| General |
| Name: |
Mike Doty ( Mdoty ) Site: Lake Superior Marine Aquarium Club |
| Species: |
Amphiprion melanopus ( Class: A, Points: 15 ) 
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| Link to Journal: |
http://www.lsmac.org/smf/index.php?topic=350.0
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| Settlement Start Date: |
10/09/2011
9 Days After Hatching
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| Settlement End Date: |
10/13/2011
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| Tank Parameters |
| Temperature: |
78 ° F |
| PH: |
7.8 |
| Specific Gravity: |
1.025 |
Size:
(Gallons) |
16 gallons, but only have about 5 gallons of water in it |
| Dimensions: |
19in X
16in X
6in water depth
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| Lighting: |
60w shop light about two and half feet above water
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| Lighting Schedule: |
Lights are on for 16 hours a day, on at 6am and off at 10pm
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| Filtration: |
dilution with water from brood stock tank daily and a two gallon water changes once a week. I also syphon any waste food from the bottom of the tank about every other day.
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| Settlement Details |
| Date of Hatch |
09/30/2011
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| Hatch Time: |
around 11:30pm - 12:30am |
Fry Count:
( at Hatch ) |
18 |
Fry Count:
( at Settlement ) |
16 |
| Fry Size: |
about 1cm |
| Food: |
first food for the fry was rotifers, started feeding Otohime A on day 6 and by day 11 they are fully weaned onto Otohime A and crushed omega one color flakes |
| Feeding Schedule: |
3 times daily usually morning noon and evening, 10 am 1pm and 6pm |
Fry Description:
(Pre Settlement) |
skinny, no or very small fins, look like little grains of rice. they did get some color just a couple days after hatch. |
Fry Description:
(Post Settlement) |
full fins, dark bodies with bright orange fins, immediately fallowing meta (day nine) they had one stripe but within one week after that many had two or even three stripes, these fish are aggressive, aggression started by day 14. Fry are now more rounded and bulky, they swim like adult fish ( the clown fish wiggle ) |
| Other Details |
| Other Information: |
I top of with fresh RO water daily to keep up with evaporation. On 11/2/11 I transferred the babies to a ten gallon glass tank with about five gallons it it. At the time they were about 1 1/2 cm. I did this so I could see them better and so that I could clean up waste food better. On 11/4/11 I started feeding them chopped mysis and brine shrimp. They now get a mix of TDO C3, omega one flakes, mysis, and brine shrimp. I try to feed them all at an even rate, ex three feedings a day gets three different food types. |