Breeding Journal, Species: Elacatinus randalli
Thursday, August 22, 2013 10:54 AM
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Breeding Journal DataSheet This first post should be updated regularly to include new information as events take place or changes are made to your system General Species: Elacatinus randalli Social Structure: male and female Size of Individuals: 1.5" Age of Individuals: unknown Date added to Tank: early June 2013 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: 8-14-13 Spawn Time of Day: morning Dates of Consecutive Spawns: none yet...too soon for a second spawn Courtship Details: did not see it Egg Size: 1mm Egg Color: opaque Egg Count: maybe 100-200 Hatch Details Hatch Date: 8-20-13 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: Days after Hatch: Date of Settlement End: Description of Fry: Grow-Out Tank Details Temperature: Size of Grow-Out Tank: Substrate Details: Other Tank Decor: Filtration Details: Lighting: Lighting Cycle: Water Changes: Size at Transfer: Age at Transfer: Grow-Out Feeding Details Food Types: Feeding Schedule: Additional Information (No Pictures or Videos in the Section Please) Miscellaneous Information: You will be required to provide photographic or video evidence in this thread of each event submitted for the MBI Program. If your thread does not contain these photos the MBI Committee will not be able to approve your reports. PHOTOS AND VIDEO S MUST BE PLACED IN ADDITIONAL POSTS, NEVER IN THE FIRST POST IN A JOURNAL.
Jonathan Foster FishEye Aquaculture
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