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General
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| Name: |
Kathy Leahy ( KathyL ) Site: Marine Aquarium Societies of North America |
| Status: |
Approved |
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Species: |
Lysmata amboinensis
( Class:
D
, Points Awarded:
135
) 
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| Journal Thread: |
http://www.mbisite.org/Forums/tm.aspx?m=59430
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| Spawn Date: |
04/16/2004 |
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Time of Spawn: |
unknown
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Tank Parameters
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Temperature: |
80-82 ° F
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PH: |
8.2
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Salinity: |
1.025
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Size:
( Gallons) |
55 gallon
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Dimensions: |
37 X
19 X
20
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Lighting:
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110 watts power compact fluorescent
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Lighting Shedule:
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12 hours day, 12 hours night
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Filtration:
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75 pounds live rock, HOB protein skimmer. For a while I had a power filter on the tank, but removed it later.
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Brood Stock Data
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Size of Female: |
about 2 inches
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Size of Male: |
about 2 inches
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Age of Female: |
unknown, wild caught
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Age of Male: |
unknown, wild caught
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Time Together:
(how long have you had the pair before this event)
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about a month.
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Feeding
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Food: |
Ocean Nutrition Formula One frozen, very sparing for the first few years, and more generously, as I tried to get the clownfish spawning.
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Feeding Schedule:
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Once a day.
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Spawn Details
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Pre-Spawn Behavior: |
nothing noticed.
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Spawning Behavior:
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The shrimps rarely socialized, but must have gotten together for the spawning events. Shrimps molted under cover, spawning events happen during the molt, so the spawning events were never witnessed.
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Post Spawn Behavior:
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Carrying green eggs, later eyes showed on the eggs, and they were less green.
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Egg Details
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Size: |
very tiny, perhaps 1mm
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Color: |
green, then later, eyes showed.
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Quantity: |
uncountable.
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Description:
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Shrimps carried eggs on the underside of the body.
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Location:
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Shrimps carried eggs on the underside of the body.
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Other Details:
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Both shrimp died rather violently just after the clownfish started spawning in this tank. I never tried to raise the shrimp because I was learning to raise clownfish at the time.
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