Breeding Journal, Species: [pterapogon kauderni]

General
Species:  Pterapogon Kauderni
Social Structure:  mated pair
Size of Individuals:  2 inches
Age of Individuals:  unknown
Date added to Tank:  female 10/3/13, male 9/26/14

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank: 125 gal. Reef tank
Substrate Details: live sand
Filtration Details:  sump with live rock, protein skimmer, and phosban reactor.
Water Changes:  40 gallons every 3 weeks.
Water Temperature: 78 to79 degrees
Lighting:T5
Lighting Cycle: 11hrs on, 13hrs off
Other Tank Inhabitants: coral beauty, blue hippo tang, yellow tang, sailfin tang, green mandarin, red scooter blenny, pajama cardinals, yellow goby, and 2 ocelaris clowns.

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types: mysis shrimp, brine live and frozen, blood worms.
Feeding Schedule: 3 times a day.

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn: October 9th,2014
Spawn Time of Day: 1:00 pm
Dates of Consecutive Spawns:  Dec 9th, 2014
Courtship Details: pair stayed together.
Egg Size: 1/16th of an inch.
Egg Color: tanish
Egg Count: unknown

Hatch Details
Hatch Date: October 27th, 2014
Hatch Time of Day: some time in the morning. I noticed male had little tails in his mouth in the afternoon.
# Days after Spawn: around 17 or 18 days.
Larvae Description:little replicas of parents.
Consecutive Hatch Dates: Dec 30, 2014


Larval Tank Details
Temperature: 78 to 79 degrees.
Size of Larval Tank: larval in fine mesh fish net breeder in reef tank.
Substrate Details:  fine mesh
Other Tank Decor: none
Filtration Details: same Filtration as reef tank
Lighting: T5
Lighting Cycle: 11hrs on 13hrs off.
Water Changes: none since spawn.

Larval Feeding Details
Food Types: bbs
Feeding Schedule: 3 times a day.

Metamorphosis/Settlement
Date of Settlement Start:  November 1, 2014
Days after Hatch:  5 days
Date of Settlement End:  November 1, 2014
Description of Fry:  perfect replicas of parents

Grow-Out Tank Details
Temperature:  80° F
Size of Grow-Out Tank:  20 gallon
Substrate Details:  none
Other Tank Decor:  1 piece of live rock.
Filtration Details:  sump with live rock, and protien skimmer.
Lighting:  old 4' aquarium light.
Lighting Cycle:  14hrs on 12hrs off.
Water Changes:  10% biweekly.
Size at Transfer:  1/4 inch
Age at Transfer:  50DPH.

Grow-Out Feeding Details
Food Types:  TDO
Feeding Schedule:  3 to 4 times a day.

Additional Information
At first all these little ones would only eat live and frozen BBS. When i finally got them switched to TDO I never had anymore die. And they started growing a lot faster.
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This is just before I pulled the male.
 

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Here's my first picture of the little guys.

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I had my first one die today. It wouldn't eat like the rest of them. It was also half the size of the others

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                      [video]http://youtu.be/ViekqY_L5W4[/video]

I'm starting  to finally figure this all out. Here are the little ones wanting to be fed again. http://youtu.be/ViekqY_L5W4

The video link won't open, states it is private.  Change it to public so we can see the little cuties!

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Ken

I put the video on public. I hope it's working now.
 

Very nice! They all look great. I always love it when they finally figure out that we are the source of their food, and come running up when we approach the tank. Keep up the good work!

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Ken

Thank you, They are my first marine babies. It didn't take long for them to figure out where the food comes from.

Good work - they look great

Bad news I had to leave for a week and my wife tried everything she could to try to take care of the little ones. bless her heart. But by the time I came home. I went from 15 down to 1. And when I arrived home after work today I lost my last one.

 
Sad to hear.
 
The good news is that once they start they will generally keep going for a while so you should have another opportunity in a few weeks.

My Bangii's spawned again  When I returned home from work today the male had a mouth full of eggs.

Keep it up!  The more you can raise successfully, the better as they might be going on the ESA's threatened species list! 
 
http://rettalbot.wordpres...ndangered-species-act/

-Matt
-Avid supporter of the Laws of Nature-

I made it to 60 DPH!

Sorry for the picture quility. It was hard to get this guy to stay still. definately need a better camera.

I pulled 9 more babies for my young male. I fed them rotifers for 2 days, then switched to BBS for 3 days and then to TDO. These little guys took right to the TDO. I will do the same for the next batch to see if the transition to TDO is as easy as this one. The first batch that took to the TDO started to grow a lot faster and I have not lost a Banggai since.

Nice job.  I always struggled getting mine onto TDO.  That's awesome to have them on dry food in 5 days!

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Ken