mm starting to develop light orange pigment head stripe on some are just starting to form
Grow-Out Tank Details Temperature: 80F
Size of Grow-Out Tank: 10 gallon
Substrate Details: None
Other Tank Decor: None
Filtration Details: Sponge filter
Lighting: T-5 light depending on tank
Lighting Cycle: Usually 6-8am and 5pm-11pm so I can feed in the morning before I go to work
Water Changes: 10% weekly on 10 gallons
Size at Transfer: Not transferred still in larval tank
Age at Transfer: N/A
Grow-Out Feeding Details Food Types: TDO varies sizes, rods food original, prime reef and formula two flake, cyclops-eeze
Feeding Schedule: 2-3 times daily weekdays, 3-4 times daily weekends
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