Breeding Journal: Amphiprion Percula

[FlynnFish]

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 Percula
Social Structure: mated pair
Size of Individuals: female 4-5 inches, male 4 inches
Age of Individuals: unknown
Date added to Tank: march 19 2011

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank: 12gallons of a 100gallon system
Substrate Details: bare bottom
Filtration Details: deep sand bed, live rock, filter socks, macro algae, bio-pellet reactor, soon to have ozone hooked up
Water Changes: 30 gallons once everyother week
Water Temperature: 78.4
Lighting: vho bulbs
Lighting Cycle: lights on at 9am, lights off at 10:30pm
Other Tank Inhabitants: pair o black ocellaris, and a pair of banded pipefish share space in system but not in tank

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types: TDO EP1
Feeding Schedule: three times a day

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn: unknown- pair was a mated pair before purchase, first for me --6/5/11
Spawn Time of Day: daytime
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: 6/5/2011, 6/19/2011, 7/6/2011*, 7/23/11, 8/8/11*, 8/26/11, 9/5/11, 9/19/11*, 10/8/11, 10/24/11
Courtship Details: unknown
Egg Size: 1mm
Egg Color: bright orange
Egg Count: 300 -500

Hatch Details
Hatch Date: 7/6/118/8/11,9/27/11
Hatch Time of Day: about midnight, about midnight, midnight
# Days after Spawn: 8 days, 8 days, 8 days
Larvae Description: clearish big silver eyes, clearish orange with silver eyes, silver bellies, light orange with brown tinge, big silver eyes, silver bellies


Larval Tank Details
Temperature: 80.2, 78.6,78.9
Size of Larval Tank:30 gallons, 13 gallons,13 gallons
Substrate Details:bare bottom, bare bottom, bare bottom
Other Tank Decor: heater air stone- one rock,airstone, air stone, heater
Filtration Details: HOB filter, sock filter, deep sand bed, live rock, macro algae, skimmer, bio pellet reactor, carbon, same as last
Lighting: PC, VHO, same as last
Lighting Cycle: 9:30 am - 10 :30pm, lights on at 9:3am,lights off at 10:30pm, same
Water Changes: none, none at present time , same as last

Larval Feeding Details
Food Types: rotifers- Otohime A, rotifers, Otohime A, Rotifers
Feeding Schedule: three times a day, three times a day, once a day

Metamorphosis/Settlement
Date of Settlement Start: 7/22/11, 8/26/11,10/6/11
Days after Hatch: 7,18, 9
Date of Settlement End: 7/23/11, 8/26/11
Description of Fry: swiming like normal clowns- have head stripe, head stripe visiable, normal swimming patterns

Grow-Out Tank Details
Temperature: varies 78-80.3, same
Size of Grow-Out Tank: 20 gallons of a 120 gallon system, same
Substrate Details: bare bottom, same
Other Tank Decor: ricordia mushroom coral, none
Filtration Details: filter sock, deep sand bed, macro algae, live rock, ASM skimmer, bio media reactor., same
Lighting: VHO, same
Lighting Cycle: on at 9:30 am, off at 10:30pm, same
Water Changes: once a week, 30% once a week
Size at Transfer: 1/4 inch, 1/8 inch
Age at Transfer: 35 days old, 31 days old

Grow-Out Feeding Details
Food Types: Otohime S1, new life spectrum thera +A crushed, TDO B2
Feeding Schedule: three times a day, same

Additional Information
Miscellaneous Information: *- indicates spawns that were collected for raising. information in red represent second batch rearing , Blue indicates third batch rearing.