Clown eggs

[bromion]

My clownfish finally laid eggs! How exciting!

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[FOSELONE]

cool...how long have you had them...ive had 2 pairs for almost a year now...& they do their dance all the time...but still nothing...

 

[bromion]

It's been about 2 years. Over the past few months, they have been checking out various spots. They finally picked one right next to their xenia "anemone."

 

[FOSELONE]

cool...will you be trying to hatch them ???

 

[dchan928]

Congrats on the eggs! What kind of clowns are they? Are you going to try to raise them??

 

[KWoo008]

Congrats, J!!

If I remember correctly, he has a beautiful pair of B/W Ocellaris.

 

[FOSELONE]

^ kelly...do you know a nelson ???

 

[KWoo008]

^Sure do!

 

[FOSELONE]

CRAZY...small world...i hear him say that he hangs out with a kelly...sorry brom for the hijack...

 

[bromion]

I don't plan to raise them. Free food. But maybe next time.

They're black & white ocellaris. Great fish!

 

[golfish]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11812224#post11812224 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bromion
maybe next time.

get ready, mine layed at least twice a month for about 6 months. I don't know if they figured out is was useless or they just got tired but they stopped and that was that.

 

[FOSELONE]

whered you get the parents brom...morgan???

 

[bromion]

Here's progress. You can see their little eyes!

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[FOSELONE]

dude you should offer them to somebody who could raise them...like morgman...

 

[bromion]

The parents.... One I bought from Jim's Exotic Fish in El Segundo. It was wild caught (apparently just before the ban on Australian ocellaris). I bought it in pair of juveniles, but one of the two died. A few months later, I bought the second through an ORA group buy organized here on RC.

 

[bromion]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11834194#post11834194 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by FOSELONE
dude you should offer them to somebody who could raise them...like morgman...

That's not a bad idea. I have been reading my "Clownfishes" book about raising them. Seems I have about 3 days before they run out of food from their yolks. If I can catch them when they emerge, I'll give them away.

 

[FOSELONE]

i want one...keep up the pics too...cool

 

[bromion]

Looks like about half of them hatched last night. I missed it. Hopefully I can see the rest tonight!

 

[epicfish]

Wow, congrats!

 

[bromion]

The rest hatched in the past hour. I read light inhibits hatching, but I guess the natural light from the room was not enough. Now I have an idea of the cycle. Let's see what happens next time.