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Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis springeri
Monday, February 10, 2014 11:28 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: Pseudochromis springeri Social Structure: Pair Size of Individuals: ~2.5 inches Age of Individuals: Unknown Date added to Tank: Early January 2014 Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank: half of a 29 gallon plumbed to larger system Substrate Details: Crushed coral Filtration Details: Live rock, live sand, protein skimmer, bioballs Water Changes: As needed...infrequent Water Temperature: ~80F Lighting: Fluorescent strip light Lighting Cycle: 6AM to 9PM Other Tank Inhabitants: none in their section Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types: Pellets, frozen mash, frozen mysis, frozen enriched artemia, live blackworms Feeding Schedule: At least twice daily Spawning Details Date of First Spawn: 2-7-2014 Spawn Time of Day: Evening, usually around 5 PM Dates of Consecutive Spawns: 2-14-2014; 3-9-2014; 3-16-2014; 4-6-2014; 4-18-2014; 4-24-2014, 5-12-2014, 5-18-2014 Courtship Details: When the female is quite gravid, the male begins to try to lure her to his PVC tube by darting out, wiggling in front of her, and then darting back into the tube. Occassionally, she has been gravid and he didn't court her and she would keep going into and out of the PVC tube without him. They seem to still be trying to sort things out a bit since they aren't very...coordinated.--Now that they seem to have things down pat, the male darts out of the PVC den and finds the female. Then he darts back to the den, attempting to lead her. She eventually follows, but it usually takes several attempts. Egg Size: ~1mm round Egg Color: Clear at first, with a slight pinkish hue Egg Count: Not counted, but estimate hundreds Hatch Details Hatch Date: 5-16-2014 Hatch Time of Day: 7PM for the first hatch, after lights out for the second hatch (with straglers before and after) # Days after Spawn: 5 (maybe 4, not 100% on exact spawn date for that particular spawn) Larvae Description: To the eye they are clear with three small black dots, small yolk sac, ~3 mm long, quick Consecutive Hatch Dates: 5-22-2014 Larval Tank Details Temperature: ~80F Size of Larval Tank: 17 gallon BRT, start with about 5 gallons and add a gallon every day/couple days Substrate Details: None Other Tank Decor: None Filtration Details: None Lighting: Fluorescent strip light Lighting Cycle: 24/7 Water Changes: As needed, mainly just increase the water volume Larval Feeding Details Food Types: L strain rotifers, Apocyclops panamensis added with a focus on day 3, OtoA starting on day 4 or so, nhbbs starting on day 7-8, Feeding Schedule: Constant, with additions as necessary 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.
<message edited by shannpeach on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 7:41 PM>
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis springeri
Monday, February 10, 2014 11:48 AM
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The two fish were the same size at purchase (captive bred). They were placed in a 29 gallon tank with a divider and immediately started brawling. They were separated until both healed. Then I would open the divider occasionally for a couple hours, separate them once the fighting got too bad, and then repeat on a new day. Eventually the intense fighting lessened and now the go-between pipe is left open and the fish choose which side they would like to be on, but they are often on the same side with little aggression. They really beat each other up at first though :/ This first spawn was a bit of a botched spawn. The female had been looking gravid for a couple of days and Friday late afternoon I saw the male very frantically trying to get her into the PVC den he likes. I didn't hang out and watch for the spawn, but later I saw an egg ball in/falling out of the go-between PVC pipe.  Not sure what exactly went wrong or if the eggs were ever fertilized, but the egg ball disappeared and I never saw one in the "den" the male chose. The female is starting to look plump again, so hopefully the next spawn will go a bit better for them  (I'll get pics of the parents later...totally forgot!)
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis springeri
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 8:19 AM
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Here is the pair:  The female: 
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis springeri
Friday, February 14, 2014 7:37 PM
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Another botched spawn today. I found the egg all by the divider screen. I pulled it out, and put it in a flask for tumbling. I highly doubt they will last long, even if they were fertilized.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis springeri
Monday, March 10, 2014 8:24 AM
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Found another egg ball, laying on the tank bottom. I pulled it out and to the eye it looked like it may be fertilized. The eggs are clearish with a pink hue, and there were only a few white eggs which I am guessing were not fertilized. I rinsed them in new ASW, and then set them to tumbling in an inverted 2L bottle  Sorry for the blurry pic, but it was difficult to focus on a moving egg ball and since it had been tumbling nicely for the night, I didn't want to mess things up by removing it from the container for a pic
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis springeri
Monday, March 17, 2014 8:38 AM
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Another botched spawn last night. These guys are really having a hard time getting the hang of things!
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis springeri
Thursday, March 20, 2014 3:40 AM
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Jeezus Shannon...my god what AREN'T you breeding?! You're making me look bad...real bad!
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis springeri
Thursday, March 20, 2014 8:30 AM
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lol well, my clown pairs aren't doing much breeding for me and unfortunately these guys don't really seem to know what they are doing!  But I do have lots of creatures and I can't help but try to pair them up... 
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis springeri
Sunday, March 30, 2014 5:59 PM
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This pair has laid several more egg balls, but after they spawn the male goes through the PVC gate to the other side of the tank and the eggs are left somewhere random in the tank. So this week I capped the gate so he couldn't leave the side that has their spawning den. Today is spawn day and I saw the female out and about and looking thin. I peeked in the PVC den with a flashlight and saw the male curled up around an egg ball! I have no idea if they are fertile or not, but this is at least a step in the right direction!
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis springeri
Monday, March 31, 2014 7:40 PM
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He still has the egg ball...
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis springeri
Monday, March 31, 2014 9:42 PM
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this is very good!
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: Pseudochromis springeri
Monday, March 31, 2014 10:27 PM
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I agree The egg ball is significantly smaller though, so I don't think he did a great job fertilizing the eggs. Hoping they get better with each spawn!
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis springeri
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 8:04 PM
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Egg ball is gone. I'm pleased with the progress though
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis springeri
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:17 AM
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Another egg ball yesterday and the male is guarding it in his den. I will have to decide if I want to pull it tomorrow night (the night he ate it last time) or if I want to let him keep it and hope to get that last full day of incubation out of him...
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis springeri
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 8:35 AM
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This morning he still had it and it looks larger than the last egg ball did at this point, however, I'm not sure how well he fertilized. Last time he ate the egg ball on this day by the time I got home/checked in the evening. I supposed that will be the test...
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis springeri
Saturday, April 12, 2014 9:21 PM
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He ate it during the third night last time. They spawned again today, a day early
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis springeri
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 8:33 AM
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He continues to eat it during the third night. I didn't pull it yesterday because I didn't see any eye spots when I checked it with the flashlight. However, now I wonder if the eggs were actually ready to hatch and that's why they keep disappearing the third night. This time the egg ball was bigger before lights out than it has been in the past, so they are getting better. Next time I will just have to pull it to find out.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis springeri
Friday, April 25, 2014 8:39 AM
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I committed to pulling the egg ball the third day on the last spawn, but he ate it on night two There was another spawn yesterday, which means that if he doesn't eat it tonight, then I will pull it Saturday evening for a fertility check and possible tumbling. Fingers crossed that I can finally get a hatch out of these guys!
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis springeri
Saturday, April 26, 2014 7:04 PM
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I pulled the egg ball this afternoon. It looks like 1/3 to 1/2 the eggs are good and the rest weren't fertilized. Probably why he eats them on the third night.
I set them to tumbling and will probably sterilize them later as well. Tomorrow I will likely change the water out twice to help keep the bad eggs from killing the good ones, if I can.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Pseudochromis springeri
Monday, April 28, 2014 9:00 AM
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No hatch. Eventually all the eggs looked white/bad.
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