Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion percula ('Onyx' x 'Picasso') x sibling

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JimWelsh
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Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion percula ('Onyx' x 'Picasso') x sibling - Sunday, March 2, 2014 2:15 PM
Breeding Journal DataSheet
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General
Species:  Amphiprion percula
Social Structure:  Pair
Size of Individuals:  Male: 5 cm, Female: 7 cm
Age of Individuals:  They were hatched 13 July 2010, and so, are 3 years, 7 months, and 17 days as of this writing (3 March 2014).
Date added to Tank:  11 May 2011

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank:  10 Gallons
Substrate Details:  Bare Bottom with a clay flowerpot
Filtration Details:  Bioballs and a HOB powerwheel filter
Water Changes:  When I think about it
Water Temperature:  78 - 80 F
Lighting:  Small fluorescent strip light
Lighting Cycle:  On at 7:00 AM, off at 9:00 PM
Other Tank Inhabitants:  Some Aiptasia

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types:  Mostly various frozen foods, some flake, some pellets
Feeding Schedule:  Between my wife and myself, they get fed 3-4 times a day.

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn:  Eggs were first noticed on the flowerpot on the evening of 1 March 2014
Spawn Time of Day:  Unknown
Dates of Consecutive Spawns:  3/11/2014, 3/27/2014
Courtship Details: This pair gets along well.  She really doesn't dominate him.  I did notice some extra flowerpot cleaning for a few days before I noticed the eggs for the first time.
Egg Size:  Small compared to A. ocellaris eggs I've seen before.  Perhaps 2-3 mm long.
Egg Color:  Ranges from a dark purpulish grey to a lighter silvery color.  They may have been laid for a while before I noticed them.
Egg Count:  Appx. 50 for the first spawn.  Appx. 200 for the 3/11/2014 spawn.

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Metamorphosis/Settlement
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Grow-Out Tank Details

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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion percula ('Onyx' x 'Picasso') x sibling - Sunday, March 2, 2014 2:25 PM
I got this pair of fish from user "Umm, Fish?".  They were some of the offspring of the batch of fry documented in this thread:  http://www.mbisite.org/Fo...&high=picasso+onyx
 
They have been in my fishroom for almost three years.  I've been waiting forever for them to finally spawn.  This first spawn is a small one, but I'm so excited that they have finally spawned for me!  Quite frankly, the only reason I noticed the spawn is because I was thinking about removing the flowerpot to scrub the Aiptasia off of it, and noticed the male tending this small clutch during a water change and tank cleaning.  I don't know how long ago they may have spawned.  It may have been a few days ago, because I have gotten complacent with these fish, and really don't pay that much attention to them.  Now that they are spawning, I'll be watching them MUCH more closely now!  I've only watched A. ocellaris eggs progress before, but these look to me more like several day old ocellaris eggs, rather than newly spawned eggs.

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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion percula ('Onyx' x 'Picasso') x sibling - Wednesday, March 12, 2014 2:58 AM
They spawned this afternoon/evening.  I'm not sure what time, but the eggs weren't there this morning at the last AM feeding at 11:00 AM, and they were there at the evening feeding at about 9:00 PM.  Some pictures:
 
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Amphiprion percula ('Onyx' x 'Picasso') x sibling - Monday, March 24, 2014 12:51 PM
Oh, heck. It's nice to see pictures of them! I hope you like them.
 
Congrats on the spawn! I'm still waiting on their siblings.
--Andy, the bucket man.
"Not to know the mandolin is to argue oneself unknown...." --Clara Lanza, 1886