clown fish digging in sand (1 Viewer)

[the_reef_master]

I have a mated pair of clowns, female is snowflake and male is misbar. I noticed today that they were digging a hole/burrow in the sand where they always hangout, they will turn sideways and go to the sandbed, and do a wiggling motion to move the sand. The male more so than the female. they have been in the tank for about a year, but I had just cleaned and rearranged live rock. are they about to lay eggs, or is this a territorial behavior? any help would be appreciated

 

[flexrac]

they're cleaning a spot of to lay eggs.

 

[the_reef_master]

thanks for the reply, will the eggs hatch on there own in the display tank, or do i need to remove them and put in seperate system to raise the fry

 

[BlackSS]

Do you live rotifers? If you don't have food ready for the fry it won't matter much what you do.

 

[BigRick]

How big are they? They could do that for a long time before they become sexually mature enough.

 

[the_reef_master]

the female is really big, about 3.5" and the male is a lot smaller

 

[BigRick]

the female is really big, about 3.5" and the male is a lot smaller

Then get ready lol... you'll need a separate tank for them or they will be all eatin by morning. If you need rots let me know, I'm starting mass production of em..

 

[the_reef_master]

ok thanks, i will definatly need some. i will get with you when im ready for them