Breeding Journal DataSheet
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General Species: Clibanarius tricolor
Social Structure: Multiple individuals
Size of Individuals: Age of Individuals: Unknown
Date added to Tank: Various times throughout the years as needed. None have been added to the tank I have been collecting out for for at least several months.
Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank: 30 gallon
Substrate Details: Sand
Filtration Details: Live rock, canister filter
Water Changes: 5 gallons once a week or once every two weeks
Water Temperature: ~78-80F
Lighting: LED fixture
Lighting Cycle: 6AM to 8PM
Other Tank Inhabitants: A. ocellaris pair, one scarlet hermit, several peppermint shrimp (originally four, but now only ever see two at any given time), four (maybe only three) M. forceps (red emerald crab), Columbellid snails (lots), Spotted Mandarin
Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types: flake, frozen mash, blackworms, lots of algae also present in the tank so they can likely graze all day long to their heart's content
Feeding Schedule: Prepared food at least twice a day
Spawning Details Date of First Spawn: Unknown, but the first I collected from this tank was 9-1-2013
Spawn Time of Day: Unknown
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: I caught another
hatch on 9-2-2013
Courtship Details: None noted
Egg Size: Unknown
Egg Color: Unknown
Egg Count: Unknown, but collected several hundred larvae, so at least several hundred eggs (or perhaps less, but larvae were from several different females)
Hatch Details Hatch Date: The first I collected from this tank was 9-1-2013; Consecutive hatches:9-2-2013, 9-13-2013, 9-20-2013, 9-30-2013
Hatch Time of Day: After 8PM/lights out
# Days after Spawn: Unknown
Larvae Description: Look like teeny tiny lobsters
Larval Tank Details Temperature: Room temp
Size of Larval Tank: 1 gallon water pitcher
Substrate Details: None
Other Tank Decor: None other than a rigid airline tubing
Filtration Details: Live phyto plankton
Lighting: Ambient room light from the Plankton station
Lighting Cycle: Sunrise to sunset, then artificial light until ~9PM
Water Changes: Random/as needed based on when it seems like the water is gross or overrun by prey items
Larval Feeding Details Food Types: Live phyto (tetraselmis, chaetoceros, Isochrysis, nannochloropsis), L strain rotifers for the first few days in addition to NHBBS. NHBBS after the first few days, and phyto is added regularly to keep any uneaten prey a bit more nutritious
Feeding Schedule: constant
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: These have likely been spawning for awhile but I just recently began putting the larval snagger in every night in attempt to catch some peppermint shrimp larvae. I've been catching these instead
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