Breeding Journal, Species: A. Ocellaris (naked)

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cannon77
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Breeding Journal, Species: A. Ocellaris (naked) - Thursday, March 8, 2012 4:49 PM
Breeding Journal DataSheet
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General
Species:  A. Ocellaris
Social Structure:  male female pair
Size of Individuals:   m 2" f 2.5"
Age of Individuals:  unknown (approx 2yrs)
Date added to Tank:  2-15-2012

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank: 10g
Substrate Details:  bare bottom
Filtration Details:  central sump w/200 micron sock, skimmer, live rock
Water Changes:  weekly 50%
Water Temperature:  84
Lighting:  t8 shop lights
Lighting Cycle:  17 on 7 off
Other Tank Inhabitants:  15 pairs on a shared system

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types:  various and homemade seafood
Feeding Schedule:  way too many times a day

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn:  unknown, spawned once before for previous owner first with us was today 3-8-2012
Spawn Time of Day:  3:00pm
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: 
Courtship Details:  typical clownfish, waggle and twitch
Egg Size:  very small maybe 1mm?
Egg Color:  pink
Egg Count:  looks like around 350-400?

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Metamorphosis/Settlement
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Grow-Out Tank Details

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Additional Information

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<message edited by cannon77 on Thursday, March 15, 2012 12:41 AM>
Our goal with "The Clown Factory" is simple....Raise healthy, beautiful, captive clownfish and ...his is our small part to help keep the Worlds reefs as God intended them to be.....Beautiful

cannon77
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: A. Ocellaris (naked) - Thursday, March 8, 2012 4:58 PM
Pictures of pair durring first spawn in our system.......

 
Video of the pair in action

Our goal with "The Clown Factory" is simple....Raise healthy, beautiful, captive clownfish and ...his is our small part to help keep the Worlds reefs as God intended them to be.....Beautiful

cannon77
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: A. Ocellaris (naked) - Thursday, March 15, 2012 12:40 AM
Well they must have been really good eggs, so good that they just had to eat them!! She is looking gravid again so we will see what happens with the next batch?
Our goal with "The Clown Factory" is simple....Raise healthy, beautiful, captive clownfish and ...his is our small part to help keep the Worlds reefs as God intended them to be.....Beautiful