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General
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| Name: |
Matt Pedersen ( mPedersen ) Site: Lake Superior Marine Aquarium Club |
| Status: |
Approved |
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Species: |
Synchiropus splendidus
( Class:
D
, Points Awarded:
135
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| Journal Thread: |
http://www.lsmac.org/smf/index.php?topic=139
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| Spawn Date: |
04/14/2006 |
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Time of Spawn: |
2:04 AM
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Tank Parameters
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Temperature: |
Probably around 80F
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PH: |
generally tests out at 8 or 8.1
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Salinity: |
1.025 normally...
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Size:
( Gallons) |
24 gallon (nanocube)
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Dimensions: |
18 X
18 X
18
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Lighting:
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Stock nanocube lighting, 2 X 36 watt 50/50 PCs
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Lighting Shedule:
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Generally 12-14 hours a day back then, on a timer.
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Filtration:
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Stock Nanocube Filtration
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Brood Stock Data
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Size of Female: |
Maybe 2.5"
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Size of Male: |
Mabye 3"
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Age of Female: |
unknown, wild caught
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Age of Male: |
unknown, wild caught
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Time Together:
(how long have you had the pair before this event)
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Not sure, but I think they were together almost a year.
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Feeding
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Food: |
Trained onto frozen enriched brine shrimp and mysis shrimp.
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Feeding Schedule:
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Multiple feedings per day, minimum 3 but usually more.
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Spawn Details
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Pre-Spawn Behavior: |
Male flares fins and displays to the female. They come together, swimming parallel, the female appearing to "hitch a ride" up, resting her pelvic fin on the male's. They do a spawning rise, swimming parallel towards the surface repeatedly. In my shorter tanks, if they make it to the surface, they may continue te spawnig rise on the horizontal plane.
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Spawning Behavior:
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The actual spawning occurs very quickly, lasting only a second at the end of a spawning rise. Eggs and sperm are released, and the pair makes a mad dash away from the surface.
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Post Spawn Behavior:
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Relatively none...the pair goes to sleep.
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Egg Details
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Size: |
1 mm
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Color: |
clear
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Quantity: |
as many at 600
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Description:
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The eggs are buoyant and initially somewhat sticky - they appear to come in clumps sometimes, although there are always many individual eggs as well.
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Location:
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The eggs float to the surface but are very slow to do so if not already there. In a tank with NO water movement, the eggs appear to be attracted to the meniscus around the edge of the tank.
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Other Details:
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I tracked spawnings for almost a year and the fish, on average, spawned every 4 days. Sometimes they took a whole week off, other times they would spawn 3-4 days in a row.
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