| General |
| Name: |
Kevin Kramer ( fishboy13 ) Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan |
| Species: |
Cerithium atratum ( Class: A, Points: 35 ) 
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| Link to Journal: |
http://www.masm.org/mForums/tm.aspx?m=38614
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| 60 Days Post Settlement Date: |
07/11/2010
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| Settlement End Date: |
05/21/2010
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| Tank Parameters |
| Temperature: |
78-80 |
| PH: |
8.4 |
| Specific Gravity: |
1.025 |
Size:
(Gallons) |
135 gallons with 40 gallon sump |
| Dimensions: |
6ft X
2ft X
1.5ft
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| Lighting: |
Outer Orbit 6ft fixture
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| Lighting Schedule: |
Atinics 8:00 A.M. - 10:00 P.M.
Metal Halides 9:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.
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| Filtration: |
Grape Caluerpa, 200 lbs of live sand, 150 lbs of live rock
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| Post Settlement Details |
Fry Count:
( at Settlement ) |
Unknown |
Fry Count:
( 60 DPS ) |
Unknown |
| Fry Size: |
5mm |
| Food: |
Unknown, probably algae off of the glass |
| Feeding Schedule: |
Unknown |
| Fry Description: |
They look like minature adults, their color turns from white to a peach color. Their shells turn from a pearl color to a tanish-black color and they begin to act like the parents.
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| Other Details |
| Other Information: |
I have snails of various sizes in my tank now, some are around 11mm while others are around 5-6 I am doubtful that a snail will grow 1mm in a week so I'm going to track the growth of the shell so I can get a more accurate measurement on the age of these snails.
I have tracked shell growth for a few days, the shell grows ~0.0023in per day. To find more information please refer to the posts on this in my breeding journal.
http://www.masm.org/mForums/tm.aspx?m=38614
For the settlement date I took a snail which is 8.39mm and subtracted 2mm since that is how large the snail is at settlement and I divided 6.39mm by the growth of th snail per day which is 0.058mm and came up with the number of ~110 days post metamorphosis as of 6/10/10. Hopefully this makes sense.
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I just waited 60 days for metamorphosis. |