Amphiprion ocellaris "Halfblack" (Halfblack Ocellaris Clownfish) Breeding Log!
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mwp
In Memoriam
1-14-07 - came home this evenign to find the pair hanging out in the cave by their "cynaria" home...they are vigorously defending it from the cardinalfish. I also noticed some brief cleaning activity occuring in the rocks in the cave, and the female is FAT. I would not be all that surprised to see a spawn in the next few weeks on this pair. Their offspring will get at least one chance at growing up, just to see how they turn out. If the results look promising, I may got a few more batches to see how "good" this pair throws.
It's also worth mentioning that I took a closer look at Joe L's Black Ocellaris juvies this evening when visiting and noticed that MANY of his Black Ocellaris in a tank of 3 month old fish (part of the batch that I got my replacement Black OC male from)...well, they all had DEEP ORANGE snouts. Those that weren't fully black yet also exhibited a deep orange base coloration, just like this halfblack pair used to. No TAN snouts, all vibrant OC orange.
Joe also related some additional info from another breeder who has a pair of Reg. Ocellaris X Black Ocellaris - according to this breeder, the offspring of that pairing all appear as regular ocellaris....
All sorts of interesting info for the "former Halfblack" pair this evening. I wonder when I'll concede and just start calling them my 2nd "Black" Ocellaris pair.
FWIW,
Matt
It's also worth mentioning that I took a closer look at Joe L's Black Ocellaris juvies this evening when visiting and noticed that MANY of his Black Ocellaris in a tank of 3 month old fish (part of the batch that I got my replacement Black OC male from)...well, they all had DEEP ORANGE snouts. Those that weren't fully black yet also exhibited a deep orange base coloration, just like this halfblack pair used to. No TAN snouts, all vibrant OC orange.
Joe also related some additional info from another breeder who has a pair of Reg. Ocellaris X Black Ocellaris - according to this breeder, the offspring of that pairing all appear as regular ocellaris....
All sorts of interesting info for the "former Halfblack" pair this evening. I wonder when I'll concede and just start calling them my 2nd "Black" Ocellaris pair.
FWIW,
Matt
mwp
In Memoriam
1-21-07 - 7 weeks since this pair arrived here and they've gone from being halfblacks to pretty much full on Black Ocellaris. The female is WICKED FAT. I keep thinking "any day now" that they *could* spawn. Here's the latest pics!
Really, the only thing remaining as any clue to their former "halfblack" nature is the orange in the female's ventral fins...that looks like it will be the last bit of orange to disappear from the pair.
BTW, it's also worth mentioning that the lighting on this tank was switched last weekend from 150 watt HQI 10k, to the same, but 14k.
MP
Really, the only thing remaining as any clue to their former "halfblack" nature is the orange in the female's ventral fins...that looks like it will be the last bit of orange to disappear from the pair.
BTW, it's also worth mentioning that the lighting on this tank was switched last weekend from 150 watt HQI 10k, to the same, but 14k.
MP
mwp
In Memoriam
1-25-07 - so it's a little while later and they're even "more black" than they were 4 days ago LOL! The female looks like she swallowed a golf ball or something! A new habit, she's taken up 'hosting' on a rock with some hair algae..she'll sit there and at times even just LIE DOWN like she's resting in an anenome or something...it looks beyond wierd, but after a minute she'll just perk back up and swim around, chase away the other fish in the area, then take another catnap in the hair algae. Truth be told, I think she may be selecting this as a nesting site. My ONLY concern is that she could be egg-bound and actually having some difficulties. Of course, nothing seems normal with this pair of fish, digging pits, starting out as half-blacks etc.
Here's some pix!
Any thoughts?
Matt
Here's some pix!
Any thoughts?
Matt
