False Perc Breeding

[reppo13]

Over a year ago I aquired two 1'' false percs. They have grown pretty big one is 2 1/4" the other is 1 1/2". One is defenately male and the other female. There has been no signs what so ever of the two spawning. I don't feel like waiting any more should I get a bigger false perc and keep the small one or get a whole new pair. Last question is when are they truly sexually mature. I've had experience with breeding cardinals and I know that it can take longer than expected.

 

[elegance coral]

They are at the right size to spawn now. I would just evaluate the environment to see if there's any room for improvement, and feed like crazy. This will probably get you eggs faster than anything else you could realistically do.

 

[reppo13]

K thanks for the imput, now that I think of it I don't feed that much.

 

[Toddrtrex]

How often do you feed? And what?

And like "EC" stated, figuring out what is going on with your current pair and fixing that would be a lot easier then getting a new one.

And a year isn't all that long to wait. It took my pink skunk pair about 2 years to start spawning, and my SI Perc pair took just over a year.

 

[reppo13]

I feed two to three times a day but not that much at feeding times. I feed frozen brine sprinula brine mysis 2-3 times a week. Any other feedings are with spectrum pellets and formula one and two flakes. Often times though I only get to feed my fish once a day. Would it have to do with other fish in the tank, If so heres the stocking list. Flame Angel Potters Angel Blue dot jawfish and Cleaner shrimp. I also had a recent nitrate spike but it has settled now. I lost a fairy wrasse that died in my rock formation and I couldn't take it apart to find the body. I let my cleanup crew take care of it. The pair of clowns were the first in the tank and they do stay right next to eachother. They are currently hosting a leather mushroom coral even though I have a BTA. Any imput would be great.

 

[ezhoops]

try to feed to saturation at least 2-3 times a day, feed live newly hatched brine shrimp once or twice a week, do a large water change, raise the temp slightly (80) or lengthen the lighting period.

These are all methods people have used with some degree of success to get their clowns breeding. As stated above, they have to be comfortable in their environment and feel safe otherwise they simply will not spawn.

1 more thing to consider; although many people want their clowns to spawn and have hundreds of tiny clownfish to sell and make tons of money, few realize the difficulty, expense and time involved. Not saying that is your intention. Just a thought

 

[reppo13]

I'm almost positive my clowns are comfortable. I'll try the live brine shrimp, as for the photo period its pretty long considering its a reef. The temp is at 77-78, I'll try slowly raising that cuz blue dot jawfishes don't do so well at higher temps.

 

[reppo13]

As for rearing the fry, I've raised cardinals with success and even managed to raise a few (11) blue dot jawfish fry. (Got extremely lucky with my two blue dots they paired up somehow and spawned to my surprise, Later that same month one of the blue dots made the leap of faith out of my tank at night and I found it the next morning I have a glass top now)

 

[ezhoops]

well best of luck, I would watch for spawning behavior, shivering and swimming upside down. It might even be worth to place a spawning tile near their anenome