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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 ephippium
( Class:
A
, Points Awarded:
5
) 
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| Journal Thread: |
http://www.lsmac.org/smf/index.php?topic=965.msg8064#msg8064
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| Spawn Date: |
09/15/2014 |
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Time of Spawn: |
afternoon
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Tank Parameters
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Temperature: |
80 ° F
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PH: |
unknown/ not tested
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Salinity: |
1.025
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Size:
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20 gallons
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Dimensions: |
18in X
18in X
17in
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Lighting:
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t5 compact florescent about a foot above the surface
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Lighting Shedule:
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9am on and 10pm off
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Filtration:
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HOB Marineland biowheel penguin 100. I do water changes of 4gallons ever other week.
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Brood Stock Data
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Size of Female: |
Female 4 inches
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Size of Male: |
Male 3 inches
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Age of Female: |
unknown but at least 4 years
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Age of Male: |
unknown but at least 4 years
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Time Together:
(how long have you had the pair before this event)
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I got these fish from Matt Pedersen quote from his journal "originally purchased September 2009? Moved to current tank in late 2011." I moved them on 6/22/14 to my tank.
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Feeding
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Food: |
frozen brine, mysis, mega marine from hykari, rods original blend, squid, occasionally dry pellets
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Feeding Schedule:
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several times a day, at least three times
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Spawn Details
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Pre-Spawn Behavior: |
They don't really interact with each other, the keep to their places in the tank.
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Spawning Behavior:
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not witnessed, I assume they have typical clown spawn behavior of cleaning the tile and then nibbling each other then the female lays eggs with lots of wiggling motion and then the male would pass over them fertilizing them. lots of wiggle motion would be seen. But this was not witnessed with this spawn just speculation.
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Post Spawn Behavior:
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They typically stay in two places. The female in the tile structure and the male in the same spot behind the rocks but now both are in and out of the tile structure caring for the eggs by mouthing and aerating them with their fins.
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Egg Details
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Size: |
2-3 mm by 1mm oval shaped
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Color: |
orange at time of spawn
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Quantity: |
several hundred, at least three hundred would be my guess
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Description:
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orange ovals laid in a tight cluster of about 1.5 inches around
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Location:
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Laid on a the ceiling of a tile structure.
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Other Details:
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This spawn was not witnessed, and since they are laid kinda back from a direct light source it is hard to see them really well. It is possible they were laid yesterday 9/13/15 but I didn't see them. The tank measurements seem strange because this is a 40 gallon tank that is divided into two equal sides, note picture in journal
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