Are these clownfish eggs??

[dedvalson]

My maroon clown fish seem to have laid eggs (at least I think so). Can anyone tell me for sure? These are right on the front glass, but sort of protected by the anemone.

Assuming they are what I think they are, is there any hope that they might survive in a mixed reef like this? Anything I can do to help?





Thanks,

Don

 

[vikinglord13]

It looks like they are eggs. How "old" are they and do you see miniature eyes at the top of them?

 

[dedvalson]

They appeared either yesterday or today. Hanging from each white spot is a clear bag with a little orange blob and 2 eyes at the bottom.

Don

 

[dedvalson]

They appeared either yesterday or today. Hanging from each white spot is a clear bag with a little orange blob and 2 eyes at the bottom.

Don

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

The fry won't survive in your tank. They need to be removed and placed in a tank specifically meant for raising fry. In your tank they'll become a feast for your tank inhabitants.

 

[Saadatski]

They are indeed eggs. There is a whole process to raising the fry in a separate tank and their feeding requirements, not to mention even their food's (rotifers) requirements.

Head over to the fish breeding forum and take a look at some articles. Also Google will get you many articles from the basics to very detailed.

Good Luck

 

[rt67ghy]

If you're interested you could raise the fry but it takes a bit of work. You'll need to watch the eggs and count the days until they hatch at night and then get them out of the tank and put them in a separate tank.

 

[Sugar_tan32]

Those are definitely eggs!! Pretty awesome, seen a few others that had clutches like that. So this is in your main tank right??

 

[dedvalson]

Those are definitely eggs!! Pretty awesome, seen a few others that had clutches like that. So this is in your main tank right??

Yes, this is my main tank, 180 gallon mixed reef. The clown fish host in a long tentacle anemone I have had for about 6 years now. The female maroon clown is also about 6 years old, the male is much more recent, about 1 year. I lost the first male when I changed tanks about 18 months ago, but she easily accepted a new mate. The anemone's disk is 14 inches across when he is fully pumped up in the afternoons, takes up the whole corner of the tank. The clown fish are very peaceful unless anyone comes near the anemone, then they are very aggressive. The anemone is rooted to the glass bottom of the tank and his foot is buried in 4-5 inches of gravel, so he never moves. .

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[Sugar_tan32]

That's pretty awesome, your fish look amazing as well! On the other hand, has anyone ever tried growing baby clowns in their main tanks?? That is if clowns were the only ones in the tank...would it be possible??

 

[ThRoewer]

Raising larva in a tank with adult fish is pretty much impossible as even the parents would take their own offspring for food once hatched. Further more, there are way too many other things that may eat or otherwise kill the larva.
And then there is of course the issue of feeding the larva - that's already difficult enough in a dedicated larva tank, but next to impossible in a full blown reef tank.
Even in the wild fish larva leave the reef for open water to mature and only return after metamorphosis. Many juveniles initially settle in mangrove forests, the shallows behind the reef or in lagoons to grow further and only later move out to the reef.

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[Sugar_tan32]

Ohh ok got ya! I was just thinking if you hatched them in a full sized reef tank and maybe even had a few live, something like out in the wild.

 

[ThRoewer]

The reef is an extremely hostile place for plankton organism - which most larva (fish, shrimp,...) and floating eggs (fish, coral,...) belong to. Everything on the reef is out to eat them. That's why larva usually hatch at night and broadcast spawners spawn in the twilight before nightfall.

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