Clownfish just lay eggs, thread!

[raylost]

Hi,

This morning I check under one of my Duncan coral an found this!!

http://youtu.be/qCrO6yNHH8M

 

[raylost]

Here are some pictures:

 

[ernieq]

Cool! Are you going to raise them?

 

[raylost]

Cool! Are you going to raise them?

I would like it to raise them, but I will have to remove some fish first (pudin wrasse and a dotty back that I think they will eat them.

So the plan is to remove all existing fish in the tank an leave the parents.

 

[raylost]

Question?

Is day 3 can I remove the rock where the eggs are located an place it in 2.5 gallon tank with an airstone or do I have to wait until the 7 day to transfer the eggs. The reason I'm asking some of the other fish are trying the eat the eggs.

 

[ernieq]

You could, but in general you will get better hatch rates if you leave it with parents to tend the nest until just before hatch night. 3 days is too long before hatch night, you would have to manually remove dead eggs often, otherwise fungus will spread and kill all eggs. If this is your first batch, I wouldn't even bother, you typically want to wait around until at least the 3rd, and most breeders will tell you the 5th batch.

 

[raylost]

Ok thanks, I will give it a try anyway.

 

[mwilliams62]

Nice... I would leave them in there with the parents as mentioned above... I am going on batch #6 it is not as easy as I thought it would be.

 

[raylost]

 

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