Clown Gobi Fry

Paul B

Paul B

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For the third week in a row my clown gobi pair laid eggs and frankly, I didn't believe it. The first time I was all excited, the second week I saw eggs again and I was starting to doubt it as they look like bubbles. Now today I see those "bubbles" again and I was sure they are bubbles as I didn't think a small fish such as a clown gobi could lay so many eggs. So I tried to collect some of those "bubbles" I stuck a device like a baster next to the Bubbles but they would not come off. So I scraped some off and sucked them up. I had a couple of them in a container and they looked like dust.
(I have old eyes) So I sucked one dust particle up and put it under my 100 year old vintage microscope.
The dam thing is a living gobi. It is breathing and moving his eyes around. I could swear it winked at me so I assume it is a female. I don't have one of those cool camera's that connect to a microscope so this is the best you get.


The eggs are here in between the two clownfish.

 
I don't usually do that any more but I may design some kind of device to suck up the babies as they are born and place them in a separate compartment in my reef but it is a long shot as they are so small I would need something like a coffee filter to contain them. They have been spawning almost every week and the eggs seem to hatch in 2 days. If I can't design something right away, maybe I will be able to do it for the next spawning.

I believe this is directly related to their daily feeding of live worms.
 
The tube is on the eggs attached to that acropora. There are bubbles coming up the tube which pushes water into the container. There is a coffee filter in the container covering the holes so the fry don't escape. This should collect a large portion of the fry as they hatch. I am not sure I will be able to see them but like everything else I do, it is an experiment. For food there is a sponge filter on the intake of my UG filter that I have not removed to clean in a month or so. It is teeming with life. That is what I will put in with the fry for new food. If they don't like to eat that, they will get leftovers from my dinner so I hope they like linguini and clams

 
Congrats on the new additions to the family. Maybe you need to market those worms for something other then fish food. Just a thought.
 
Eggs, Eggs. More clown Gobi eggs. How do these little fish lay eggs every few days? And they don't lay one or two, there are about 100 eggs. My acropora is really suffering, but it is what it is.
I re designed the gobi egg collector a little
 
Nice Paul. I had to remove 9 gobies from my reef because after their addition nearly every SPS would not extend. Really did a number on the polyps (and they were eaten frozen in the LFS for months - so frustrating!).

Glad you're having luck. This is pretty sweet.
 
They have almost destroyed that piece of acropora they are spawning on but as long as they stay on that one i don't care to much. It was my decision to put those gobies in and they have a constitutional right to be there. OK, maybe not a constitutional right, maybe just a fish right. OK, so they have no rights, but I like their smile.
Alright, maybe they aren't exactly smiling. :rolleyes:
 
You seem very confused on how to view your fish. Lol. But it is quite entertaining to read. I hope you have success in raising these little guys. Good luck.
 
I am really hoping they raise themselves as I am very busy now. I also hope they pay for their own education :reading:
 
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