Clown fish spawning

[14 gallon nanocube]

Well the false percs are at again they just had a hatch this past Tuesday.And early last evening they decided it was time to set another larger clutch of eggs.This batch is roughly twice the size of their first nest:^:

 

[ccCapt]

Very cool. My mated pair of clarkii clowns have been laying eggs every 2-3 weeks for well over 5 yrs now.

 

[14 gallon nanocube]

Kool have you raised any of the fry.That's the problem with clowns once they start they breed like rats
happy tanks to ya

 

[Mandarin66]

tell me when they hatch :D

 

[Bifferwine]

Congrats! My tomatoes lay eggs every 10 days, like clockwork. Your fish look great!

 

[Rufio808]

Awesome. I just picked up a female ocellaris and planning to get a smaller black ocellaris. Your pair is great!

 

[Mandarin66]

did they lay eggs on a coco worm tube or something?

 

[14 gallon nanocube]

No their eggs are on a piece of tonga branch rock

 

[14 gallon nanocube]

Was just puttering around the reef tank.Decided to start peeking around the rock work with the red flashlight and we just found about 20 baby clown fish from Tuesdays hatch.So now its a waiting game the strong will survive.Its funny they found the one spot in the tank with the least flow .They are all in a little cave at the base of the rocks right in the corner by the overflow

 

[Mandarin66]

Lol you know there a easy way to breed them right? but it only works if you have a 20 gallon tank or 10 gallon tank extra for frys

Guide: Take a bucket as big as the rock then place it in the bucket WITH the water dont let it touch the air then when you got your 10 or 20 gallon tank ready put it in there then feed it plankton when there a little more bigger feed plankton and brine shrimp when there more more bigger more like teen size feed them mysis shrimp :D

 

[Bifferwine]

It's not that easy. ;)

 

[Mandarin66]

It's not that easy. ;)

i know right :helm2:

 

[14 gallon nanocube]

+1 BIFF..................Breeding is the easy part Travis.raising fry is the hard part

 

[dartmyth]

if you want to try and raise them this site has good info
Breed Clownfish | Saltwater Fish Breeding

 

[14 gallon nanocube]

KOOL thanks yeah it's been a few years since i have raised clown fry.we just let the last hatch go on its own and after 1 week we have about 20/30 survivors living in a little cave at the base of the overflow.will probably just let them be really don't want to set up another tank.but we maybe setting up another frag tank so who knows.Hard to say what my honey has planned

 

[DAvis]

Very cool! The pictures were great. Any pics of the kids? :)

 

[14 gallon nanocube]

Very cool! The pictures were great. Any pics of the kids? :)

I wish we could get some pics of the fry but they move to fast and are all holed up in the small caves near the bottom of the overflow.And i just have a kodak easy share M753 so cant really get good macro shots.I should read the manual to see if i can get any better pics with it.....:frustrat: