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Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion Ocellaris
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 2:44 PM
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Breeding Journal DataSheet This first post should be updated regularly to include new information as events take place or changes are made to your system General Species: Amphiprion Ocellaris Social Structure: Mated Pair Size of Individuals: Female approx 3"; Male approx 2.5" Age of Individuals: Unknown Date added to Tank: During the second half of March 2012, exact date unknown. Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank: Refugium Section of my sump, 4 gallons roughly. Substrate Details: None Filtration Details: Chemipure Elite, Bubble Magus NAC 3.5 Skimmer, filter floss, Quietone 4000 return. Water Changes: 20% Weekly Water Temperature: 78.6 F Lighting: 250w HQI 20K, with PC supp, the guys live in my fuge, the get a PC lamp. Lighting Cycle: 14 Hours light, PC fuge lighting. Other Tank Inhabitants: Astrea Snail Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types: Formula 2 pellets, and NewLife Spectrum Thera A Pellets Feeding Schedule: 4 times a day. Once right after lights on, then about an hour later. Then usually after I get home from work, and about an hour before lights out. Spawning Details Date of First Spawn: 04/16/12 Spawn Time of Day: Latest approx 9 P.M. Dates of Consecutive Spawns: 04/16/12, 04/26/12, latest 6/6/12 Courtship Details: Unknown Egg Size: 2-4 mm Egg Color: Orange Egg Count: 250 approx. Hatch Details Hatch Date: the latest is 6/14/2012 Hatch Time of Day: 8:00 P.M. # Days after Spawn: 7 Larvae Description: Typical larvae 2-3 mm Consecutive Hatch Dates: Unknown, as I'm only working on the current spawn of 6/6/2012. Larval Tank Details Temperature: 79.9 F Size of Larval Tank: 10g Substrate Details: Bare Other Tank Decor: Fake anemone Filtration Details: Sponge filter rated for 40 gallons Lighting: PC bulb Lighting Cycle: 12 hours Water Changes: 2 gallons every other week. Larval Feeding Details Food Types: Rotifers enriched with RotiGrow Complete, water tinted with RotiGreen Nanno. Feeding Schedule: As needed to keep density up Metamorphosis/Settlement Date of Settlement Start: 06/20/12 Days after Hatch: 6 days after hatch when the first bunch started. Date of Settlement End: Approx 6/22/2012 Description of Fry: Small, just showing headstripe and "bobble" swimming. Getting orange color, really showing color probably due to feeding TDO B1. Grow-Out Tank Details Temperature: 79 F Size of Grow-Out Tank: 40 gallon breeder Substrate Details: Sugar fine Oolitic sand. Other Tank Decor: Live rock currently Filtration Details: 20L sump, Vertex IN 100 skimmer, fuge with about 3" sandbed. Lighting: Current USA Sundial 36" Fixture, 4 bulb T5HO. Lighting Cycle: 12 hours Water Changes: 5% once per week. Size at Transfer: 3/4 of an inch. Age at Transfer: 60 DPS Grow-Out Feeding Details Food Types: TDO B1 and B2 Feeding Schedule: Morning and evening. Additional Information (No Pictures or Videos in the Section Please) Miscellaneous Information: You will be required to provide photographic or video evidence in this thread of each event submitted for the MBI Program. If your thread does not contain these photos the MBI Committee will not be able to approve your reports. PHOTOS AND VIDEO S MUST BE PLACED IN ADDITIONAL POSTS, NEVER IN THE FIRST POST IN A JOURNAL.
<message edited by WestOhooligan on Wednesday, August 29, 2012 10:35 AM>
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Insert Species Name Here]
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 2:47 PM
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Pic of the happy couple in the sump: Latest Spawn:
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012 8:55 AM
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Ocellaris fry 1 DPH: These guys hatched around the tail-end of May they are part of the group that I lost all but 3 of.
<message edited by WestOhooligan on Thursday, July 12, 2012 9:28 PM>
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012 8:10 AM
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As some of you know from my other thread, had some trouble keeping fry alive past day 3, of the pic above only 4 remain, but pugnacious little buggers. Of my most recent hatch as of 06/14/2012, I count around 70, had a slight mishap transferring the tile to hatch tank, oops, and several have started meta at 6 DPH, been feeding them enriched rots with RG Complete, and tinting water with RG Nanno. Seems early for Meta, but here is a quick pic from this morning.
<message edited by WestOhooligan on Thursday, July 12, 2012 9:26 PM>
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012 1:40 PM
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Wow, that is quick! I have some Darwins same age as yours and I'm not seeing any signs of meta yet, nor any stripes. Maybe Darwins are slower though...my first clowns.
Don't let fear and common sense stop you! =]
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012 3:39 PM
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These are the fastest out of my other attempts. Of my lone occy/perc cross survivor, it took months just to show it's second stripe. Here is a quick YouTube Vid of all my fry, you can see 2 of the 4 survivors of the hatch before nipping at each other. I got a net breeder I'll put in tonight after work to help curb this:
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Thursday, June 28, 2012 7:52 AM
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So out of the 70, it looks like I lost about 10, but they never really seemed to go through meta, looked like fry the whole time. The rest are doing really well, most have the start of their second stripes, and I can visibly see them eating TDO A and B1.
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Sunday, July 1, 2012 9:08 AM
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So here are the fry from the 6/6/12 hatch. They are now about 23 DPH. Yesterday I moved them into another tank with their 3, week older, siblings to free up a tank for my ocellaris/percula clutch that should hatch by Wednesday or Thursday. I also moved their larger sponge filter into the tank as to add extra filtration and keep any bacteria alive.
<message edited by WestOhooligan on Sunday, July 1, 2012 11:10 AM>
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: [Insert Species Name Here]
Sunday, July 1, 2012 9:22 AM
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Is that a fake anemone?
Don't let fear and common sense stop you! =]
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Monday, July 2, 2012 11:15 AM
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It is a fake anemone! Several seem to like it during the day, but when when I come down in the morning, they're always asleep in the top corners of the tank.
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Friday, August 17, 2012 8:15 AM
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012 8:25 AM
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And we made it! 60 DPS!! Started moving them over to the 40b growout. Have about 20 in ther so far.
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