Clownfish Breeding Project!

[Ryanqk]

Hey yall,
Well we moved the large Magnificent into a larger display tank (its residents were not happy about the move) but we gave them a new anenome that should do fine in the smaller breeding tank. I picked out a breeding/maternity/nursery (hang inside tank model) that should help with the process. Everything looks set I just suppose we observe and maintain at this point. I would love some input on the best ways to go about this project from here...
Can you tell when the female is going to lay eggs so she can be put in the maternity section before laying eggs? Or will i have to scrape them off a rock before something eats them? Are there other things i need to know? Will the fry eat cyclope-ezz or baby brine shrimp? any other comments?
Link to some pictures of the tank and residents is below

http://ryansclowns.blogspot.com/

Thanks!
Ryan-

 

[dantodd]

buy the book "clownfishes" by Joyce Wilkerson.

In short they need LIVE rotifers.

 

[N_Sarno]

good luck w/ it all I would love to try it someday I love reading threads about raising clowns it just seems like it would be so cool to do.

 

[Juck]

>>Can you tell when the female is going to lay eggs
>>so she can be put in the maternity section before laying eggs?

November 12th, 'bout 5.30pm.

 

[Ryanqk]

I've seen pictures that indicate a greenish colored mass and bloating in the belly of the female indicates that egg laying is imminant, have not confirmed this....

 

[phender]

Ryan, I don't mean to be mean, but from your first two posts, you clearly don't have a very good grasp on clownfish breeding habits. Most people on this list will be glad to help, but you need to get the basics first.
Buy the Joyce Wilkerson book in Dan's post. You will find at most any LFS or on Amazon.

 

[Ryanqk]

No i dont, thats why i opened this thread to get feedback from people who do know.. im 22 years old and you have been in this hobby for most of my life, i cearly cant tell you as much about "clownfish breeding" as someone who has been doing it for 20 years. My work has been mostly in coral propagation.

 

[phender]

Ryan, when you say that you got a hang in the tank maternity/nursery(you wouldn't use it for breeding the fish or raising the babies), it tells us that we would have to start from square one. Nobody has time to write a book for you on this forum, especially when Wilkerson has already done it.
In the mean time you can read through some of this: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=282136

When you have specific questions there are many people here who would be glad to help you.

 

[Ryanqk]

I finally found a good resource on specifically breeding clownfish, explaining the whole process, the hang in nursery will def. not work, the holes and fact that i wouldnt be able to feed them the phytoplankton (rotifers) in this way. new 10gl will be used for this. The pair of fish we started off with must have come from a bad source they died pretty quickly from some unknown cuase but we got a new pair and they appear to be in much better condition