Are these fish eggs?

jdoenumber2

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I have noticed my blue tail damsel being very Territorial in one of my frog spawns. I decided to rearrange stuff and now i noticed these black specs. It seems that they sway with the motion of the current. Are these possibly eggs? If so what should i
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do to keep them alive?
 
They sure look like eggs - not that experienced, but it seems odd that they appear to be grouped in pairs. My C.hemicyaneas spawn regularly and it indeed looks similar.
They are the right color.
I assume you have 2 yellowtails... ;)
Not much you can to raise the babies without going to a whole bunch of trouble, lots of homework and preparation involved - probably not worth it unless you have a passion to do this :) And likely too late for this spawn.
One of the fish should be tending to the eggs, fanning them and possibly a little "mouth nudging". An exra territorial toward anyone coming near them.

HTH :)
 
By now you probably know those are eggs. The paired black spots are the eyes. The rest of the bodies and egg contents are mostly clear - makes them less visible and less likely to be eaten during their juvenile stage.

Did any survive?
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9395095#post9395095 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by LeslieH
By now you probably know those are eggs. The paired black spots are the eyes. The rest of the bodies and egg contents are mostly clear - makes them less visible and less likely to be eaten during their juvenile stage.

Did any survive?
Of course, eyes --I feel dumb :D
 
Do some searches on clownfish breeding jdoenumber2, that will give you some insight into what goes into raising hatched fish.
 
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