Breeding Journal: Neopomacentrus Bankieri (Lyretail Damsel)

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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: Neopomacentrus Bankieri (Lyretail Damsel)
Social Structure: colony of 8 individuals
Size of Individuals: 2inches
Age of Individuals: >1yr
Date added to Tank: 7/28/10

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank: 25 gallons of 1400 gallon system
Substrate Details: black aragalive
Filtration Details: sump with live rock, filter socks, moving sandbed filter, skimmer
Water Changes: 80 gallon water change once a month
Water Temperature: 76
Lighting: fish need it 36 inch fixture, one white bulb, one blue bulb
Lighting Cycle: 10am-7pm
Other Tank Inhabitants: two tomato clowns

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types: pellets, frozen, flakes
Feeding Schedule: three times a day

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn:been spawning regularly for past year, spawn of the eggs collected around 7/12/11
Spawn Time of Day: unknown
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: every three or four days
Courtship Details: unknown
Egg Size: tiny-1mm
Egg Color: clear
Egg Count: hundreds

Hatch Details
Hatch Date: july 15th 2011
Hatch Time of Day: night
# Days after Spawn: unknown- ~4
Larvae Description: super tiny, clear, silver eyes, yolk sac


Larval Tank Details
Temperature: 74.3
Size of Larval Tank: 10 gallons
Substrate Details: bare bottom
Other Tank Decor: rock, heater, air stone
Filtration Details: water changes
Lighting: small 12inch T5- window
Lighting Cycle: 8pm - 10pm
Water Changes: none done yet

Larval Feeding Details
Food Types: rotifers- algae(rotigreen, phytofeast, tetraselmis 3600)
Feeding Schedule: once a day

Metamorphosis/Settlement
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Grow-Out Tank Details
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Additional Information
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