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General
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| Name: |
Matt Pedersen ( mPedersen ) Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan |
| Species: |
Neopomacentrus nemurus ( Class: C, Points: 75 ) 
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| Link to Journal: |
http://www.masm.org/mForums/tm.aspx?m=40737
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| Hatch Details |
| Spawn Date: |
07/13/2010
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| Spawn Time of Day: |
Unknown |
| Hatch Date: |
07/19/2010
6 Days After Spawn
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Hatch Time of Day: |
overnight, after 2:00 AM, before 9:00 AM
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| Where Hatched: |
In the black round tub, with 5 gallons of water, a heater, and an air feed to artificially incubate and hatch the nest. |
| Eggs Removed Pre-Hatch: |
Yes
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| Larvae Removed Post-Hatch: |
No
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| Yolk Sac: |
No
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| # Hatched |
not many...maybe 50 |
| # Not Hatched |
maybe 25 |
| Larvae Size |
2.7 mm based on QX5 scope measurment |
| First Food: |
have offered Reed Mariculture's Roti Green at a rate of roughly 8 drops per gallon as greenwater. Seived Rotifers with 120 micron, collected in 23. Didn't really get anything I could see, but added that to the black round tub. Also added a small squirt |
Larvae Description:
( Do larvae have eyes, mouth, gut, attracted to light, etc?) |
Small, mostly clear, blueish eyes (appear black to the naked eye, but blue under scope with light reflection). Appear to be fully formed and ready to feed. |
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Tank Parameters
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Temperature: |
80ish
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PH: |
not tested
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Specific Gravity: |
not tested, but arou
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Size:
(Gallons) |
16 gallon black round tub |
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Dimensions: |
X
X
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Lighting:
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100 watt equiv. Daylight Compact Flourescent in a large "clamp light". |
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Lighting Schedule:
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not on a schedule, parental tank is currently on manual lighting cycle...I turn them on and off. Always off by 2:00 AM, on somewhere between 9 AM and 1-2 PM.. |
| Other Details |
| Other Information: |
Not optimistic for this first batch, but who knows.... ;) Spawn date is an estimate based on photographs - the damsels put down multiple nests together, so it made things a bit more complex. |