Clown breeding questions

[tidus10]

hello,

I'm not that good with terminology, but I want to get a 29 drilled for a return and overflow, and my question is, can I drill for an overflow on the grow-out tank? or should that be a stagnant tank without a return or overflow and just a bubbler for water agitation?

I only really want to set this up for one breeding paid and raising section.. does this make sense at all?

 

[shifty51008]

for a growout tank an overflow is fine.

for the fry tank you don't want one as the fry are easily sucked in.

 

[tidus10]

So if I get a 29, think I can split it and have one side be the breeding side with overflow and return and the other side be the fry tank with just the air stone in it

 

[tidus10]

I can't find much info on ideal tank set ups or recommended systems or how tos...

 

[Anemone12]

fry tank= 10 gallon with airstone,dull light, heater.

growout tank= normal fish only tank with good filtration.

 

[tidus10]

Thank you.

... So just because... 20long tank or 29gallon. Both will be split into 2 tAnks

 

[temper76]

I have my breeding pair in a 29g bio cube and next to it is a 5g tank with an airstone next to it for my fry.

 

[shifty51008]

I am sure you could make it work splitting the 29 gal but to me it would be more hassle than it would just to have 2 seperate tanks. as stated the fry tank needs dim lighting, no light from the sides and just an airstone and heater. a growout tank should basically be made like a FO tank with plenty of hiding spots.

 

[grmpfish17]

Hey Shifty how do you know when it time to put the little guys into the grow out tanks? I've got about six that are getting there second strips.

 

[shifty51008]

usually between 4-6 weeks they are ready, but that also depends on the breed clowns, some grow slower than others. you want them big enough not to get sucked into any filtration.

 

[tidus10]

Is it possible to break even breeding 1 pair of clowns? (Money wise)

 

[hvacman250]

Is it possible to break even breeding 1 pair of clowns? (Money wise)

Sure. The hardest part is finding stores to take them.

My one breeding pair turned into 11 pairs, with a full fish room, with 6 of the 11 laying.

With my main Ocy pair, I was raising 200-250 every 14 days when I got good. Its hard to move 4-500 normal Ocellaris a month

My honest advice: before you invest into a decent (or even crude) set-up, talk to your local fish stores and see if they will buy your fish, and how many per month they will buy.

 

[tidus10]

a good friend of mine has started up a shop and will buy some... i just ordered a pair of extreme snowflakes so they will be closer to breeding age... but i will certainly talk "cheddar" with him...

I want to start breeding a normal snowflake with a black snowflake because i love the pair and they will give me awesome babies... but thanks a lot man, ill check it out! My first pair come in wednesday!

 

[shifty51008]

keep in mind, if your wanting to breed a clown that has a higher price tag like some of the designer clowns your gonna sell alot less than if you were to breed regular ocy's or percs and sell them at 5.00 each.

I actually have 2 places to sell mine, 1 will take around 50 every 2 weeks and the other will take 500 a month but I am also raising regular ocy's. once I get into the more spendier clowns they will take them but not nearly as many, maybe 10 a month or so as it is much harder for them to sell high dollar fish fast enough.