Lightning Maroon Clowns are breeding and laying eggs! Now what? (1 Viewer)

[jd-woodlands]

As the title states my lightning maroons are breeding and laying eggs. Anybody have any success breeding clowns that can share some advice on what setup is needed, foods, etc?

some light reading says I’ll need phytoplankton, rotifers, and some other live foods. Anybody have a local stock or that can assist with this project?

Many thanks in advance!

 

[Cody]

Looks like it’s in the air these days.

(Wyoming White x Gladiator) Clownfish Breeding | Breeding Journals

The clowns I've had for about 3-4 years decided to start spawning again out of the blue last Sunday night. The last time they laid eggs was several months ago. I have no idea what sparked them to resume spawning. I haven't made any changes to their diet or their environment. I've got a...

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[ITreefer]

Congrats! Please take lots of pictures and start a breeding journal thread. I replied to your PM.

 

[mwilliams62]

Live rotifers can only be bought through Reef Nutrition. Do more reading there is a lot to raising the fry. Setups, cleaning, light schedules, and maintaining the rotifers so they don’t crash on you. Equipment to catch the fry when they hatch and equipment to strain the rotifers with. Do more reading.


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[gregg]

Any other fish in that tank?

 

[BigRick]

Maroons are hard to raise. I had one pair of lightnings getting 50% golden nuggets, 25% lightning 25% regular maroon.

 

[ITreefer]

Any updates?

 

[jd-woodlands]

Just watching, not sure what I’m going to do. Not sure if I’m going to try and catch any fry or not. Don’t have any setup yet to take care of them.

they are in a tough location to get to in the tank, and there are about 12 other fishthat they are competing with.

 

[ITreefer]

Just watching, not sure what I’m going to do. Not sure if I’m going to try and catch any fry or not. Don’t have any setup yet to take care of them.

they are in a tough location to get to in the tank, and there are about 12 other fishthat they are competing with.

What surface were the eggs laid on?

 

[jd-woodlands]

What surface were the eggs laid on?

The acrylic wall on my center overflow.

 

[TX_Punisher]

Not as easy raising fry as people think. Definitely takes some practice and the right equipment. Definitely a labor of love.

good luck with the fry. My naked clowns are about 2 yo now and doing the funny vibration clown dance so maybe I’ll have some eggs soon.

 

[ITreefer]

The acrylic wall on my center overflow.

Yeah it's tough when they lay eggs on non-removable objects.
With minimal effort you can absolutely snag some of the babies. Just use a flash light to lure them to the surface and scoop them out with a bowl or ladle after lights out.
Before I had the rotifer culture, I raised fry until day 6 or 7 on crushed pellets. Baby brine shrimp would probably work in a pinch too.

 

[jd-woodlands]

I’ve got a 5 gallon all in one I can setup, might be worth a shot.

 

[Erin]

Just watching, not sure what I’m going to do. Not sure if I’m going to try and catch any fry or not. Don’t have any setup yet to take care of them.

they are in a tough location to get to in the tank, and there are about 12 other fishthat they are competing with.

I’m in the same situation. My clowns just laid a second batch, almost immediately after the first one hatched. I’m torn between wanting to try raising the fry and maintaining my sanity, lol. Hopefully they will continue to lay eggs for a while so I can plan this out a bit before jumping in.

 

[BigRick]

I’m in the same situation. My clowns just laid a second batch, almost immediately after the first one hatched. I’m torn between wanting to try raising the fry and maintaining my sanity, lol. Hopefully they will continue to lay eggs for a while so I can plan this out a bit before jumping in.

I’m in the same situation. My clowns just laid a scond batch, almost immediately after the first one hatched. I’m torn between wanting to try raising the fry and maintaining my sanity, lol. Hopefully they will continue to lay eggs for a while so I can plan this out a bit before jumping in.

They will continue as long as nothing changes. Lighting/feeding.

 

[Erin]

They will continue as long as nothing changes. Lighting/feeding.

I will have to pick your brain this weekend

 

[Erin]

Yeah it's tough when they lay eggs on non-removable objects.
With minimal effort you can absolutely snag some of the babies. Just use a flash light to lure them to the surface and scoop them out with a bowl or ladle after lights out.
Before I had the rotifer culture, I raised fry until day 6 or 7 on crushed pellets. Baby brine shrimp would probably work in a pinch too.

I didn’t think the newborn fry would eat anything not live/moving...? Did you have much success with the crushed pellets?

 

[ITreefer]

They lived for several days and then perished. Maybe the pellets didn't give enough nourishment or I made some mistakes.
This was the very first clutch they laid over a year ago.