<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Spawning Records </span></span>
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Species: Amphiprion ocellaris var. (Darwin or Black and White Clownfish)</span></span>
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Date: 5/10/2012</span></span>
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Link to Detail report/urls: Video documentation coming</span></span>
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Brood stock: Female from adult pair from Bud’s Reef believed to be captive breed. Bud acquired from LFS on 8/15/2008 as juvenile. Male from captive breed pair acquired at LFS on 5/16/2009. Pair bonded almost immediately. First spawning and egg laying did not start until Feb 2011. </span></span>
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<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Tank Parameters</span></span>
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Capacity: 30G / 36”X18”X13”</span></span>
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Description: Mixed species reef tank (Pygmy Angelfish, shrimp and crabs)</span></span>
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Temp : 79-81F</span></span>
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">pH: 8.0</span></span>
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Salinity: 1.024</span></span>
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Lighting: T5 12H Day cycle, 12H Moon Lighting</span></span>
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Filtration: Sump w/Skimmer</span></span>
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">For clowns only – anemone? No</span></span>
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Egg placement : Eggs laid on cleaned live rock 2” X 2” mass of eggs. In area adjacent to green hairy mushroom colony. </span></span>
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Spawning description: Spawning occurs approximately every 12 days, female begins courtship ritual and cleans rock after previous clutch hatches. Male joins in and begins cleaning area. Female lays eggs in a couple of hours, fertilized by male. Approximately eight days until hatch out. Eggs hatch just after lights go out between 10 and 11PM. When GBTA was removed from the tank, the pair stopped laying until they find another spot to clean off and start laying again. The pair took a hiatus when the GBTA in the tank. It took six weeks for the pair to start laying eggs again. </span></span>
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Species: Amphiprion ocellaris var. (Darwin or Black and White Clownfish)</span></span>
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Date: 5/10/2012</span></span>
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Link to Detail report/urls: Video documentation coming</span></span>
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Brood stock: Female from adult pair from Bud’s Reef believed to be captive breed. Bud acquired from LFS on 8/15/2008 as juvenile. Male from captive breed pair acquired at LFS on 5/16/2009. Pair bonded almost immediately. First spawning and egg laying did not start until Feb 2011. </span></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></span>
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Tank Parameters</span></span>
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Capacity: 30G / 36”X18”X13”</span></span>
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Description: Mixed species reef tank (Pygmy Angelfish, shrimp and crabs)</span></span>
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Temp : 79-81F</span></span>
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">pH: 8.0</span></span>
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Salinity: 1.024</span></span>
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Lighting: T5 12H Day cycle, 12H Moon Lighting</span></span>
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Filtration: Sump w/Skimmer</span></span>
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">For clowns only – anemone? No</span></span>
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Egg placement : Eggs laid on cleaned live rock 2” X 2” mass of eggs. In area adjacent to green hairy mushroom colony. </span></span>
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Spawning description: Spawning occurs approximately every 12 days, female begins courtship ritual and cleans rock after previous clutch hatches. Male joins in and begins cleaning area. Female lays eggs in a couple of hours, fertilized by male. Approximately eight days until hatch out. Eggs hatch just after lights go out between 10 and 11PM. When GBTA was removed from the tank, the pair stopped laying until they find another spot to clean off and start laying again. The pair took a hiatus when the GBTA in the tank. It took six weeks for the pair to start laying eggs again. </span></span>
