My clowns have laid eggs. What do I do???

[Bous]

Last night I noticed our O. Clowns have laid eggs on the base of our Frogspawn coral. What do we do now? If the eggs have been laid are they fertilized? Do we need to separate the clowns and the coral from the main tank? What are the possibilities of them hatching? If they are going to hatch how long will it take? Any and all advice would be very much appreciated.

 

[NanoReefWanabe]

the eggs wont survive in a reef tank...

and if they do you need lots of live rotifers and phyto on hand...
you will also need a separate tank for them too..

 

[jkrentz2515]

go to the library and get a book or two

 

[LockeOak]

The eggs will hatch, the fry will be released and promptly eaten by other fish in the tank or meet their ends in various equipment in the tank. There will probably be another batch every 2 or 3 weeks. It's possible to raise them but you have to have several other tanks set up for that purpose and it's pretty labor intensive.

 

[Fishboy42]

Have a look at this thread (in the FAQ above) for more info:

My Clownfish just laid eggs. Now what?

Matt