Breeding Journal DataSheet
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General Species: Lysmata Amboinensis
Social Structure: Mated Pair
Size of Individuals: 2.5 inches
Age of Individuals: unknown wild caught.
Date added to Tank: 04/2014
Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank: 125 gallon reef
Substrate Details: Black live sand
Filtration Details: sump with liverock, protien skimmer, phasban reactor, and UV steralizer. Water Changes: 40 gallons every 3 weeks.
Water Temperature: 78 to 79 degrees F
Lighting: T5
Lighting Cycle: 11 hrs on 13 hrs off
Other Tank Inhabitants: banggaii cardinals, pajama cardinals, coral beauty,blue hippo tang, sailfin and yellow tang,pair of maroon clowns, green mandarin, yellow clown goby.
Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types: rods food, brine and mysis shrimp, new spectrum pellets .
Feeding Schedule: 3 times a day
Spawning Details Date of First Spawn: 02/15/15
Spawn Time of Day: sometime during the night.
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: 4/19/2015
Courtship Details: unknown
Egg Size: 1mm
Egg Color: lime green
Egg Count: hundreds?
Hatch Details Hatch Date: 5/1/2015
Hatch Time of Day: Sometime after lights out.
# Days after Spawn: 12 days
Larvae Description: About an 1/8th inch long and transparent except for eyes and a yellow spot in the middle of the thorax.
Larval Tank Details Temperature: 78 to 79 degrees F
Size of Larval Tank: Larvae are in the sump of my 125 gal. The sump is a 20 gallon high.
Substrate Details: Sump is loaded with live rock rubble.
Other Tank Decor: none
Filtration Details: Sump has live rock, Protein skimmer, and phosban reactor.
Lighting: Ambient light from T5 fixture.
Lighting Cycle: 11hrs on 13hrs off.
Water Changes: 40 gallons every 3 weeks.
Larval Feeding Details Food Types: Sump is full of different pods, rotifers that I dump in the tank to thin out my cultures, and what ever makes it through the filter pad.
Feeding Schedule: constant supply always available.
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: Larvae are very skittish of light.
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