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breeding clownfish

Discussion in 'Saltwater Fish Forum' started by stevenrox, Dec 24, 2008.

  1. stevenrox

    stevenrox Thread Starter New Member

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    i just realized they just layed eggs because i was feeding them and saw these capsul like thing i was like???? did i get some type of coral? then i realized they were eggs they have black eyes any ideas what to do should i remove whole rock? thanks
     
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    Are the fish hanging around the "eggs" ? Without a picture I cannot say for sure they're clownfish eggs.

    What type of clownfish are they ?
    How large are they ?
    How long have they been together.
     
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    yea they are protecting it ad there tomato clowns and the females aroung4" male i saround 2" they been together for a while there a proven pair so im pretty sure their eggs
     
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    Okay. What I would suggest would be get an in tank refugium like this...
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    <a class="postlink" href="http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=3621" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/p ... catid=3621</a>
    That way you can put the rock in it "assuming it's a smaller one" to protect them from being eaten.
     
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    or can i put them in a different tank?
     
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    That's not something I would suggest unless everything is EXACTLY the same.
     
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    ok
     
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    they developed eyes are the going to hatch tonigt?
     
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    They should hatch 4-5 days after being laid.
     
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    in not sure when they were laid i just saw it today because the dad swam past it and i saw it move so i quickly did some research some people said if you see the eyes their going to thatch when the lights go out?
     
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    My pair are still young now so I won't see any eggs for a few more months to have any personal experience.

    Yeah, after the lights go out they should start to hatch sometime. What I would do is if your lights aren't off yet, turn them off. After they hatch you might want to try to catch them and put them in a breeding net or something similar to what I showed you earlier.
     
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    yea i'm ready =] anything i can feed them besides brine shrimp?
     
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    They would have to be fed newly hatched baby brine shrimp (within an hour or two of them hatching, the brine shrimp not the clownfish.). You can also feed them "green water" which is basically just water with single cell algae in it, and rotifers.
     
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    can i move to a different tank if i use the same water as the main tank?
     
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    You'll have to put some of the live rock in there/filter media from their main tank.
     
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    there is no filter currently just a air stone and the live rock they were laid on
     
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    I didn't mean a filter. :p Just some media so the tank didn't cycle.
     
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    o right sorry mah bad lol
     
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    I too have breeding clown fish at first they are orange eggs then they go clear with black spot and the male clown is there all the time and the female will guard it if you want to breed them it whould be cool to set a 10 gallon tank and put them in there and in about 2-4 months you will have babbies but rember the new tank has to have your water and sand and some of your rocks and it has to be a replica tank my fish guard them but at the end they dont survie but a week later they lay more so good luck :D
     
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    yea my brine shrimp didnt hatch in time to much trouble to
     
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