Larger Clown Species Min. Tank Size Requirements to Induce spawning

[chris melb]

Just atfter some information of suitable tank sizes for breeding the larger clown species such as the Maroons, and Tomatos, Wilkerson 2001 suggests using a 55gal tank as a min.

 

[ediaz]

You can use 40 gal. for them, if the water volume of the whole system is large you can get away with even 10gal.

Ed

 

[JHardman]

Adding to what Edgar has already mentioned...

It is really a pair by pair thing. I have had A. ocellaris pairs that are not comfortable enough to spawn unless they are in a long tank and GSM pairs that were happily spawning in a 10g QT tank.

 

[chris melb]

Ok great, that makes sense, thanku for your help, i have heard of GSM spawning in tanks smaller than what Wilkerson had specified for the larger clown species. Id like to setup a breeding tank system, could save a lot more money if i were to use 10g tanks as a pose to all 40g tanks.

 

[David M]

FWIW I have a huge gsm pair spawning regularly in a 20H but right next to them is an equal sized pair of wsm's also in a 20H that have never spawned. My tomatoes are not quite as big as the maroons but they are spawning in a 15.

 

[Dman]

My tomatoes (huge), WSM's and GSM's are all spawning in 30's