Breeding Journal, Species: [Amphiprion frenatus]

General
Species:  Amphiprion frenatus
Social Structure:  pair
Size of Individuals:  male 6-7 cm, female 9-10 cm
Age of Individuals:  10
Date added to Tank: April 2006 

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank:  60"L x 18"D x 26"H - 120 gallon
Substrate Details:  100 lbs of crush coral
Filtration Details:  Rena XP4 canister, 180 lbs of live rock with one 3,350 Hydor circulation pump on each end
Water Changes:  15 - 20 gallons per week with pH 8.2-8.3 and have started to slowly lower specific gravity of my living room 120 gallon tank from 1.026 two days ago moving to 1.042 with the goal of 1.022 as I keep just anemones and fish with live rock.  I also have four breeder tanks on two over/under metal stands, one with two 29G tanks with a specific gravity of 1.022 and one with two 20H tanks with a specific gravity of 1.022. 
Water Temperature:  80-82 degree F
Lighting:  Marineland Pro Lighting System with 2 x 150 MH and 4 x 54 watt T5-HO - 2 daylight and 2 actinics
Lighting Cycle: half hour dawn with T5-HOs, eight hours all lights, half hour dusk T5-HOs 
Other Tank Inhabitants:  Balistoides conspicillum, Balistapus undulates, Rhinecanthus aculeatus, Odonus niger, Melichthys indicus, Arothron hispidus, Arothron nigropunctatus, Pomacanthus annularis, Zebrasoma desjardini, Amphiprion clarkii, Dascyllus melanurus

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types:  Vita-Chem soaked freeze dried Mysis and Krill, Hikari Massivore pellets whole and broken, Hikari Marine-A, Hikari Sea Weed Extreme pellets, red and green sea weed cut up in small flake pieces, fresh mussels in shell frozen and thawed on occasion, Ocean Nutrition One and Two pellets and flakes
Feeding Schedule: all they can eat for 15-20 minutes at 5:00 pm on weekdays and weekends add in a daily light snack 

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn:  3/25/14
Spawn Time of Day:  during day
Dates of Consecutive Spawns:  last two were 10-14 days apart
Courtship Details:  Male and female will clean a piece of live rock near one of their two anemones.  Female will then lay her eggs in row after row under the watchful eye of the male.  The male fans the eggs with his pectoral fins and at times prods or blows on the eggs with his mouth.  He is very fastidious with his care of the eggs and will almost never leave the anemone near the eggs.  The female will swim back and forth from one anemone to another and also patrols the area above and around the anemones.  Last month she out did herself when they had a clutch of eggs and raced across the five foot tank to the opposite front upper corner where I was replacing the Pinpoint Salinity Probe and bit me on the hand.
Egg Size: 2 cm 
Egg Color:  bright orange slowly turning to an orange-yellow
Egg Count:  100s

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Additional Information

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Mr. and Mrs. Tomato

 
Mr. Tomato keeps a watchful eye


The eggs



 
Mr. Tomato fastidiously tending the youngins.


Mrs. Tomato aka (tank boss) checking on things.

Four days post spawn.

Eggs slight tan color where attached although mostly silver and not entirely clear.

Four days post spawn.

Eggs slight tan color where attached although mostly silver and not entirely clear.

Four days post spawn.

Eggs slight tan color where attached although mostly silver and not entirely clear.

Five days post spawn
 
Eggs mostly clear with two gray eye balls.  Apologies for lack of clarity.
 
I will be getting a generic macro close up lens on Tuesday for my "old" 6.1 megapixel Cannon Rebel.
 

Six days post spawn with eggs clearer.

Seven days post spawn

Eight days post spawn

Nine days post spawn

 

The eggs hatched over night before the 10 day post spawn and in an aggressive 120 gallon its anybody's guess where they are now.
 
Will see when next spawn takes place.
 
Finsky