Breeding Journal DataSheet
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General Species: Amphiprion percula (Onyx variety) Social Structure: Male-Female pair
Size of Individuals: 2" male 3" female
Age of Individuals: unknown
Date added to Tank: unknown
Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank: ~ 30 gallons
Substrate Details: bare bottom
Filtration Details: central system with sump and protein skimmer
Water Changes: Monthly
Water Temperature: 81 -82 degrees
Lighting: T5
Lighting Cycle: 14/10
Other Tank Inhabitants: limpets/snails
Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types: variety frozen and dry
Feeding Schedule: 3-4 times per day
Spawning Details Date of First Spawn: unknown, this pair has spawned numerous times this spawn was on March 4, 2013
Spawn Time of Day: Evening
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: Unknown
Courtship Details: Not observed, female cleans pot
Egg Size: 1 mm
Egg Color: orange
Egg Count: 200+
Hatch Details Hatch Date: March 13, 2013
Hatch Time of Day: over night
# Days after Spawn: 8
Larvae Description: small, slightly flattened colorless fish
Consecutive Hatch Dates: all in one night
Larval Tank Details Temperature: 79 - 80.5
Size of Larval Tank: 10 gallon tank filled to about 6 gallons
Substrate Details: bare bottom
Other Tank Decor: piece of live rock, sponge, some plastic filter parts, piece of PVC pipe about 5" long
Filtration Details: Bio-filter from above docor and one large air stone 2"x2" from Aquatic ecosystems
Lighting: clamp on light with 7 watt CFL
Lighting Cycle: 6 am till 10 pm, then 24 hours after hatch
Water Changes: None' adding 4 cups/day of reef tank water diluted with RO/DI water to lower SG to 1.020
Larval Feeding Details Food Types: Rotifers fed RG+ with added ClorAm-x, at around day 5 or 6 added NHBBS, and 2 days later started light feedings of TDO A. Since rotifers where co-cultured with T. californucos pods, immature pods where between 180 microns and 53 microns would have been fed along with the rotifers.
Feeding Schedule: As needed about 2 - 3 X per day. Using .75 ml phytofeast and .75 ml RG+ for greenwater 2X per day.
Metamorphosis/Settlement Date of Settlement Start: 3/20/13
Days after Hatch: 7
Date of Settlement End: 3/29/13
Description of Fry: Goes through a series of changes. First is a change in body shape to more oval profile and flatened when viewed from above. The a white stripe is visable from above but not from the side. Then stripe becomes visable from side view and body starts to turn from clear/slight pink to light orange slowly getting more pronouced. After that fish starts to spend more time out of the water column near the top and starts fighting for teritories near the bottom with other fry of similar changes.
Grow-Out Tank Details Temperature: 79.5 - 80.5 F
Size of Grow-Out Tank: 10 x 20 x 12
Substrate Details: Bare bottom
Other Tank Decor: same as above in larval tank
Filtration Details: same as above in larval tank
Lighting: same as above
Lighting Cycle: 16/8 manual
Water Changes: 10% per week with water from reef tank. Water change includes vaccuming the bottom for debris and uneaten food particles.
Size at Transfer: Not transfered yet (need to build the growout system yet.
Age at Transfer: Not yet transfered
Grow-Out Feeding Details Food Types: At 3 weeks switched from feeding TDO A to TDO B1, 4-7 times per day. Also T. californucos pods daily in evening (only 4-6 dozen total per night) and BBS enriched with selcon and phytofeast on the mornings that I work a 12 hour shift.
Feeding Schedule: Depends on day and my work schedule.
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