Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion occelaris

General
Species:  Amphiprion occelaris
Social Structure:   Pair
Size of Individuals:  Male is just over 2" female around 3"
Age of Individuals:  Unknown, I brought these home from the tank in the University lab.
Date added to Tank: 
June 20012
Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank:  20 gallon High 12"x24"X18"
Substrate Details:  Crushed Coral
Filtration Details:  Hammburg mattenfilter 
Water Changes:  monthly 30-40%
Water Temperature:  80ºF
Lighting:  32W T8 x 2
Lighting Cycle:  12hrs on 12 off
Other Tank Inhabitants:  None

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types:  Tetra bits, Omega one Marine, Assorted Repashy gel foods, Mysis.
Feeding Schedule:  twice daily 

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn: 3/6/13    
Spawn Time of Day:  unknown, eggs discovered about 5pm
Dates of Consecutive Spawns:  Spawns about every 12 days, eggs generally appear again a couple of days following previous hatch
Courtship Details:   Pair cleaned out a patch on their flower pot and have consistently used the same spot.
Egg Size:  1mm or so
Egg Color:  Orange, turn dark on day 3
Egg Count:  hundreds initially, now down to probably 70-80

Hatch Details
Hatch Date:  3/12/13
Hatch Time of Day:   1 hour after lights out
# Days after Spawn:  8
Larvae Description:   2-3mm in size, clear with white dot in the center 
Consecutive Hatch Dates:     


Larval Tank Details
Temperature:  79ºF
Size of Larval Tank: BRT (21x21/16H ) About 10 Gallons of water
Substrate Details:  none
Other Tank Decor:  none
Filtration Details:  small sponge filter added at day 4
Lighting:  Compact flourescent spotlamp 
Lighting Cycle:  14 on 10 off
Water Changes:  None as of yet

Larval Feeding Details
Food Types:  Rotifers, otihime and bbs
Feeding Schedule:  started on day 4, twice daily.  Rotifers are set up in greenwater

Metamorphosis/Settlement
Date of Settlement Start:  3/25/13
Days after Hatch:  13
Date of Settlement End:   3/30/13
Description of Fry:  Body is much more squat in appearance, Darkened color and now "Wiggling" instead of swimming, About 1/4" in size.  2nd stripe is becoming more visible.
Grow-Out Tank Details
Temperature:  79
Size of Grow-Out Tank:   Same Tub
Substrate Details:  None
Other Tank Decor:  None
Filtration Details:   Hydrosponge filter
Lighting:   Compact fluorescent
Lighting Cycle:  14 on, 10 off
Water Changes:   1/4 every two weeks
Size at Transfer: 
Age at Transfer: 

Grow-Out Feeding Details
Food Types:  Otihime B, Repashy spawn and grow, Omega One marine flake
Feeding Schedule: 

Additional Information
Even at nearly 2 months post settlement, one of the 7 surviving fry only has a head stripe.  The rest appear to be completely typical.
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Well , no luck. Last night waiting for the hat b I checked on them right before lights out and thu were all there. About two hours after lights out I checked on them and all but three bad hatched but I was unable to attract any larvae to my light, nor see them in the tank. Should have eggs again in a day or two and I've ordered a larvae trap to give that a try.

Here is a video of my 4 day old larvae, I have about 50 left from 200, I lost a lot the first night. 

47 days post settlement, The largest of the 8 remaining is about an inch or so, one of has only the head stripe.