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Breeding Journal, Species:Hymenocera elegans (Harlequin Shrimp)
Saturday, June 16, 2012 8:16 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: Hymenocera elegans (Harlequin Shrimp) Social Structure: Mated Pair Size of Individuals: 2 inches Age of Individuals: unknown Date added to Tank: April 2012 Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank: 10 gallons Substrate Details: Black Aragalive Filtration Details: Filter sock, live rock, deep sand bed, macro algae, skimmer, bio pellet reactor. Water Changes: 25% every other week Water Temperature: 81.6 Lighting: VHO Lighting Cycle: lights on at 9am lights off at 10pm Other Tank Inhabitants: Mated pair of picasso percula Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types: Starfish mix Feeding Schedule: whenever food is needed Spawning Details Date of First Spawn: first for me June 14th 2012 Spawn Time of Day: unknown Dates of Consecutive Spawns: Courtship Details: pair alway by eachother Egg Size: .5 mm~1mm Egg Color: brown to blueish Egg Count: hundreds Hatch Details Hatch Date: Hatch Time of Day: # Days after Spawn: Larvae Description: Larval Tank Details Temperature: Size of Larval Tank: Substrate Details: Other Tank Decor: Filtration Details: Lighting: Lighting Cycle: Water Changes: Larval Feeding Details Food Types: Feeding Schedule: Metamorphosis/Settlement Date of Settlement Start: Days after Hatch: Date of Settlement End: Description of Fry: Grow-Out Tank Details Temperature: Size of Grow-Out Tank: Substrate Details: Other Tank Decor: Filtration Details: Lighting: Lighting Cycle: Water Changes: Size at Transfer: Age at Transfer: Grow-Out Feeding Details Food Types: Feeding Schedule: Additional Information (No Pictures or Videos in the Section Please) Miscellaneous Information: You will be required to provide photographic 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.
<message edited by FlynnFish on Saturday, June 16, 2012 10:40 PM>
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species:Hymenocera elegans (Harlequin Shrimp)
Saturday, June 16, 2012 8:19 PM
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Pair. male is blue female is pink. pic of female to show size, best pic of the underbelly of the female. she didn't want to cooperate the same time the camera did. the brownish spots are the eggs that were not covered.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species:Hymenocera elegans (Harlequin Shrimp)
Sunday, June 17, 2012 1:36 PM
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Cool! Good luck!
Don't let fear and common sense stop you! =]
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species:Hymenocera elegans (Harlequin Shrimp)
Sunday, June 17, 2012 4:10 PM
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Thanks Mindy!
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species:Hymenocera elegans (Harlequin Shrimp)
Thursday, June 28, 2012 1:03 PM
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Finally I was able to get a better picture of the female with the eggs. I learned what macro lens to use! lol.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species:Hymenocera elegans (Harlequin Shrimp)
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 12:16 PM
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I'm assumign you have this at a much higher resolution? Can you crop in and show us the actual eggs? I'm not seeing anything egg like.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species:Hymenocera elegans (Harlequin Shrimp)
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 12:32 PM
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sure no problem.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species:Hymenocera elegans (Harlequin Shrimp)
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 1:28 PM
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Great going! I know I had a heck of a time getting pics of the underbelly of my female. Be careful, they pinch too! lol
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