Gold Maroon Clown Fish

[SaltSolutions1]

I have the opportunity to trade for a mated pair of gold maroon clown fish. The clowns also come with a greenish brown carpet anemone that they host and lay eggs in.

I am giving up 2 tank raised percula clowns (not a mated pair yet) 1 mandarin goby, and a frag of GSP and a frag of birds nest.

They produce eggs, but they are a little large. The female about 5" and the male about 3". Will they stop producing eggs at some point?

If I am lucky to scoop out eggs before they hatch, what type of setup will I need to raise the babies in? Just curious.

 

[WaffleWalffle22]

Clownfish don't lay eggs in anemones. If you "scoop" out the eggs they will die.

 

[SaltSolutions1]

I meant that they host it and breed regularly. But thank you for the correction and the info. So I guess I'll just wait until they swim to the top and hope no one eats them in the tank before then.

 

[WaffleWalffle22]

The anemone hosts them, they don't host it.
And you'll need to do a bit more research on how to rear the fry than just catching them.

 

[Fishboy42]

Clownfish don't lay eggs in anemones. If you "scoop" out the eggs they will die.

There is a way to remove the eggs from a substrate without killing them. See here for details:

http://www.marinebreeder.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=140&t=2213&hilit=straw

If they do spawn and you want to raise them, you may want to look into raising rotifers; there's a good deal of information here:

http://www.reed-mariculture.com/rotifer/small.asp

Clowns will sometimes host power heads. It all depends on the personality of fish. I have a young pair where the male is hosted by the frogspawn and the female is hosted by the anemone.

Don't you mean that power heads will sometimes host clowns?! Just givin' you a hard time


Matt

 

[nauticac4]

You can find a ton of info here and on another Marine BReeder site about raising the babies and what is necessary. They will stop laying when they are moved and pick up laying againg when they are comfortable. For my pair this took about a month.
The trade value is in the eyes of the beholder so that is up to you...however bear in mind that typically maroons are as mean as they come and fiercly territorial, I fear sticking my hand in the tank if I have to go near my pair or their anenome.

With the correct information about $50 bucks or so and some luck you can raise the larvae with little issue.

 

[landlord]

^^ I concur

 

[dirtStar]

Knowledge can get you thru it. Heart can make you successful.

I would say to read, read again and then ask questions.
I would say to raise a batch will cost closer to $100 from the get go, unless
you spend a month or two finding various sources of free or low cost solutions.

If you want to raise to juvi's and multiple batches, then you will need the space,
the equipment, and the precious time that is invaluable.

Take it step by step and progress with your abilities.

But I will also agree that Gold maroons are very lovely to look at, but I am always reading that they are the most aggressive.
I had to hold off on a beauty at the LFS, and decided on a B&W Occ misbar!

Good Luck!

 

[SaltSolutions1]

Update,

I made the trade last night. I had to pull apart all of my aqua scape to get the 2 perculas and the mandarin out. And my green chromis did not make it in the transaction. I don't know if a rock fell on him on accident or if he just couldn't handle the stress. I was able to put all the rocks and coral back into the tank but it looks like crap now. I am waiting for the anemone to secure itself to a spot she likes and then I will build the rock wall caves up around it and make sure I don't keep any corals close by so the anemone can spread out and open up without harming any corals in the process. My royal gramma and the 2 new maroons have been just hiding behind the rocks since last night. But the anemone moved about 3 inches up from where I put her last night and she looks like she found her spot. Tonight I'm gonna put on my aqua gloves (so I don't get bit) and move all the other rocks around her and get the tank back to normal again. The female I picked up last night is huge. She's a good 5" or so and the male is about 3". My black perculas bite all the time but never really hurt. It shocked me a little bit and I've jumped back in surprise. But this girl looks like she could draw blood if I ****ed her off. I will be wearing gloves for protection. Thanks for all the input everyone. I'm not sure what I'll do yet but I will post up some pics as soon as I put the tank back together.

 

[landlord]

Every fish is different. I picked up a breeding pair of GSM's off the boards here about 8-9 months ago. Female was massive. Took them about 5 months to start laying eggs again. The female is super friendly. Eats out of my hand, never bites, etc. Lays about 400 eggs per week.

I do however keep them in species only tanks so that might contribute to her good nature, I dunno for sure.

Now my Tomato female will draw blood EVERYTIME, no exceptions. She a PITA!

Kurt

 

[SaltSolutions1]

Every fish is different. I picked up a breeding pair of GSM's off the boards here about 8-9 months ago. Female was massive. Took them about 5 months to start laying eggs again. The female is super friendly. Eats out of my hand, never bites, etc. Lays about 400 eggs per week.

I do however keep them in species only tanks so that might contribute to her good nature, I dunno for sure.

Now my Tomato female will draw blood EVERYTIME, no exceptions. She a PITA!

Kurt

When you say species only tank what do you mean? You only have the mated pair in the tank with no other livestock?