Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis Flavivertex

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mhowe9
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Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis Flavivertex - Tuesday, February 21, 2012 5:12 PM
Breeding Journal DataSheet
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General
Species:  Pseudochromis Flavivertex
Social Structure:  Pair
Size of Individuals:  Male and Female both 3-4"
Age of Individuals:  Unknown
Date added to Tank:  2/21/2012

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank:  20G
Substrate Details: SSB 
Filtration Details:  Part of system
Water Changes:  50G monthly
Water Temperature:  74-80F
Lighting:  T5
Lighting Cycle:  14 hrs per day
Other Tank Inhabitants:  none

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types:  Rods food, mysis, NLS pellets
Feeding Schedule:  3-4x per day

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn:  2/18/2012 (By previous owner)
Spawn Time of Day:  unknown
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: 
Courtship Details:  unknown
Egg Size:  2mm
Egg Color:  clear white egg ball
Egg Count: estimated 200

Hatch Details
Hatch Date:  2/24/2012
Hatch Time of Day:  Night time
# Days after Spawn:  6 (eggs were flown from FL which delayed hatching)
Larvae Description:  clear with black eyes


Larval Tank Details
Temperature:  80F
Size of Larval Tank: 20G BRT with about 7G of water
Substrate Details:  none
Other Tank Decor: 
Filtration Details:  Air stones ...
Lighting:  Shop light suspended from top
Lighting Cycle:  16 hrs on
Water Changes:  TBD

Larval Feeding Details
Food Types:  Rotifers and Rotigreen
Feeding Schedule:  2x day

Metamorphosis/Settlement
Date of Settlement Start: 
Days after Hatch: 
Date of Settlement End: 
Description of Fry: 

Grow-Out Tank Details
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Other Tank Decor: 
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Lighting Cycle: 
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Additional Information

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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Insert Species Name Here] - Tuesday, February 21, 2012 5:14 PM
Go this pair from another breeder and they spawned before he sent them.  I have the eggs set up in a BRT heated to 80F tubling in a glass.  Here is video of the eggs tumbling.  You can kind of see the egg ball go by if you watch closely.
 

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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Insert Species Name Here] - Tuesday, February 21, 2012 6:18 PM
Were the eggs still clear?
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Insert Species Name Here] - Tuesday, February 21, 2012 6:48 PM
yes they were still clear
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Insert Species Name Here] - Tuesday, February 21, 2012 7:21 PM
Here is a video of the pair and a better video of the eggs and the BRT set up they are in
 
Pair video

 
Egg video along with BRT set up

 
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Insert Species Name Here] - Saturday, February 25, 2012 7:09 AM
Alright, I did have a few larvae hatch last night.  I couldn't get a pic or video since they were too transparent.  I have them in the BRT and green water so we wil see what happens.  They are even harder to see with the greenwater in there
 
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Insert Species Name Here] - Saturday, February 25, 2012 12:57 PM
Here are the two best videos that I could get of the larvae.
 
Top right corner of this one

You will see them flash every so often as move the flashlight

Same with this one

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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Insert Species Name Here] - Sunday, February 26, 2012 6:34 PM
Still can see larvae in there so I must doing something right.  However, I accidentally unfroze my extra RotiGrow instead of RotiGreen.  The RotiGreen should be unfrozen by morning.   I have dosing about 5ml every 12 hours of the RotiGrow(soon to be RotiGreen).  Also dosed 5ml of Cloram X tonight as well.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Insert Species Name Here] - Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:55 AM
Good luck Mike.  Were the eggs shipped very far?
 
Hope you get a SPAWN soon
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Insert Species Name Here] - Tuesday, February 28, 2012 6:51 AM
They were shipped from Florida, so they probably spend at least 12 hrs in transit.  Also, I think that I have probably lost all the larvae.  I didn't really see any yesterday, but I have a hard time seeing them.  I will give it another couple of days before I give up on this hatch. 
 
I have been hitting the broodstock with 3-4 feedings a day so hopefully they will get back in the groove soon.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Insert Species Name Here] - Tuesday, February 28, 2012 6:58 AM
You can surely use Roti-grow for green water. Just be careful not to overdo it, and make sure there is an airstone.
 
Mike, I'm not seeing any of the pictures or videos…..
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Insert Species Name Here] - Tuesday, February 28, 2012 7:09 AM
I had a couple of airstones in the BRT.  I probably did over do the RotiGrow a little bit.  I will check the vids when I get home since I can't see them at work.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Insert Species Name Here] - Tuesday, February 28, 2012 4:53 PM
hmm...  video are working for me
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Insert Species Name Here] - Wednesday, February 29, 2012 7:06 PM
Well I would say all the larvae are gone at the point.  Also I came home to find the female pretty beaten up.  I moved her over to a different tank in the system.  We will see how it goes.