do clownfish get preagnant???

[sanababit]

do female clownfish, get preagnant??? or do they lay eggs??

im asking because the last few days i have seen my female clownfish harasse my male clownfish and anything it get close to her, she eats like a pig, no 2 pigs, she looks like she has a big belly, she acts a little bit..., LOL (i just described my life) anyways this morning it came to me maybe shes preagnant, well what do you guys think??

sana

 

[Fishboy42]

Re: do clownfish get preagnant???

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11307228#post11307228 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sanababit
she eats like a pig, no 2 pigs

Funny

Clownfish do lay eggs, and often before a female lays eggs, she will appear very swollen (the eggs hydrate before she lays them, and it causes her abdomen to expand).

It could be that your pair is preparing to lay eggs. Sometimes they give no warning, but one pre-spawning behavior to be on the lookout for is the pair cleaning a spawning site. One or both of the fish will repeatedly bite an area to prepare it for eggs.

Just keep feeding them

Matt

 

[esdayal]

tagging along... I have crushed coral in my tank and wondering if they need live sand or can they just spawn on a live rock ??

 

[Fishboy42]

They usually pick a solid surface like a rock, slate, or even the glass sides of the tank. I find that they seem to prefer a smooth surface rather than the sometimes uneven shapes of live rock.

They don't require sand or substrate, but it doesn't hurt to have it...and IMO it looks nicer

Here's a picture of a pair spawning on a small piece of ceramic tile (they had spawned a couple of times on the glass before I placed the tile there):