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Breeding Journal, Species: Scartella cristata
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 1:01 PM
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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: Scartella cristata Social Structure: group of 6 Size of Individuals: 2.5" - 3" ' Age of Individuals: Unknown Date added to Tank: January 1, 2014 Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank: 20 gallon Substrate Details: none Filtration Details: 100 pounds live rock in sump Water Changes: none Water Temperature: 78 F Lighting: Ambient light Lighting Cycle: 7am - 10pm Other Tank Inhabitants: none Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types: Frozen Mysis, krill, Brine Shrimp Feeding Schedule: at least 2 times daily Spawning Details Date of First Spawn: 1/7/2014, 6/18/15 Spawn Time of Day: not seen, but I suspect at night Dates of Consecutive Spawns: 1/10/2014, 6-18-15, about every 2 nights there is a new spawn. Courtship Details: none noted Egg Size: 1.5mm Egg Color: pink Egg Count: not counted, estimated at 350 Hatch Details Hatch Date: 1/15/14, 06-26-15 Hatch Time of Day: night after lights out, 3AM # Days after Spawn: 8 Larvae Description: fully developed, eyes, mouth, small, no color Consecutive Hatch Dates:1/18/14, 06-26-15, about every 2 days Larval Tank Details Temperature: 78 F Size of Larval Tank:5 gallons Substrate Details:none Other Tank Decor: none Filtration Details:none, daily water changes and air bubbles Lighting: small LED Lighting Cycle: 24 hours a day Water Changes: 20% daily Larval Feeding Details Food Types: Rotifers, baby brine shrimp Feeding Schedule: 2 times a day Metamorphosis/Settlement Date of Settlement Start: 07-11-15 Days after Hatch: 15 Date of Settlement End: 7/18/15 Description of Fry: 1/4" to 1/2" long, dark pigmentation on head and pectoral fins . Eyes have a golden tint when looking down on them. Grow-Out Tank Details Temperature: 80 F Size of Grow-Out Tank: 10 gallon Substrate Details: none Other Tank Decor: none Filtration Details: Bio-wheel Lighting: t-5 Lighting Cycle: on 14 hours, off 10 hours Water Changes: none Size at Transfer: they ranged from 1/2" to just over an inch Age at Transfer: 27 days post settle Grow-Out Feeding Details Food Types: TDO, Frozen brine shrimp Feeding Schedule: Several times a day, when ever I walk by the tank. 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.
<message edited by ssabey on Saturday, August 15, 2015 1:31 AM>
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Scartella cristata
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 1:08 PM
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I won these in the raffle at the MBI breeders workshop 2013 from SA (thanks Matthew C). They arrived 7-30-2013 and have been in a quarantine tank until the first of the year. A week after I moved them to a bigger tank, they started to spawn.
<message edited by ssabey on Friday, January 24, 2014 3:56 AM>
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Scartella cristata
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 1:20 PM
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One of the smaller females. Male guards the eggs he won't leave his hole even to eat.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Scartella cristata
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 1:24 PM
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Larvae bottom left of glass they are tiny.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Scartella cristata
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 1:34 PM
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Some eggs hatched, some hatched a few days later. I could see the eyes developing in some and not others, I suspected there was more than one spawn. Either more than one female is laying, or the same female spawns every few nights.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Scartella cristata
Friday, January 24, 2014 3:26 AM
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Today will be day 9 post hatch, they are growing a lot slower than clownfish.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Scartella cristata
Tuesday, February 4, 2014 3:18 PM
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Any update with these?
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Scartella cristata
Wednesday, February 5, 2014 2:51 AM
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I will try to get a pic. tomorrow when the lights are on. There are still a few left, they are growing slowly.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Scartella cristata
Thursday, February 6, 2014 9:46 AM
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Cool, glad to hear they are doing well! They do produce lots of eggs, and sometimes it's difficult to get only one age of larvae in a hatch because of the continuous spawning/egg production. One thing we found is that these guys eat a LOT of rotifers. They're very active larvae and probably use a lot of energy swimming around. Providing a continuous supply of rotifers seems to help growth and survival quite a bit. Good luck with them!
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Scartella cristata
Saturday, June 13, 2015 11:00 PM
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Going to give these another try, they spawned on the 06-09-15, 06-12, Thanks for the tips Matt!!!
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Scartella cristata
Saturday, July 4, 2015 2:17 AM
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Day 7 pectorial fins have started to develop and pigment, they look like a little bird flying when they swim.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Scartella cristata
Saturday, July 4, 2015 8:54 AM
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They are cute little guys, good luck with them !
Jake We are all in this together
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Scartella cristata
Friday, July 17, 2015 3:09 AM
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They look like little fruit flys from the top.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Scartella cristata
Friday, July 17, 2015 3:16 AM
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Scartella cristata
Friday, July 17, 2015 9:07 AM
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Awesome, how old are these?
check out Kathy's Clowns, llc website: http://kathysclowns.com Captive bred clownfish and more (Wholesale to the trade.)
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Scartella cristata
Friday, July 17, 2015 1:11 PM
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The pictures are day 15.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Scartella cristata
Monday, July 27, 2015 12:55 AM
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At 30 days old they are 1/2" to 3/4" long. The last couple of days the dark pigment is fading to a light brown on several of them.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Scartella cristata
Tuesday, July 28, 2015 11:27 PM
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Today several have a light brown "Mottled" color down their body. They are starting to color up like the adults!
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Scartella cristata
Tuesday, August 11, 2015 2:09 AM
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These little guys already recognize me as a food source. They come to the front of the tank to Beg for food when ever I walk by. In an earlier post I posted they grow slower that clowns, I was starving them. They are an extremely active larvae, and need lots of food! They have grew a lot faster this time with a lot more food.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Scartella cristata
Sunday, August 16, 2015 11:37 PM
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That's awesome!!!!
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