Breeding Journal, Species: [Amphiprion clarkii]

General
Species:  Clarkii Clownfish (Amphiprion clarkii)
Social Structure:  1 Male..1 Female
Size of Individuals:  male..4.25" Female 4.5"
Age of Individuals: unknown 
Date added to Tank: 11/20/2011

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank:  300g reef
Substrate Details: live sand and live rock
Filtration Details: skimmer 
Water Changes: every month
Water Temperature:  82F
Lighting:  (3) 250w MH
Lighting Cycle: 8hrs 
Other Tank Inhabitants:  fishes and corals

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types: seaweed, pellets, frozen food
Feeding Schedule:  2 times a day

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn: 3/5/1013 
Spawn Time of Day:  3-4pm
Dates of Consecutive Spawns:  every 10days
Courtship Details: both male and female clean their tile like crazy 
Egg Size:  1-2mm
Egg Color:  orange
Egg Count:  200

Hatch Details
Hatch Date: 3/12/2013
Hatch Time of Day:  around 10pm
# Days after Spawn:  5
Larvae Description: 2mm clear with eyes 
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Larval Tank Details
Temperature:  82F
Size of Larval Tank: 10g
Substrate Details:  none
Other Tank Decor:  none
Filtration Details:  airstone
Lighting:  Clip light with compact florescent
Lighting Cycle:  24hrs
Water Changes: 2g everyday 

Larval Feeding Details
Food Types: L rotifers 
Feeding Schedule:  2times a day

Metamorphosis/Settlement
Date of Settlement Start: 3/22/2013 
Days after Hatch:  10
Date of Settlement End:  2/24/2013
Description of Fry:  black body with head and middle strip

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Additional Information

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Female on the left and male on the right.

That is a beautiful pair of clownfish that you have there. Good luck!

 
Thanks
 
I did raise 1 batch from them 2months ago and got 1 surive. He is living with other ocellairs clowns right now. At 2months and he looks black like his  parents. Will try to take a pic of him

Nice, I have one big one at my house that looks a lot like yours. Good luck with the next clutches.

Hatched

 

I think clarkii is hard to raise then Ocellairs because i only have 10 left from the 200 that hatched
 
Day 13 pics

 

Those fish are gorgeous. Good luck with this group.

Day 29,
Only have 8 left but guess what....I have 2 pearl-eye clarkii. 1 has on both eyes and the other only on 1 eye.
Pics of the one on both eyes.

 

 
 

Hey good looking parents I have a pair almost exactly like them... had a few questions for you if you don't mind, I've been looking for someone with a similar pair of clarkii's to compare notes with. what salinity do you raise your fry at? and how long do they stay on roti's (do you feed your own froti cultures live phyto or pre bought phyto?)
 

Same salinity as the parent(1.025)
I feed them rotifers for a week and add BBS
I use L Rotifers and feed  rotigrow plus to them.

Hey Thanks for the insight, I am finding several clarkii breeders with this african variety have pretty similar numbers as far as success rates...just thought I would compare notes and see if there is something we are all doing or someone is doing differently to get better success rates.
 
 I also feed L roti's for a week and then add/switch to BBS and start OTO series by (week 3).... Looks like we are getting similar success rates with survival... (maybe just a tough clownfish to raise?) Just wondering how many you've kept going from this second batch, was 8 the last I read...still that many? congrats on that! 
 
To date I have had only a couple survive from each batch to still working through the kinks I guess. This next batch I am going to switch to Utah brine shrimp straight away (supposed to hatch out at the same size as L rotifers) going to see if this might help. 
 
Thanks for the information swapping, I sure appreciate it...always good to hear of someone else's success with these crazy clowns!