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General
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| Name: |
Shaun Sabey ( ssabey ) Site: Wasatch Marine Aquarium Society Forums |
| Status: |
Approved |
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Species: |
Amphiprion ocellaris
( Class:
A
, Points Awarded:
5
) 
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| Journal Thread: |
http://www.mbisite.org/Forums/tm.aspx?m=67139
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| Spawn Date: |
01/17/2012 |
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Time of Spawn: |
6 PM
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Tank Parameters
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Temperature: |
78 ° F
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PH: |
8.2
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Salinity: |
1.021
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Size:
( Gallons) |
20US gal
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Dimensions: |
16" X
12" X
24"
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Lighting:
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VHO
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Lighting Shedule:
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14 hours on 8 hours off
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Filtration:
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small HOB filter, live rock
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Brood Stock Data
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Size of Female: |
3"
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Size of Male: |
2.5"
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Age of Female: |
unknown
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Age of Male: |
unknown
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Time Together:
(how long have you had the pair before this event)
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one year, since February 2011
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Feeding
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Food: |
Mysid, shrimp, Plankton, Brine shrimp, Krill, chopped table shrimp, occasionally squid, Marine pellets.
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Feeding Schedule:
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3 times daily
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Spawn Details
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Pre-Spawn Behavior: |
Male shakes in front of the female, both clean spawning site
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Spawning Behavior:
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Female lays a few eggs, then male fertilizes them. Both continue to clean spawn site around eggs. This continues until all eggs have been laid.
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Post Spawn Behavior:
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Male tends to eggs, fanning them with his fins and picks around them with his mouth. Female stays close guarding them.
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Egg Details
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Size: |
1mm
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Color: |
Bright Orange
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Quantity: |
200
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Description:
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Bright orange, attached to substrate by a single thread like strand so eggs wave in currant when male fans them
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Location:
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Under side of live rock
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Other Details:
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First spawn was in April 2011. Male would pick eggs off spawn site about as fast as female would lay them. They spawned irregularly during this peroid. This happened for 10 months.
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