Breeding Journal A. Ocellaris Darwin Black

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[This first post should be updated regularly to include new information as events take place or changes are made to your system]​

General
Species: A. Ocellaris Darwin Black with orange face
Social Structure: Mated pair from 6 months of age
Size of Individuals: F: 4? M: 2 ??
Age of Individuals: 4 years
Date added to Tank: Jan 2008

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank: 90g long
Substrate Details: sand and live rock
Filtration Details: 40g breeder sump/fuge/return PM Skimmer, 6: DSB with 4 types of macro
Water Changes: 5g every 2 weeks
Water Temperature: 80deg
Lighting: 48? VHO atitnics 2 x 250w MH 14k Phoenix
Lighting Cycle: 14 hrs vho 8am ? 10 pm 8 hrs MH 10 ? 8 pm
Other Tank Inhabitants: Breeding pair Bangii Cardnals, ORA Target Mandrin (F), Scopas Tang, Yellow Tang, Black Lace Blenny, Diamond Sand sifting goby

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types: Rods Breeders Blend(out right now), Rods Original, Home Brew(Squid, Mysis, Silver Sides, Krill, Cyclopes, Nori, Flake, pellet, phyto, garlic)
Feeding Schedule: 2 oz a day over an hour period

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn: 7/2/2011
Spawn Time of Day: ~4:00 pm
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: 7/11, 7/21, 8/1, 8/14, 8/30, 9/13, 9/29
Courtship Details: Male cleans the rock near their nem and female inspects then they do the dance around the nem
Egg Size: 1.5 ? 2 mm
Egg Color: orange
Egg Count: 75 - 100

Hatch Details
Hatch Date: 9/8/2011
Hatch Time of Day: 10:30PM after lights went out at 10PM and pumps off
# Days after Spawn: 9 days
Larvae Description: active and swam towards the light, most about 2.5 mm in length yoke sack small


Larval Tank Details
Temperature: 80deg
Size of Larval Tank: 10g
Substrate Details: BB
Other Tank Decor: nothing
Filtration Details: none
Lighting: 15w T8 hood light
Lighting Cycle: 16 hrs 6:30 am ? 10:30 pm
Water Changes: 1g a day

Larval Feeding Details
Food Types: rotifers (L)
Feeding Schedule: morning(6:30am) and night(6:00pm) well stocked

Metamorphosis/Settlement
Date of Settlement Start:9/13/2011
Days after Hatch: 5 days
Date of Settlement End: 9/15/2011
Description of Fry: two bands or saddle ~ 50/50 one the markings. Started to swim more instead of just dart around. Started moving in clusters and doing what the one on either side was doing. If one took off swimming to the other side of the tank they would all follow.

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Additional Information

(No Pictures or Videos in the Section Please)
Miscellaneous Information:
6th clutch able to get to meta.


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Here are some pictures of the parents tending the nest behind the nem and then the fry after I captured them on the night and moved them to the tank. Also some more pictures of the meta and also video as it was easier to get pictures of them tank way.

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The night they went in their tank

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Meta

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2 weeks old

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Here is a quick shot of the sizes of them at 6 weeks of age

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DWQ-D2_yTQ[/youtube]
 
And here is one of them that just could not right himself from his sleep

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV0l_c8CY8Y[/youtube]
 
We are at 9wks on the clowns and also had another spawn yesterday(11/11/11) along with my Bangii spawned both on the same day.
 
You have some egg making machines there!!! Lol! Can't wait till a batch is ready...thinking we will get them for our display tank.
 
short video of them sleeping. Did not want a huge flash so I took a short video of them.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PihZfgkziCc[/youtube]
 
Any updates? My clowns finally just paired after about 6 months.
 
I have 4 left and waiting to see if the. Low s start laying again. I have tank issues going on so they have quit laying about a month ago. Momma is getting big so hopefully she is about to lay another clutch.
 
Did your pair start laying again? I'll be at the meeting next week, so if you'll be there I can bring you some rotifers then to get you started back up.
 
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