Breeding Journal DataSheet
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General Species: Amphiprion Darwin Ocellaris
Social Structure: Pair
Size of Individuals: female 4" male 2.75~3" (its one of the largest proved male i have ever seen.
Age of Individuals: Unknow. large but still with orange face on Feb 2014. so probably around 1 years at that moment.
so estimate around 2.5~3 years
Date added to Tank: They were moved to this new system around May 15th 2015
Broodstock Tank Details Size of Tank: 5 gallon (in 50gal system)
Substrate Details: None
Filtration Details: sump with skimmer and LR
Water Changes: 20% weekly
Water Temperature: 81.9~83.2
Lighting: small cfl 5000K
Lighting Cycle: 13 hours on / 11 hours off
Other Tank Inhabitants: None
Broodstock Feeding Details Food Types: NLS/ homemade blend
Feeding Schedule: 3 times daily (10am/1:30pm/5:30pm)
Spawning Details Date of First Spawn: July 13 2015
Spawn Time of Day: around 6pm, 2 hours before lights turn off
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: 17~19 days.
Courtship Details: Didin't see any interactivity. but both clean the pot.
Egg Size: 1~1.5mm noticable bigger than my other clown eggs.
Egg Color: orange
Egg Count: 200~300
Hatch Details Hatch Date: collected the second batch. laid on Aug 1 2015, hatched on Aug 10
Hatch Time of Day: 9PM. one hour after lights turn off.
# Days after Spawn: 9 days.
Larvae Description: similar to other clown eggs, but significantly bigger than other ocellaris/percula fry
Consecutive Hatch Dates: 150
Larval Tank Details Temperature: 79.5~80.6
Size of Larval Tank: 10gal with 5 gals of water
Substrate Details: none
Other Tank Decor: Air stone
Filtration Details: none
Lighting: 3w led
Lighting Cycle: 24 hours on
Water Changes: none for the first 5 days. clean bottom daily.
Larval Feeding Details Food Types: Rotifers for the hatching nights. mixed BBS with rotifers on day 2,3, stop rotifer on day 4
Feeding Schedule: usually once daily
Metamorphosis/Settlement Date of Settlement Start: Aug 15th
Days after Hatch: 5
Date of Settlement End: Aug 19th
Description of Fry: most have first stripe. a few with no stripe on day 10, probably going to be misbar, domino and midnight.
Grow-Out Tank Details Temperature: 79.5~80.6
Size of Grow-Out Tank: 10
Substrate Details: none
Other Tank Decor: none
Filtration Details: none
Lighting: small cfl 5000k
Lighting Cycle: 13 on/ 11 off
Water Changes: 75% every 3 days
Size at Transfer: 1"
Age at Transfer: 30~35 days i move them into grow out with filteration.
Grow-Out Feeding Details Food Types: TDO
Feeding Schedule: 5 times daily.
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