Breeding Clowns

[gerth2010]

Our clowns laid their first clutch of eggs yesterday. We are now looking into what to do to try to raise future clutches. We were very excited to see this unexpected surprise.

 

[leedoherty]

good luck keep us updated

 

[2reefnutz]

Congrats :thumbsup:

You will want to wait to collect the babies till they spawn at least 6 times is the norm. The first few batches will be weak. But that gives you time to start your rotifer cultures for feeding the babies .....So excited for you!!

 

[Clowntastic]

What kind if clownfish are they? Post some pics of them. Good luck!

 

[billsreef]

Read the sticky thread on raising microfoods The biggest thing will be getting a good culture of rotifers going

 

[gerth2010]

What kind if clownfish are they? Post some pics of them. Good luck!

We have WC onyx. Don't have any good pics. Here is one of the eggs, you can see the male in this one.

 

[gerth2010]

Read the sticky thread on raising microfoods The biggest thing will be getting a good culture of rotifers going

I will definitely read this. I am looking for more information on what I need to do. Thanks!

 

[gerth2010]

Unfortunately our eggs did not hatch at all. The eyes turned silver, but nothing else after that. Today they have been cleaning off the old eggs and preparing for the new clutch she is about to lay. I'm not sure what went wrong, but hopefully this clutch will do better.

 

[jbax]

are sure they didn't hatch last night? you may see some spots where eggs used to be or some empty sacs.

 

[billsreef]

It's not unusual to have issues with the first spawn or two. Biggest thing is making sure they parents are getting excellent nutrition and several meals per day, as that directly translates to egg quality.

 

[gerth2010]

All of the eggs were There this morning, so I don't think they hatched last night. I only see one possible empty egg sack. Oh well, we weren't going to raise these yet. We were looking forward to see some after hatching though.

 

[jbax]

on hatch night make the fish room totally dark and about 5 minutes to 2 hours after lights out. shine a dim flash light above the water away from the eggs and watch those little white fleas swim towards the light. it is amazing how small they are and how fast they grow in the first 10-15days.

 

[gerth2010]

Well, to my surprise, the last few surviving eggs have hatched. Our light timer malfunctioned and turned on after scheduled lights out. When I went to turn it off, I found the babies. This makes me more excited about trying to raise some in the future.

 

[JerseyClowns]

Depending on your light schedule, you may want to alter your dark cycle on hatch day a couple of hours early so you don't have to stay up late with them. I've been doing this the last several hatches and it works like a charm. ~45 minutes after lights out, all eggs hatch.