| General |
| Name: |
Mike Doty ( Mdoty ) Site: Lake Superior Marine Aquarium Club |
| Species: |
Premnas biaculeatus ( Class: B, Points: 40 ) 
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| Link to Journal: |
http://www.lsmac.org/smf/index.php?topic=389.0
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| Settlement Start Date: |
01/27/2012
18 Days After Hatching
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| Settlement End Date: |
01/31/2012
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| Tank Parameters |
| Temperature: |
78 ° F |
| PH: |
8-8.2 |
| 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: |
double t5 shop style light no reflector, about two feet above the water
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| Lighting Schedule: |
16 hour light schedule, light on at 6 am off at 10 pm
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| Filtration: |
none, just using water changes and water additions to dilute
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| Settlement Details |
| Date of Hatch |
01/09/2012
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| Hatch Time: |
late night, about two hours after lights out |
Fry Count:
( at Hatch ) |
Fry hatched in brood stock tank and and I estimated a couple hundred, |
Fry Count:
( at Settlement ) |
four |
| Fry Size: |
about a cm |
| Food: |
started the morning after hatch with rotogreen nano and rotifers, then weened them off of rotifers with otohime A and now they are eating crushed omega one flakes |
| Feeding Schedule: |
four or five times a day spared out though the day |
Fry Description:
(Pre Settlement) |
solid dark bodies since about a week after hatch |
Fry Description:
(Post Settlement) |
orange with white stripes |
| Other Details |
| Other Information: |
It seems like these guys took along time to get to meta. I think in the future I would leave the light on for 24 hours for the first three days or so, to give more feeding time. This might help reduce the mortality in the first week as well. |