New Project..Breeding Clownfish.. (1 Viewer)

[mwilliams62]

A little Wine, low lights, and some soft music might help them get in the mood.... LOL

mary

 

[mike13oy]

still waiting. nothing yet

A video of my clowns.

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[fishboyt]

Maybe you'll get some action in the next couple of days.

 

[mwilliams62]

any news yet???? once they breed hiow long does it take till they lay their eggs???? What arethe signs of them getting ready to bread????

 

[steveb]

Maybe they took the vow of celibacy...

 

[mike13oy]

Bad News. none of my clowns lay eggs yet

Good News: my friend Dennis(FJW Aquarium) gave me a batch of eggs saturday and they just hatch 30mins ago. Only 30 hatch and rest die because of fungus (I took the eggs home to early so half of them have fungus)

Dennis has the parents at his store
Parents
Male is an offspring of B/W with a regular clown (male look more like an onxy clown)
Female is a regular clown

I think most of them will become onxy clown but they still are ocellaris

 

[mwilliams62]

Cool they are so tiny.... But then again most baby fish are tiny...

 

[fjwaquarium]

WOW WOW WOW. Good job MIKE.

 

[mike13oy]

WOW WOW WOW. Good job MIKE.

Thank you Dennis. LMK if they lay eggs again. I need to drop off your liverock i took from your store. lol

Looked at the fry's tank this morning and saw more babies.
Got about 50 of them right now. Will see how many will survive.

 

[fishboyt]

Awesome!!!!

 

[steveb]

Very cool - Mike should we start calling you the Godfather?


What are you feeding them?

 

[mike13oy]

What are you feeding them?

Rotifers right now.
I need to go to CP and get some brine shrimp eggs to hatch. I need to feed them brine after 3 weeks

 

[lilred1995vette]

Great job Mike!

 

[RGH69]

SWEET! Can't wait to see the progress!

 

[mike13oy]

Thanks guys
Here is a video of them only 1 day old.

http://youtu.be/AZNJZVwI5EY

 

[mike13oy]

Day 3 and i lost a few.
They are eating rotifers:

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[steveb]

Very cool Mike. How are you dealing with ammonia/nitrite?

 

[mike13oy]

Very cool Mike. How are you dealing with ammonia/nitrite?

I do about 2g water change everyday because they are in a 10g tank with only 1/2 water in there. I dont check nitrite but i cant get ammonia to go down below 0.2ppm.
Wonder if there is something out there that can low down ammonia?

 

[steveb]

You might try

Kordon AmQuel Ammonia/Chloramine Remover
or even better
Kordon Amquel Plus + Additive which also helps w/nitrite/nitrate.
http://www.marinedepot.comKordon_Am...rdon_Novalek_Oasis-NV33411-FIADWTTCDC-vi.html

or SeaChem Prime and Seachem Stability..



Do you have a sponge filter going?

 

[mike13oy]

Do you have a sponge filter going?

No. Babies are to young to have it. only heater and airstone are in the tank.
When they get bigger then i will have a sponge filter.

Will go and pick up SeaChem Prime and Seachem Stability today.
Do i need to get both?