Breeding Journal DataSheet
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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