| General |
| Name: |
Kathy Leahy ( KathyL ) Site: Marine Aquarium Societies of North America |
| Species: |
Amphiprion ocellaris "Darwin black" ( Class: B, Points: 40 ) 
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| Link to Journal: |
http://www.mbisite.org/Forums/tm.aspx?m=59504
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| Settlement Start Date: |
12/18/2008
9 Days After Hatching
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| Settlement End Date: |
12/27/2008
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| Tank Parameters |
| Temperature: |
77-78 ° F |
| PH: |
7.7 - 7.8 |
| Specific Gravity: |
27 ppt salinity |
Size:
(Gallons) |
10 gallons |
| Dimensions: |
8 1/4 X
10.5 X
12.5
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| Lighting: |
fluorescent overhead
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| Lighting Schedule: |
14day, 10 night
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| Filtration: |
100 micron sock, pura pad, bioballs trickle, bioballs submerged, UV, heater
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| Settlement Details |
| Date of Hatch |
12/09/2008
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| Hatch Time: |
just after lights out, 7 pm ish |
Fry Count:
( at Hatch ) |
150-200? |
Fry Count:
( at Settlement ) |
146 |
| Fry Size: |
5-7mm |
| Food: |
L. rotifers with rotifer diet (Reed Mariculture), and Tigriopus californicus, and otohime larval weaning diet |
| Feeding Schedule: |
rotifers ad lib, adding in tiggerpods as larvae were big enought to eat them, Otohime A weaning diet introduced at day 5. Overlapping the rots and tiggers, I fed Oto A up to 4 times a day. After a few days, I discontinued the rots and tiggers, and the larvae/fish just got Otohime in increasing sizes as they grew. |
Fry Description:
(Pre Settlement) |
brownish looking little fish shapes, but with no bands until settlement. Head bands come on first and mid bars come soon after, a day or two. This metamorphosis was spread out over many days as I purposely kept the tank cooler in order to slow meta. |
Fry Description:
(Post Settlement) |
lots of misbarring, not really orange, but not black either. No naturose was given with the Otohime |