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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: |
Amphiprion ocellaris
( Class:
A
, Points Awarded:
5
) 
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| Journal Thread: |
http://www.lsmac.org/smf/index.php?topic=722.0
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| Spawn Date: |
01/24/2013 |
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Time of Spawn: |
mid afternoon roughly 3:00pm
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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:
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10 gallon tank
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Dimensions: |
20in X
12 1/2in X
10 1/2in
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Lighting:
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basic 36in shop light, hung about 12 inches from water
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Lighting Shedule:
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The lights are on a timer, on at 8am and off at 10 pm
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Filtration:
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hang on back marineland penguin biowheel 100
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Brood Stock Data
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Size of Female: |
female is about 2 1/2 in
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Size of Male: |
male is about 2 inches maybe 2 1/4
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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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I purchased them in November of 2012. The shop told me they were a return from a customer that bought them about a year before that time. So at least a year and two months.
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Feeding
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Food: |
TDO, frozen brine, mysis, chopped clams, mega marine from hikari, reef plankton from san fran brand
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Feeding Schedule:
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I do four feedings a day, two of the dry food and two of the frozen mix.
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Spawn Details
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Pre-Spawn Behavior: |
They were a bonded pair when I got them so I never witnessed them figuring out each others role/gender. They wiggled around each other, very little nibbling of each other, cleaning of the flower pot that they spawned in.
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Spawning Behavior:
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Cleaning the flower pot other wise not actually witnessed.
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Post Spawn Behavior:
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Both male and female seem to be tending the eggs, nibbling them and waving them.
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Egg Details
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Size: |
2mm
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Color: |
orange, they are shadowed from where they are laid so the hue isn't clear to see
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Quantity: |
maybe two dozen
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Description:
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2mm long 1mm wide orange ovals
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Location:
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They laid the eggs on the inside of a clay flower pot on the top side. The clutch is obviously their first as it is very scattered and only about 2 dozen eggs.
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Other Details:
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I bought this pair as a pre established pair, I dont know if they have ever spawned before but by the looks of it I think this is their first.
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