Clownfish Spawning?

clowns101

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IV HAD 2 TOMATO CLOWNFISH TOGETHER FOR A FEW MONTHS AND IV SEEN WHAT IV THOUGT TO BE NOTHING BUT MEAN AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR FROM WHAT I THINK IS THE FEMALE.WELL AFTER READING ON LIVEAQUARIA.COM HOW THEY PAIRED UP THE MCCULLOCHI CLOWNFISH I WAS TOLD TO TRY THAT METHOD.IV BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS A VERY GOOD WAY TO PAIR MY CLOWNFISH.WELL I PUT THE CLOWNFISH THAT I THOUGHT WAS THE FEMALE IN THE COTANIOR AND THE MALE WOULD NOT LEAVE HER ALONE.THE NEXT DAY THE FEMALE LOOKED VERY CALM AND SHOWED NO AGGRESTION TOWARD THE MALE CLOWNFISH.BEFOR AND AFTER THE CLOWNFISH WERE SPLIT UP THEY WERE BEHIND A ROCK AND I ANALIZED THE FEMALE CLOWNFISH PUTING THE MALE CLOWNFISH DOWN TOWARD THE SUBSTRATE AND THEN I WOULD SEE THE MALE VIBRATE OR SHAKE HIS BODY.THEN I WOULD ALSO SEE THE FEMALE SHAKE OR VIBRATE HER BODY TOWARD THE MALE WHILE THEY WERE BEHIND THE ROCK.AFTER I TALKED TO LIVEAQUARIA I THEN HERD HER SAY IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY ARE DOING A BREEDING RITUAL.SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE THINKS WITHIN 7 TO 10 DAYS I SHOULD HAVE EGGS.IV NEVER HAD CLOWNFISH SPAWN BEFOR AND DONT KNOW WHAT THEYARE LIKE WHEN THEY ARE SPAWNING.SHE THEN TOLD ME TO POST A THREAD ON REEF CENTRAL TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT THIS AND SEE IF YOU GUYS THINK THAT THEY ARE SPAWNING.THANK YOU AND ANY NEWS WOULD AND WILL BE APPRECIATED.
 
Hello clowns101! It sounds like to me like perhaps they have picked out a spawning site are preparing it for laying eggs soon. What kind of a tank is it? How big? Any other fish inside? But from what I've read I think they have picked their spawning site and are "preparing" it.
 
It is rather small, but the smaller the tank the more skilled you need to be. Let me know if the end up laying eggs.
 
I agree about the caps lock....

But just because they are doing the "shake" doesn't mean they will spawn anytime soon. It just means that they are deciding who will be the submissive clown and who will be the dominant one. It could be days, weeks, months, or even years before they actually spawn.

If you are looking to breed them, check out the breeding forum here on RC.
 
i dind plan on them spawning.i thought it was a bit eairly for the two but this was just what i was told.
 
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