Breeding Journal, Species: [Premmas biaculeatus]

General
Species:  Premmas Biaculeatus
Social Structure:  Pair
Size of Individuals:  Male 2.5" Female 4.5"
Age of Individuals:  7 years old
Date added to Tank:  11/2009

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank:  75gallon 48x18x20" Divided into three chambers with glass dividers
Substrate Details:  Fine Sand
Filtration Details:  Skimz 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:  4 54 watt T5's with LED Moon lights
Lighting Cycle:  Lights on 6pm to 4am
Other Tank Inhabitants:  Pair of onyx percula clownfish, pair of picasso percula clownfish. 
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: 2/1/2011
Spawn Time of Day:  After 10pm CST
Dates of Consecutive Spawns:  Most recent spawn 12/5/2012
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:  pink
Egg Count:  250-30
Hatch Details
Hatch Date:  12/11/2012
Hatch Time of Day:  2 hours after lights go out
# Days after Spawn:  6
Larvae Description:  2-3 mm long silver and black with dark eyes


Larval Tank Details
Temperature:  80F
Size of Larval Tank:  10gallon
Substrate Details:  None
Other Tank Decor:  None
Filtration Details:  Air stone until day 6 and  sponge filter added on day 6
Lighting:  Clip light with compact florescent
Lighting Cycle:  24 hours a day for the first for 7 days then 16 hours a day starting day 8
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), After day 5 newly hatched baby bring shrimp
Feeding Schedule:  As needed as the rotifer density drops, Once daily for NHBBS (day 5-day10) and TDO A starting day 5

Metamorphosis/Settlement
Date of Settlement Start:  12/18/2012
Days after Hatch:  7
Date of Settlement End:  12/20/2012
Description of Fry:  5-6mm in length and very dark in color almost black

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:  Clamp light
Lighting Cycle: Usually 6-8am and 5pm-11pm so I can feed in the morning before I go to work
Water Changes:  50% weekly
Size at Transfer:  N/A
Age at Transfer:  N/A

Grow-Out Feeding Details
Food Types: Rods food original, prime reef and formula two flake, cyclops-eeze, TDO
Feeding Schedule:  2-3 times daily weekdays, 3-4 times daily weekends

Additional Information

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Here is the male and female maroon clownfish with their first nest
 

Picture taken on 12/11/2012.  This was my first hatch in over a year.  The pair had quit spawning and finally started up again and laid eggs on 12/5/2012.  The larvae were caught using a larvae trap as they spawned on the glass
 

These pictures were taken on 12/20/2012.  These fish just went through meta.  Their stripes are starting to develop nicely. 
 

 

Awesome! I need one of those snaggers! Nice to see that patience has paid off.
 

http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage
"Making captive breeding easier."

I got mine from Chad and it is awesome to use.  I am using it now on even a larger batch of maroons.  I actually am liking it better than trying to hatch the eggs off of a tile.  I almost always screw something up trying to hatch them.

Here are the 60 day post settlement photos taken today.  They are getting big quick with some getting close to 1" long.  These guys are feisty...  LOL