3/3 Once the larvae have hatched they enter a 10-14 day pelagic phase where they need to feed like crazy on various types of zooplankton (copepods, rotifers and brine shrimps in the lab) before they return to the reef, or in our case the pot, to settle and metamorphose into a mini #nemo

2/n Once the eggs have been successfully fertilised, they will turn black after 2-3 days as the embryos begin to develop their black pigment in the skin.

After ~8-10 d the eyes start silvering up and the embryos will hatch shortly thereafter, this usually occurs at night. See next post for larvae

1/n Amphiprion percula aka #nemo ready to spawn. This is one of our most proficient breeding pairs in the University of Queensland breeding colony. The female will adhere her eggs to the pot for the male to fertilise —> see next post

Monday blues 🐢 #turtle #heronisland

Blue-lined #octopus 🐙 That’s the post…

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Meanwhile, a few months back at home in the 🏔️🇨🇭

First post is of these lil beauts! F1 orange x black Amphiprion ocellaris
aka. moccha morph. They’ve finally started breeding 🤩 Fresh clutch on the right side of the pot, yay