Breeding Journal, Species: Elacatinus Oceanops

General
Species:  Elacatinus Oceanops
Social Structure:  male and female
Size of Individuals:  1.5"
Age of Individuals:  unknown
Date added to Tank:  3-5-13

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank:  10gal plumbed into a 500gal system 
Substrate Details:  bare bottom 
Filtration Details:  wet/dry, fluidized sand bed, I-tech skimmer 
Water Changes:  10% weekly 
Water Temperature:  80-82   
Lighting:  overhead fluorescent 
Lighting Cycle:  on for 13hrs 
Other Tank Inhabitants:  none 

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types:  Rods Food FO blend, hikari mysis, PE mysis, cyclop-eeze wafer 
Feeding Schedule:  every 4hrs : 

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn:  4-23-13
Spawn Time of Day:  early afternoon
Dates of Consecutive Spawns:  none yet
Courtship Details:  unfortunately missed it!!!!
Egg Size:  1mm
Egg Color:  opaque
Egg Count:  maybe 100-200

Hatch Details
Hatch Date:  4-30-13
Hatch Time of Day:  evening
# Days after Spawn:  7
Larvae Description:  slivers of glass, very active!  larvae were hatched just by moving them to larval tank
Consecutive Hatch Dates:     


Larval Tank Details
Temperature:  80 
Size of Larval Tank:  25gal round tub 
Substrate Details:  bare bottom 
Other Tank Decor:  none 
Filtration Details:  none 
Lighting:  overhead fluorescents 
Lighting Cycle:  24hr 
Water Changes:  none until day 8

Larval Feeding Details
Food Types:  rotifers w/ rotigreen omega 
Feeding Schedule:  as needed 

Metamorphosis/Settlement
Date of Settlement Start:  5-22-13
Days after Hatch:  22dph
Date of Settlement End:  5-25-14
Description of Fry:  Small versions of adults.  Maybe two days before meta, fry start to "skip" on bottom

Grow-Out Tank Details
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Additional Information

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Jonathan Foster

FishEye Aquaculture

This is my first run with these species, and since they were purchased early last month, I was ecstatic to see a spawn already (even though I am impatient and check daily)!!!!
 
 

Jonathan Foster

FishEye Aquaculture

Here is a better shot of one of the adults

Jonathan Foster

FishEye Aquaculture

Elacatinus Oceanops larvae, 2dph

Jonathan Foster

FishEye Aquaculture

nice picture!
 

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Thanks!

Jonathan Foster

FishEye Aquaculture

Hallo 
 
Auch Deutschland wünscht dir viel Erfolg.
 
Super Bild
 
MfG Sylvio

Video taken 23dph...Meta!

Jonathan Foster

FishEye Aquaculture