Breeding Journal: amphiprion clarkii

[ReefSolutions]

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: rock tank with two other fish
Size of Individuals: female is 4inches male is 2-3 inches
Age of Individuals: both 1 year
Date added to Tank: both added in June

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank: 6'x2'x2'
Substrate Details: aragalive fiji pink with reef grade sand
Filtration Details: sump design, G2 skimmer, "bashsea" (dolphin) 3500 pump
Water Changes: 25 gallon water changes once every two weeks
Water Temperature: 78 degrees F
Lighting: 2 60" fish need it fixtures. 1 ATI blue plus, 1 noname blue bulb, 2 ecoflux HO
Lighting Cycle: 10:30am-7:20pm
Other Tank Inhabitants: Yellow coris wrasse, purpleback pseudochromis, hermit crabs, mexican turbo snails,

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types: new life spectrum thera +A, ocean nutrition formula two flake food, frozen mix of spirulina brine,rods food original, mysis shrimp.
Feeding Schedule: pellet food @11am, flake food @ 2pm, frozen foods @ 7pm
Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn: 10/15/10
Spawn Time of Day: night
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: 10/15/10, 11/2/10*, 11/17/10, 12/1/10, 12/16/10, 12/30/10,
Courtship Details: not observed
Egg Size: normal
Egg Color: clear with a bit of orange, silver eyes
Egg Count: 100+

Hatch Details
Hatch Date: 11/11/10
Hatch Time of Day: night
# Days after Spawn: 9 days
Larvae Description: clear, no yolk sac, big eyes, little bit of an orangey color near the tail.


Larval Tank Details
Temperature: 80
Size of Larval Tank: 30 gallons
Substrate Details: bare bottom
Other Tank Decor: air stone
Filtration Details: wisper filter
Lighting: 24 inch 19 watt flouresent bulb (it looks pink)
Lighting Cycle: 11am- 7pm
Water Changes: 6 gallon water change once a week

Larval Feeding Details
Food Types: L-type rotifers from reef nutrition that are fed roti-grow plus, live baby brine shrimp, cyclopeze
Feeding Schedule: 2 cups at 8am, 1 cup at 11am, one cup at 4pm, 2 cups at 7pm.
Metamorphosis/Settlement
Date of Settlement Start: 11/27/10
Days after Hatch: 17
Date of Settlement End: 11/29/10
Description of Fry: black yellow with 3 stripes. one clown still in larval phase

Grow-Out Tank Details
Temperature: 82.6
Size of Grow-Out Tank: 8 gallon biocube
Substrate Details: 1 inch deep sandbed of fiji pink aragalive
Other Tank Decor: sponge over bottom inlet of filter
Filtration Details: standard filter on biocube
Lighting: power compacts
Lighting Cycle: 11am-7pm
Water Changes: 2 gallons once a week
Size at Transfer: 1/4 inch
Age at Transfer: 26 days

Grow-Out Feeding Details
Food Types: fish are now 60days post hatch, eating mix of cyclopeeze, frozen brine, crushed therea +A pellet food ad crushed formula one flake fod.
Feeding Schedule: 11am, 2pm,4pm,7pm, maybe small snacks here and there of baby brine.

Additional Information
Miscellaneous Information: parent clowns hosting a long tentacle anenome

[ReefSolutions]

clarkii eggs


Mom in foreground, Dad in back ground


eggs were moved into the hatching tank today. they should hatch tomorrow.

[ReefSolutions]

my eggs hatched last night!!! good thing i was doing things a day early! i'm so excited!!!!! about half of the eggs hatched, so i'm waithing on the others. i do see a few casualties floating on the top i already got a few pics so i'll post them soon.

[ReefSolutions]

i counted 63, but thats only what i seen across two sides of the tank, and not including the bottom, so i'm sure there's more.

[ReefSolutions]

babies are still doing good, counted at least 37 today. removed unhatched eggs. they look bigger today, but it might just be me.

[fishtal]

Are you using RotiGreen or some other type of phyto? Your water looks pretty clear...

[ReefSolutions]

i was so excited that they hatched i quickly grabbed my camera and took some pictures. after that i tosed in like 4 cups of rotifers and added a few drops of the roti-grow plus so that any uneaten rotifers will have food. so now the water is cloudy looking. i'll take more pictures today.

[fishtal]

RotiGrow is NOT to be used for greenwater. It will cause complications. You need RotiGreen. http://rotifersolutions.com/?page_id=405

The lipid profile in RotiGrow is too high for the larvae in a greenwater environment.

[ReefSolutions]

Oh, ok. i guess i read the information wrong on the breedclownfish.com website under the fry feeding and care. the site said you can add rotifer diet along with rotifers to the larval tank before the eggs hatch, so i assumed it would be safe for the fry. can and should i do a small water change?

[fishtal]

Originally Posted by ReefSolutions

Oh, ok. i guess i read the information wrong on the breedclownfish.com website under the fry feeding and care. the site said you can add rotifer diet along with rotifers to the larval tank before the eggs hatch, so i assumed it would be safe for the fry. can and should i do a small water change?

There is a difference between Rotifer Diet HD and RotiGrow+. If you used RotiferDiet HD you should be ok but I would still suggest using RotiGreen.