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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: |
Pseudochromis fridmani
( Class:
B
, Points Awarded:
15
) 
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| Journal Thread: |
http://www.mbisite.org/Forums/tm.aspx?m=59538
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| Spawn Date: |
08/31/2011 |
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Time of Spawn: |
before 6 pm.
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Tank Parameters
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Temperature: |
80 ° F
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PH: |
7.6
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Salinity: |
27ppt
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Size:
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20 gallon, low, on growout system, 120 gallons or so for the system.
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Dimensions: |
13 X
18 X
24
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Lighting:
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compact fluorescent ambient
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Lighting Shedule:
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14 day, 10 night
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Filtration:
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100 micron bag, Pura Filter pad, trickle bioballs, submerged bioballs, UV 40 watt
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Brood Stock Data
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Size of Female: |
1.2 inches
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Size of Male: |
2.2 inches
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Age of Female: |
about 8-9 months
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Age of Male: |
about 8-9 months
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Time Together:
(how long have you had the pair before this event)
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I've had them together about 2 months. I think these fish are siblings, though, as I got them from a fellow breeder. They may have grown up together
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Feeding
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Food: |
Otohime C1 top dressed with naturose.
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Feeding Schedule:
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usually a goodly amount, three times daily
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Spawn Details
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Pre-Spawn Behavior: |
Male swims in and out of closed end 1inch PVC. Female cruises the tank or goes under the PVC structure.
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Spawning Behavior:
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I didn't see it. I was out of town.
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Post Spawn Behavior:
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Male is wrapped around the egg ball and doesn't come out of the PVC unless he thinks its time for a meal.
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Egg Details
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Size: |
Look about 1 mm spheres
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Color: |
pale off white
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Quantity: |
cluster of about 200 or so , cluster is about 1 cm in diameter
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Description:
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cluster of eggs, like a ball, pale off white in color.
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Location:
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Male keeps himself wrapped around it, and at the far end of the closed off tube.
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Other Details:
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Spawn date: they spawned sometime between 7am Aug 30, 2011 and 6pm Aug 31, 2011. I was out of town. I know I checked them the morning before I left. The eggs were there when I got back.
Also, this is the pair that were in the growout system, not the broodstock system. They are in with 3 refugee black ocellaris (bullying issues) in a low 20 gallon ancient Oceanic aquarium hooked to a 120 gallon system, with chronic low pH, 7.2 to 7.5 at best. I do regular water changes to keep the pH that high….
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