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General
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| Name: |
Mike Doty ( Mdoty ) Site: Lake Superior Marine Aquarium Club |
| Status: |
Approved |
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Species: |
Premnas biaculeatus
( Class:
B
, Points Awarded:
15
) 
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| Journal Thread: |
http://www.lsmac.org/smf/index.php?topic=389.0
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| Spawn Date: |
01/13/2012 |
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Time of Spawn: |
AM
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Tank Parameters
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Temperature: |
78 ° F
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PH: |
8-8.2
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Salinity: |
1.025
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Size:
( Gallons) |
20
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Dimensions: |
12in X
24in X
17in
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Lighting:
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marineland reef LED
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Lighting Shedule:
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on at 9:30 am and off at 9:30 pm
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Filtration:
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HOB marineland filter, live rock
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Brood Stock Data
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Size of Female: |
female is 3 1/2- 4 inches
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Size of Male: |
male is about 1 1/2 - 2 inches
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Age of Female: |
unkown
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Age of Male: |
unkown
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Time Together:
(how long have you had the pair before this event)
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not known, I got them as a mated pair in late July 2011
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Feeding
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Food: |
rods breeding blend, a mix of San francisco bay brand mysis, brine and marine cuisine. Occasionally mysis feast from reef nutrition, minced krill, arctic pods from reef nutrition
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Feeding Schedule:
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3-5 times a day
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Spawn Details
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Pre-Spawn Behavior: |
male has been working the female for a long time. nibbling and fanning her with his fins rubbing up against her. He has cleaned a couple different potential nest spots in the tank.
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Spawning Behavior:
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more of the pre spawn habits, actual spawn was not witnessed
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Post Spawn Behavior:
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both male and female tend the eggs, it seems like the female is the one that takes care of them the most, she is the one doing so in every one of my videos of them
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Egg Details
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Size: |
2-3mm rice grain shaped
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Color: |
Bright orange at first then dark red, more clear and silver closer to hatch
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Quantity: |
400
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Description:
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small grain of rice shaped, bright orange for the first couple days, then dark red almost black, when they are about to hatch they are silver eyed and clear, you can see there guts.
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Location:
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on a rock in the back of the tank, a very secluded place
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Other Details:
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I was surprised to see how much the female tends to the eggs, I have raised cinnamon clowns and the female had very little to do with the eggs. I have day by day video clips of the eggs up till today in my journal, I expect hatch tonight 1/20/12.
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