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General
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| Name: |
Matt Pedersen ( mPedersen ) Site: Lake Superior Marine Aquarium Club |
| Species: |
Pseudochromis flavivertex ( Class: B, Points: 25 ) 
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| Link to Journal: |
http://www.lsmac.org/smf/index.php?topic=156
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| Hatch Details |
| Spawn Date: |
09/16/2010
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| Spawn Time of Day: |
unknown - spawn date is approximate as I only found the eggs 2 days be |
| Hatch Date: |
09/21/2010
5 Days After Spawn
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Hatch Time of Day: |
12:30 AM for a few, most more like 10 AM
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| Where Hatched: |
In a "Brine Shrimp Hatchery", makeshifted into an egg tumbler that I then placed into the 16 gallon Black Round tub as a water bath to keep temperature accurate. I actually had my early hatchers hatch out under the QX5 Microscope - Tal and Edgar suggest |
| Eggs Removed Pre-Hatch: |
Yes
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| Larvae Removed Post-Hatch: |
Yes
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| Yolk Sac: |
No
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| # Hatched |
hundreds |
| # Not Hatched |
unknown |
| Larvae Size |
approximately 3 to 3.5 mm |
| First Food: |
Rotifers, with RotiGreen for Greenwater |
Larvae Description:
( Do larvae have eyes, mouth, gut, attracted to light, etc?) |
Pretty much clear, fully formed larvae ready to chow down. |
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Tank Parameters
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Temperature: |
78F or so
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PH: |
not tested
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Specific Gravity: |
1.025
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Size:
(Gallons) |
16 gallon black round tub, dimensions are approximate |
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Dimensions: |
20 X
20 X
20
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Lighting:
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Clamp light wiht a 22 watt 5000k flourescent |
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Lighting Schedule:
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ambient room light is almost 14 hours...the eggs were given dark nights. |
| Other Details |
| Other Information: |
Please see the hatching videos...I haven't taken any pictures of this specie's babies yet ;)
I pulled the eggs out of the broodstock tank by siphoning on the 19th...a day too early, but they were already silver eyed at that point. The egg mass came apart during siphoning, but that did not seem to affect it...by the next morning it had fully re-congealed into one solid mass again. |