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Ok i've got two false perculas and i've noticed that one (the larger of the two) is really fat. so as a test i didn't feed the tank for two days to see if the stomach would go down and it doesn't. so i'm going to guess that the clown is a female and she is pregnant. what should i do? should i move them to a smaller tank with just those two clowns? I would love to try and breed them if i can. please let me know.

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I would just let them be for now and see what happens. Clowns lay eggs when they are comfortable with the enviornment. Moving tanks could stop the process.
 
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Minh, if you look a couple posts down Karen did a VERY nice article on breeding clowns. Just make sure you do it right otherwise you'll end up with discolored clowns that no one wnats to buy!

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Make sure you read up on raising them. There is lots to it.

That is why I get free coral food every 11 days. To much time in it for me to try and raise them.
 
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i'm going to read up on it and try my hand at it. i was thinking of moving them to a small tank then when they hatched to move the parent back to the main tank but i have a little filter on that little tank and the little ones would probably get sucked into it. but i'm going to read and see
 

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Minh,

Start reading now. Karnes doc is a great start. I also recommend Clownfishes by Joyce Wilkerson. You cant have a filter to start, and you have to have a rotifer culture going beforehand. Too much to go into here.

I highly recommend not moving the parents, if you want to move the eggs put a picec of tile where they hangout and hope that they leg the eggs on the tile.

DonaldLs were laying eggs for a long time and when he moved tanks they havent laid eggs in almost a year!
 

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after my last tank move 2 years ago, they stopped laying eggs for a year. recently they got back to the old routine again.

~7 days to hatch, ~4 days of rest for the female, repeat.

my pair just laid eggs about 3 days ago too. just seems too complex to raise ordinary false percs.
 
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i'm going to get the tile and see what happens...as far as tile is concerned just a piece of 4x4 piece of tile ok?
 
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Minh,

If your female is pregnant, great! But I've noticed that females generally tend to carry a little more weight than males when the two are paired up, though, so she may just be "heavy-set" and in preparation for breeding. In order to encourage breeding, and for the eggs to be healthy, you need to feed LOTS of good food on a consistent basis. As an aside, I have a pair of my own tank-raised clowns, and my female is rather chunky, but she's not pregnant......or at least I've never seen a batch of eggs anywhere close to where the clowns hang out.

Anyway, if she does happen to lay eggs, she will continue to do so like clockwork, so you need not rush out and get a bunch of stuff and cram to try and learn how to raise the fry. Be patient, read all you can, ask questions, and when you're sure you and the eggs are ready, then go for it. In some instances, the male takes a while to get the hang of taking care of eggs, and you might have several clutches of eggs go bad before you get a clutch that hatches out. It's better to let the male become proficient at getting a clutch to hatch.

Never move the parents from their tank with the eggs. Move only the rock/tile with the eggs, if possible, and do so only at the last hour before hatch. Then you can set up the air line, etc. etc. I would encourage the clowns to lay on a small 4X4 piece of tile set just under the anemone. If no anemone, place the tile at an angle close to where the pair likes to hang out. With any luck, the eggs will be laid on the tile (rough side up, by the way).

Good luck!
 
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