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Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera picta
Thursday, September 17, 2015 12:58 PM
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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: Hymenocera picta Social Structure: Pair Size of Individuals: 2" female, 1.25" male Age of Individuals: Unknown, they have been in captivity for 2 years (larger female) and 9 months (smaller male) Date added to Tank: 9/18/2015 Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank: Breeding setup approx 1000L total. Tank 380x610x390mm 67L 17.5US Gal Substrate Details: None Filtration Details: Skimmer, UV, ATS, Live Rock Water Changes: System 500L Fortnight Water Temperature: 27C Lighting: Power Compact Lighting Cycle: 7am to 8:30pm Other Tank Inhabitants: None Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types: starfish sp tba Feeding Schedule: Continuous Spawning Details Date of First Spawn: 2015/09/23 (estimate) Spawn Time of Day: Unknown Dates of Consecutive Spawns: Unknown Courtship Details: Unknown Egg Size: 1mm x 1/2mm oval Egg Color: Dark Red to Brown/Purple Egg Count: many 100s Hatch Details Hatch Date: 10/6/2015 Hatch Time of Day: 10pm # Days after Spawn: 17 Larvae Description: Typical shrimp larvae. Bulky body with thin tail. Opaque/white in colour. Larval Tank Details Temperature: 27c Size of Larval Tank: 4' x 1.5' x 1' tank with kressel 1.5' x 1.5' x 0.5' Substrate Details: None Other Tank Decor: 3 x 50w heaters Filtration Details: Sponge Filter and water from Broodstock tank Lighting: power compact Lighting Cycle: 24 hours for first 4 days Water Changes: 20L every two days or as required. Larval Feeding Details Food Types: L type Rotifers for first three days (raised on Reeds Rotifer Diet), NHBBS from day 1. Feeding Schedule: Continuous 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: Additional Spawns: S = Date of Spawn H = Date of Hatch 2015/09/23 S (estimate) 2015/10/6 2015/10/8 S (estimate) 2015/10/23 You will be required to provide photographic 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.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera picta
Thursday, September 17, 2015 1:09 PM
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Really excited to be getting this pair. They are owned by someone else who is shutting down his reef tank. I have agreed to house them and try to raise some shrimp. In Australia they are extremely rare and expensive, so this is a great opportunity. Ill post some photos as soon as I get them, they have been spawning for about two months now. they have intermittently spawned. The female is still quite small, but has been carrying eggs and releasing. The information I was given appears to be wrong. The larger shrimp is female (now carrying eggs) and has colouration below her tail. The male has opaque swimmerets.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera picta
Friday, September 18, 2015 1:16 AM
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Pics of the pair having their way with a starfish leg whilst being acclimatised. Male (left) is larger than the female (right). Male (right) is larger than the female (left). {Initial info from owner was incorrect} 
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera picta
Friday, September 18, 2015 9:21 AM
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fascinating picture!
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: Hymenocera picta
Friday, September 18, 2015 1:57 PM
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Very nice! In all the pairs I have had the female is bigger than the male. Will be interesting to see if she eventually out grows him.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera picta
Friday, September 18, 2015 9:58 PM
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 Originally Posted by ssabey
Very nice! In all the pairs I have had the female is bigger than the male. Will be interesting to see if she eventually out grows him.
The female in this pair is a new addition. Previously the owner had another female who was larger than the male. Note: No idea what was correct now. I was told the smaller female was a replacement, but the smaller shrimp is male as it has opaque swimmerets
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera picta
Monday, September 28, 2015 12:37 AM
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Well I can confirm a few detail changes, the owner had some details wrong. The male is the smaller shrimp with clear colouration/opaque swimmerets. The female is the larger shrimp with colour/patterned swimmerets. She also is carrying dark red to browny/purple eggs that were not apparent when I put her in the tank. Getting pictures/video of the eggs has been a no go today. I don't want to harass her too much. Ill try again in a few days once the eggs have developed a bit more and are easier to see. I have updated the posts at the beginning of this journal to be reflective of these new details.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera picta
Monday, October 5, 2015 10:00 AM
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I like this picture  I now have confirmation on the eggs, pictures and video will follow once they all upload. The following two pictures in the GIF were taken during the same minute and show movement within the eggs.  Movement within the eggs, note: You need to look in full screen in high res to see details.
<message edited by CaptCrash on Tuesday, October 6, 2015 12:54 AM>
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera picta
Monday, October 5, 2015 6:15 PM
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Awesome pics and clip!
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera picta
Tuesday, October 6, 2015 8:37 AM
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wow.
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: Hymenocera picta
Tuesday, October 6, 2015 10:13 AM
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Nice pics and video. What equipment are you using to take those?
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera picta
Tuesday, October 6, 2015 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by hystrix
Nice pics and video. What equipment are you using to take those?
I use a Canon EOS 7D with a Canon MP-E 1-5x macro lens. The body is 1.6x, so in the case of the eggs, it was at maximum macro, so 8x magnification. In concept its very similar to the bellows lens that Jim uses.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera picta
Tuesday, October 6, 2015 2:23 PM
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Originally Posted by clayton447
Awesome pics and clip!
Originally Posted by KathyL
wow.
Thanks guys I appreciate it.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera picta
Tuesday, October 6, 2015 2:25 PM
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Big news, I have many, many fry.
Video of them is uploading now, will link to it once its up.
I went a little overboard with the video, iMovie is fun (sorry).
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera picta
Tuesday, October 6, 2015 9:39 PM
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera picta
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 8:52 AM
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Beautiful video. Love the music.
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: Hymenocera picta
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 12:04 PM
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Some macro shots of the fry at 20 hours  
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera picta
Saturday, October 10, 2015 4:05 AM
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera picta
Saturday, October 10, 2015 4:29 AM
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The following photos are approx 68 hours post hatch.  Most now have 5 sets of legs, some still with four  Eye stalk development  In terms of length, they are approx 4.5x the length of NHBBS (so 4.5 * 0.5 = 2.25mm long) This is based on a NHBBS (422um - 517um so just under 0.5mm) photographed at the same magnification and then a rough measurement of this photo in comparison. In the last 24 hours they have gone through 2 x 10ml serves of NHBBS (approx 50% NHBBS, and 50% water). The number of fry has reduced, I would estimate 75-100 remain. Cleaning of the screen in the kressel provides many molts, to they are growing quickly and well by the look of it. They are much easier to spot now, bright yellow in colour.
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Hymenocera picta
Monday, October 12, 2015 12:37 PM
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