Breeding Journal, Species: Apogon compressus (Ochre-Striped Cardinal)

General
Species:  Apogon compressus 
Social Structure:  group of 6, 2 pairs evident
Size of Individuals:  4.5" - 5" 
Age of Individuals:  unknown
Date added to Tank:   June, 2012 

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank:  200 gallon deep dimension 
Substrate Details:  aragonite
Filtration Details:  40 gallon sump, live rock, sand 
Water Changes:  20% / month
Water Temperature: 80 degrees F 
Lighting:  T5s - 2, 8 bulb 24" fixtures
Lighting Cycle:  7 hours / day on, Mondays the lights are off
Other Tank Inhabitants:  Zebra Eel, 2 high hat drums, Oscellaris trio, 5 blue chromis, large hippo tang, long horn cow fish, bluespot watchman goby, misc. crabs, snails, pincushion urchin
Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types:  Rod's Original, Rod's Predator
Feeding Schedule:  once/day

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn: unknown, noticed male holding eggs 3/9/13, 4/13/13, 2nd male noticed holding eggs 3/15/13
Spawn Time of Day: unknown 
Dates of Consecutive Spawns:  N/A
Courtship Details:  noticed 2 pairs hanging out different spots in the tank, but did not witness any other activity
Egg Size:  estimating 2 mm, have not seen them up close 
Egg Color:  pink
Egg Count:  unknown

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Picture of the tank:

Picture of the happy couple, male in front:

I will try to get a better pic of the male with the eggs in its mouth.  You can tell he's holding in the pic above, but I've only glimpsed the eggs once thus far.

Today, 3/15/13 we noticed another male was also holding.  Trying to get pictures of both together, but that might not happen.  Something in the tank has put them in the mood

Nice job, that is a beautiful pair you have there. If the male is holding the eggs, hope you can raise them successfully.

Here are some pics of the other male from today.  At least I am pretty sure it is the other male, their markings are slightly different.  You can kind of see a pinkish hue inside (eggs) as well as the tell tale bulge.
 

 
   
Is this enough evidence for a spawn report?  Don't know if I need to try and get better pictures of the eggs themselves (he doesn't want to show them off that often!)

Looks like he has a mouthful to me.

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The male found to be holding 3/9/13 still has a mouthful of eggs.  The male found holding on 3/15/13 (close ups on post #4) apparently ate some of his.  You can tell he is still holding, but there are less.
I am curious as to how long incubation time will be.  There doesn't seem to be a lot of information available for this species online, 2-3 weeks perhaps?

Neither male was holding eggs as of 3/30/13.  It is possible the first male's eggs could have hatched, but I am guessing the 2nd male ate his.  They were both eating heartily when we fed the tank.  Let's hope for better luck next time!

Good news!  The couple from post #2 has spawned again.  The male has a mouthful and has been aerating them a lot more this time so I've been able to see them more clearly.  Of course, as soon as I turned off the video, he showed them to me!  Will keep trying