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General
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| Name: |
Mindy van Leur ( EasterEggs ) Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) |
| 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=72830
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| Spawn Date: |
07/29/2012 |
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Time of Spawn: |
Midday
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Tank Parameters
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Temperature: |
80 ° F
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PH: |
7.9 to 8.0
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Salinity: |
1.020
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Size:
( Gallons) |
10 gallons plumbed to 120 gallon system.
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Dimensions: |
20 X
10 X
12
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Lighting:
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T8 fluorescent.
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Lighting Shedule:
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14 hours light, 10 hours dark.
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Filtration:
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Central sump. Filter sock, bioballs, EuroReef RS-180 skimmer.
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Brood Stock Data
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Size of Female: |
3.5"
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Size of Male: |
2.5"
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Age of Female: |
1.5 years (about 10 months old at first spawn)
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Age of Male: |
1.5 years (about 10 months old at first spawn)
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Time Together:
(how long have you had the pair before this event)
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Pair has been together over a year. I bought them 03/30/12.
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Feeding
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Food: |
TDO EP1, PE Mysis, and homemade mash mainly. Occasionally H2O Brine Shrimp.
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Feeding Schedule:
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3x per day.
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Spawn Details
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Pre-Spawn Behavior: |
The male does lots of tile cleaning and both fish do "burnouts". Both fish appear square-like near their vents from ripening eggs and swollen gonads. More obvious in the female. One to three days before spawning the female's ovipositor will be visible. A few hours before spawning the male's "spermipositor" will be visible, and the female will take up vicious looking tile cleaning which looks more like tile biting.
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Spawning Behavior:
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While spawning both fish slowly pass over the area in circles laying eggs or fertilizing. Eggs stick to tile.
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Post Spawn Behavior:
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Very skittish for the remainder of the day. The next day the female will eat like a pig, but the male eats little while tending eggs. The male does the majority of egg tending.
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Egg Details
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Size: |
2mm by 1mm.
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Color: |
Orange at first, turning dark within a couple days, then silver near hatch.
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Quantity: |
750 eggs.
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Description:
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Tightly clustered, move in the water current.
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Location:
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On the angled tile of a tile lean to.
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Other Details:
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Having issues with eggs not sticking to the tile and falling down (then eaten). First two spawns were only around 150 eggs because of this. After researching, I started feeding much more PE Mysis to the fish to provide chitin. This seems to have helped greatly in just a couple weeks, and appears it will rectify the problem in a couple more weeks.
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