Breeding Journal: Amphiprion claerkii

bigbill · 12:27 AM

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: Amphiprion clarkii
Social Structure: 1 rock
Size of Individuals: female is 4inches male is 2-3 inches
Age of Individuals: both 2 years
Date added to Tank: 11/11

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank:30x12x18
Substrate Details: bare
Filtration Details: whisper 60
Water Changes: 5 gallons bye weekly
Water Temperature: 80 degrees F
Lighting: shop lighing
Lighting Cycle: 10:00am-10:00pm
Other Tank Inhabitants: nothing

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types: home made food & thera A 1 mm pellets
Feeding Schedule: pellets in the morning meaty food home made at midday times very

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn: 1/26/2012
Spawn Time of Day: 3:00pm
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: 1/26/2012
Courtship Details: female nudging male under side and chasing him around
Egg Size: 1.5 mm
Egg Color: bright orange
Egg Count: : 100+

Hatch Details
Hatch Date: 07/19/2011
Hatch Time of Day: 10-12am
# Days after Spawn: 7
Larvae Description: clear with blk eyes

Larval Tank Details
Temperature: 82 f
Size of Larval Tank: 10 gallon
Substrate Details: bare bottom
Other Tank Decor: airstone
Filtration Details:none
Lighting: 18 compact lighting
Lighting Cycle: 7am to 9pm
Water Changes: 2 gallons bye weekly

Larval Feeding Details
Food Types: L-type rotifers from reef nutrition that are fed roti-grow plus
Feeding Schedule: 1 cup rotifer harvest strained with a coffee filter and add to there tank water in a cup 1 drop of rotigreen add to cup feed 3-4 times a day
Metamorphosis/Settlement
Date of Settlement Start: 8/9/11
Days after Hatch: 9
Date of Settlement End: 8/19/11
Description of Fry: little version of there parents fully striped and yellow and blk body markings

Grow-Out Tank Details
Temperature: 81.7
Size of Grow-Out Tank: 20 blue round tub 22x22x18
Substrate Details: none bare bottom
Other Tank Decor: 2 50 watt heaters 1 red sea air stone hook to small live rock
Filtration Details: none
Lighting: shop light 6500k bulb 100watt
Lighting Cycle: 16on 8off
Water Changes: 3 gallon bi weekly
Size at Transfer: un sure
Age at Transfer: 28 days

Grow-Out Feeding Details
Food Types: tdo b-2
Feeding Schedule: as much as they will eat 4 times + small amounts for less wasted food

Additional Information
Miscellaneous Information:

bigbill · 07-04-2011, 06:35 PM

eggs hatched 2 days early :-{ will have to wait 10 more days for a go at them

FlynnFish · 07-12-2011, 01:53 PM

Guess what?! you've got eggs!!!
Bobo started laying her eggs about 15 minutes ago, heres a video.

bigbill · 07-12-2011, 02:01 PM

wooooooooooooooot

FlynnFish · 07-12-2011, 02:05 PM

I'm doing this around the store for yah. lol!!

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bigbill · 07-19-2011, 01:24 PM

heres the eggs should hatch tonight

bigbill · 11:39 PM

90% have hatch and swiming strong will get video tom looks to be 50-100 not good at guessing

Sir Patrick · 07-20-2011, 01:27 AM

Nice job bill!!!!

FlynnFish · 07-20-2011, 06:06 AM

Fantastic job Bill! get a pic of the remaining eggs so we can see if they are viable or not. In your information sheet you have it put down that you feed the larva 1 cup of rotifers 5 times a day, if you have the rotigreen you dont need to feed that much. When I raised my clarkiis in clear water I only fed an 8 ounce coffe cup of rotifer culture 3-4 times a day and they were fat. When making your hatch report make sure you state that you are using rotifer culture to feed not a whole cup of strained rotifers, cuz that would be like 20 gallons of rotifer culture at high density. LOL. Great Video! those buggers are usually pretty hard to see.

P.S.- tell Jim that you are signed up through the MBI so you can get your cool award sticker!

bigbill · 07-20-2011, 10:53 AM

yea i seen that to was late last night to go back over it agin . the tank being blk helped see them a ton they all are doing the feeding dance this morning. there manly staying at the bottom of the tank but a group will riase up and swim for time to time cant help but watch them lol