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.

[FlynnFish]

Awesome! how many do you have?? post some pics!

[CableGuy]

Originally Posted by FlynnFish

Awesome! how many do you have?? post some pics!

I'd say around 200 right now.

I counted 110 in this pic.





This was taken yesterday with my Droid. (Crappy photo)

13DPH

[FlynnFish]

that is just too cool Adam!! i had never had that many survive at once. great job!

Well Big Bess is huge and picking furiously at the side of the tank. the ovidepositor is slightly showing. I'm hoping that if she does lay eggs that the male will know what to do and fetilize them. the male, now named Gil (from the movie The New Guy) is watching Bess and what she is doing but not taking any part in cleaning a nest area. I really hope he comes through, it will amazing to know a percula male is viable at only 10 months old, and to know that a replacement can be achieved so easily.

[FlynnFish]

Big Bess laid some eggs, but to what parts i sat and watched Gil did not fertilize any eggs, he is still terrified of Bess. he was allowed near the eggs but anytime Bess turned around Gil went into retreat. Only time will tell on how things went. here's some pictures.

[FlynnFish]

Big Bess is teaching Gil how to take care of the eggs. The egg clutch is bigger than Gil, I can see the confusion in his face.- "What am I supposed to do with ALL OF THIS!!"
In the video Gil tries his fins at egg care but you see Bess come in and teach him how to do it right,
Gil- "I don't know what I'm doing!"
Bess- " OMG! you're being an idiot! Just do this, mouth them a bit, then fan them with your fins. Man up."
Gil- " Are these even mine?"
lol.

Big Bess and Gil - YouTube

[FlynnFish]

I took a look at the eggs this morning and some of them had turned white, which means they are non-living. a lot are still orange but again only time will tell if any were fertilized. here's a crappy phone pic.

[CableGuy]

LOL @ the commentary.

[FlynnFish]

well, all of the eggs had turned white and picked off by Bess. None of them got fertilized. now that Gil has some experience under his bar maybe the next clutch will be successfull.

[FlynnFish]

started a new thread because it is technically a new pair--

Breeding Journal: Amphiprion Percula (new mate)