A. polymnus spawning photos

[mbbuna]

a little blurry but here they are

 

[55semireef]

Wow very cool. Are you going to try and raise the fry?

 

[mbbuna]

yes, this will be our second attempt. we colected about 300 last week but they were all dead by day 3

 

[GSMguy]

well good luck very nice clowns.

 

[mbbuna]

thank you

 

[cowboyswife]

Best of luck! Keep us posted on how this batch does!

 

[Jovreefer]

Very nice are they spawning in the sand?????

 

[mbbuna]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9963196#post9963196 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Jovreefer
Very nice are they spawning in the sand?????

no they cleared out all the sand. the tank is set up BB and the bottom is a sheet of FRP. we had to remove the anemone from another tank to this one so we placed sand in one corner for it

 

[dc]

Cool, hopefully you'll be successful this trip around.

 

[mbbuna]

thanks Debi and everyone else. ill keep this thread updated and if anyone see's us doing anything wrong please chime in.

 

[elegance coral]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9963269#post9963269 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mbbuna
no they cleared out all the sand. the tank is set up BB and the bottom is a sheet of FRP. we had to remove the anemone from another tank to this one so we placed sand in one corner for it

I don't want to sound stupid here but, what is FRP?

 

[mbbuna]

FRP is fiberglass reinforced paneling. there about 1/16" thick by 4x8. there used mostly for dividers in restrooms. inert, easy to cut and cheep

 

[adtravels]

how big is their system?

 

[mbbuna]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9965722#post9965722 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by adtravels
how big is their system?

the tank they are in is a 75g but all of our display tanks are connected totaling 500g

 

[LoudProudNPunk]

goodluck, hope it works out for you.

 

[bbwal]

Hi -
I have a pair of small (probably juveniles) brown Polymnus clowns. They have not paired up yet; the bigger one chases the small one around a lot. How long did you have yours before they spawned? Also, how big are they? I have several pair of clown fish but none are spawning yet.
Bobbi

 

[mbbuna]

ours were about 1 1/2" when we got them. they were not paired when we got them but did pair up with in a month or so. we've had them for 9 or 10 months and this is the 5th or 6th spawning. the female is about 4+" and the male 3"

 

[mbbuna]

we collected our second batch of larva Thursday night. only half the eggs hatched. we got about 150 larva and as of today about 25 have died, the rest seem to be doing great and eating well. the rest of the eggs hatched the next night but after being up untill 3:30am the night before we weren't up to doing it again.

 

[55semireef]

Are you feeding them rotifers?

 

[mbbuna]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10024874#post10024874 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 55semireef
Are you feeding them rotifers?

yes, we have 3 cultures going