Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion percula (Onyx) X Amphiprion ocellaris (Darwin) (Black Photon)

General
Species:  Amphiprion percula (Onyx) X Amphiprion ocellaris (Darwin) (Black Photon)
Social Structure:  Male/Female
Size of Individuals:  4" Female 2.5" Male
Age of Individuals:  Unknown, Previous owner had the 3 years.
Date added to Tank:  10/25/13

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank:  Custom 10 Gallon Cube attached to 3 other cubes total of 40 Gallons
Substrate Details:  Bare
Filtration Details:  Algal Turf Scrubber
Water Changes:  10% Every Other Month
Water Temperature:  86.3 F
Lighting:  LED
Lighting Cycle:  0700-2230
Other Tank Inhabitants:  None

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types:  Frozen Brine/Sera Marin
Feeding Schedule:  Sera Marin x 4 Daily, Frozen Brine x 5 Weekly

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn:  12/29/13
Spawn Time of Day:  ~10:00 am
Dates of Consecutive Spawns:  None yet. First Spawn for me
Courtship Details:  He cleans inside the tile structure, she stays guard, morning of Spawn, both were in the tile structure
Egg Size:  ~3mm
Egg Color:  Orange
Egg Count:  ~200

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Photos of Eggs in Tile Structure. Female won't move for clear picture.
 

One more
 

Last night the Female ate all of the eggs. They appeared to be forming nicely, silver eyes were visible, but for some reason, she ate them. I may consider pulling the tile at next spawn and going that route. I'll update this on the next spawn.

The Photons have eggs again, this time 2x as many as before in a better area. The last spawn she would get very agitated when you would enter the room and then dart to the nest and grab a mouth full of eggs and eat them. This time I took advise I got from here and put a black wrap on the front and side of the tank. Let's see if this helps with her mood! I'm torn on just removing the tile structure from the tank, I got these from John Witt and he said they were infrequent spawners, but this is 2 in a row and I am afraid to remove it. I don't have an exact replica for them to hide in, I have pots, but this is a tile lean-to that is glued together. I will hit the the big box store and buy more tiles to make another.

Sounds good! I'm not a fan of gluing the tiles together, I keep mine separate so I can pull whichever tile they choose to spawn on. Sometimes they get creative and spawn on more than one tile too. I keep extra tiles in the sump so I can easily replace any tile that I pull. You should be able to find tiles at Home Depot for under a buck each.

http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage
"Making captive breeding easier."

Hat to pull the tile with the eggs today. After several days, the female started eating them again. She managed 1/2 before I pulled the tile. They are all in good shape, the silver eyes are forming, and all looked good.
 
I put 5 gallons from the parent tank in a 10g and put in a heater and a dose of Methyl Blue. I put one airstone next to the heater, and an airline with 1 bubble / sec under the bottom set of the nest and a wood stone in the middle of the larger section with a super slow, fine bubble curtain. They put the eggs in an odd spot to aerate them, plus she ate an odd pattern in them that make it harder with a gap in them.  They were laid on the 16th, so hoping they hatch.