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General
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| Name: |
Matt Pedersen ( mPedersen ) Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan |
| Status: |
Approved |
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Species: |
Synchiropus ocellatus
( Class:
D
, Points Awarded:
135
) 
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| Journal Thread: |
http://www.masm.org/mForums/tm.aspx?m=35292
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| Spawn Date: |
10/03/2008 |
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Time of Spawn: |
11:30 PM
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Tank Parameters
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Temperature: |
80F
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PH: |
8
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Salinity: |
1.025
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Size:
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24 gallon nanocube
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Dimensions: |
X
X
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Lighting:
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Stock JBJ power compacts
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Lighting Shedule:
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probably had them going 13 hours to grow lush macro...always kept tanks on timers.
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Filtration:
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Brood Stock Data
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Size of Female: |
1.5"
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Size of Male: |
2.5"
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Age of Female: |
unknown (Wild caught fish)
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Age of Male: |
unknown (Wild caught fish)
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Time Together:
(how long have you had the pair before this event)
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About 4 months.
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Feeding
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Food: |
Frozen Foods included Frozen Mysis Shrimp (Hikari, PE), various enriched adult brine shrimps, pellet foods including Formula 1 & 2, probably Spectrum pellets as well. And I bet I was giving them Rod's food too periodically.
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Feeding Schedule:
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Frequent, multiple feedings per day
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Spawn Details
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Pre-Spawn Behavior: |
Typical courtship for dragonettes, with the male flairing his dorsal fin. Interestingly perhaps, I've found the female to be somewhat of an instigator in ALL my pairings of Synchiropus ocellatus...sometimes appearing to almost bully the male into spawning. Anyway, when partners are willing, they comense the typical dragonette spawning rise, with the female kinda resting her pelvic fin on the males, the two swimming in parallel towards the water's surface.
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Spawning Behavior:
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Never actually witnessed the spawn, only collected eggs later. But I would presume that these, just like any other Synchiropus, release their eggs at the apex of the last "spawning rise".
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Post Spawn Behavior:
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the pair separates, goes back to the reef floor and buries themselves for the night (both S. ocellatus and S. stellatus require a sandy substrate as they SLEEP IN THE SAND).
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Egg Details
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Size: |
0.8 mm
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Color: |
basically clear
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Quantity: |
maybe 50
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Description:
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Eggs are bouyant and float to the surface. I found them having the water pumps in the tank turned off.
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Location:
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Floated to the surface.
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Other Details:
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Not much else to say. Typically, my S. ocellatus pairs have often been in with other dragonettes, which would've made knowing WHICH species spawned difficult, especially since they spawn frequenly (until you reared the offspring). That said, at the time, the female spotted mandarin that shared the tank was missing (in the filtration IIRC) which meant these eggs could only have come from the Scooters. I incubated them, but did not get a hatch from this single collection. They could have been infertile, or I could have easily botched incubation.
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