North Jersey Aquarium Society

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North Jersey Aquarium Society

Breeders Award Program Data

1. Member: Name: ______Telephone: ( )______

Address or E-mail: ______

2. Parent Fish: Genus: ______Species: ______Variety: ______
Male: Age: ______Standard Length: ______

Female: Age: ______Standard Length: ______

3. Water Conditioning: Tank Size at Spawning: ______Water Temp: ______pH: ____ DH: ______

Parent Conditioning? ______How long: ______Type & Freq. Of Food: ______

Conditioning Environment: ______
Spawning Environment: ______

% & Freq. Of Water Changes ______Used To Induce Spawn? ______

Was Temp. Changed To Induce Spawned? ______Temp. Changed From: ______To: ______

4. Spawning Data: Date Spawned: ______Date Hatched: ______

Date Free Swimming: ______Date Fry Began Eating: ______

Spawn Method: ______

First Food or Fry ______Frequency: ______

Were one or both parents removed after spawning? ______When? ______Male: _____ Female: _____

5. Fry verification: Aprox. No. ______Date: ______Signature: ______

6. Breeder Comments and Summary: ______

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7. BAP Committee Use Only: Date: ______Checked By: ______

Where Fry presented: ______Article (if req’d) Date: ______

No. of BAP Points Awarded: ______Total Cum. Points: ______

Specialty Class Elected: ______48 Hour Rule for 20 – pt fish: ______

Comments:______

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* NOTE: See back for Definitions and Explanations

Definitions and Explanations

Standard Length is the length of a fish measured from the tip of its “nose” to the base of its caudal (tail) fin.

pH indicates how acid or alkaline a solution is. Technically it is a measure of the relative amounts of hydrogen and hydroxyl ions. A pH of 7 is neutral; less then 7 acidic, over 7 is alkaline. pH is measured on a logarithmic scale. This means that a pH of 6 is ten times more acidic then a pH of 7 and a pH of 5 is 100 times more acidic.

DH means degrees of hardness. Hardness is usually expressed as the amount of (ppm) of calcium carbonate present in solution. One DH equals approximately 17 ppm of calcium hardness. Soft water is less than 75 ppm, very hard is over 300 ppm. The conductivity of water, measured in microsiemens with a conductivity meter, measures the ions in water and is related to hardness, i.e., the more ions, the higher conductivity.

Note: See you BAP Chairman or Committee members for more information.