my clowns laid eggs what to do ?

[ravi197699]

hey guys i have learned alot from and given suggestions on this forum but right now i need help, i just notices that my clowns laid eggs right below seabae anemone and they look like black or dark color small tiny dots and clown is next to them and my larger clown does not let any other fish come near it. i want to try to hatch those eggs so i have list of questions,

1. what equipment do i need to start this process.
2. how do i transfer eggs from rock
3. i have phytoplankton and brine shrimps that i hatch do i need rotifers to feed them
4. i really have no idea but i want to give it a shot to try to grow them

please suggest me. i already have 7 gal tank, heater,air pump, pc light do i need anything else ?

thanks

 

[DarthNater]

you will deffinately need rotifiers to feed the fry until they hit meta. good luck and keep us updated

 

[DarthNater]

this link will probably help you. http://www.breedclownfish.com/

 

[ravi197699]

color of the fish is dark or blackish what is the sign can i siphon them off the rock to the tank that i want them to hatch ?

 

[ernieq]

No you cannot remove the eggs from the substrate they were spawned on. If it is not removable, you are going to have to wait until hatch night and scoop the babies up. At 80 degrees, they usually hatch day 7. Most breeders will leave the eggs with the parents until hatch night and if laid on a pot or removable object, they will remove the whole thing and move it to the larval tank that night. The male keeps the eggs clean and removes the dead ones during the incubation period, this is something that is very difficult to do if you are not clownfish sized and can see individual eggs that are dead or unfertilized.

 

[ravi197699]

clowns eggs

clowns eggs

No you cannot remove the eggs from the substrate they were spawned on. If it is not removable, you are going to have to wait until hatch night and scoop the babies up. At 80 degrees, they usually hatch day 7. Most breeders will leave the eggs with the parents until hatch night and if laid on a pot or removable object, they will remove the whole thing and move it to the larval tank that night. The male keeps the eggs clean and removes the dead ones during the incubation period, this is something that is very difficult to do if you are not clownfish sized and can see individual eggs that are dead or unfertilized.

thank you for the in put i noticed about eggs yesterday and don't reallly know when do eggs hatch and how long before i need to check when is the hatch time so that i can syphon them out of the tank and next time can i put ceramic plate there when they laid eggs so its easy to transfer from tank to fry tank. ?

 

[ClownfishSushi]

thank you for the in put i noticed about eggs yesterday and don't reallly know when do eggs hatch and how long before i need to check when is the hatch time so that i can syphon them out of the tank and next time can i put ceramic plate there when they laid eggs so its easy to transfer from tank to fry tank. ?

It doesn't matter this time. You don't have a rotifer culture going and you want to wait until about the 4th or 5th spawn anyway. Even if you manage to catch some fry they'll starve to death by the third day. Brine Shrimp naupeli will literally rip their inside's to shreds.

Just observe for the next few weeks. Pay attention to the color of the egg casings and the larvae's eyes. You'll notice a very silver body and a slight copperish tint to the eyes on hatch night (at least I do). Your clownfish may also give you an indication by excessive fanning or nipping at the anemone and force it to pull away from the clutch.

Your eggs will hatch anywhere from 5 mins to 5 hours after the lights go out. Good luck getting them to spawn on the tile. It's almost easier to just use a LED above the tank on hatch night and scoop up the fry manually.

For now you want to start power feeding your clowns. Double however much you are currently feeding them. Get a rotifer culture going. We'll talk fry tank, lighting and temp over the next few weeks. Good luck!

 

[DarthNater]

please keep us updated. i have not raised fry yet and learn alot from hearing it from different people and the things they run into or things they do to make it easier.

 

[tommyphones]

Do the parrents stay with the fry or do you have to remove them at some point?

 

[ClownfishSushi]

Do the parrents stay with the fry or do you have to remove them at some point?

Every single thing in the tank, including the parents, will eat the fry.

 

[ravi197699]

clowns

clowns

It doesn't matter this time. You don't have a rotifer culture going and you want to wait until about the 4th or 5th spawn anyway. Even if you manage to catch some fry they'll starve to death by the third day. Brine Shrimp naupeli will literally rip their inside's to shreds.

Just observe for the next few weeks. Pay attention to the color of the egg casings and the larvae's eyes. You'll notice a very silver body and a slight copperish tint to the eyes on hatch night (at least I do). Your clownfish may also give you an indication by excessive fanning or nipping at the anemone and force it to pull away from the clutch.

Your eggs will hatch anywhere from 5 mins to 5 hours after the lights go out. Good luck getting them to spawn on the tile. It's almost easier to just use a LED above the tank on hatch night and scoop up the fry manually.

For now you want to start power feeding your clowns. Double however much you are currently feeding them. Get a rotifer culture going. We'll talk fry tank, lighting and temp over the next few weeks. Good luck!

thank you for the info i will have the culture for rotifers going soon and i will keep an eye on the clowns again and see when they layeggs again .

 

[jtmbtech]

I also want to try because mine are spawning regularly let us know how it works out for you

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[madean]

let me preface by first saying that i have never raised any clowns but i do aspire to do it one day. I did a lot of research on this and this being your first time, i would suggest you just let the batch go. You are going to spend a lot of time and probably money trying to get something set up fast to try and rear this batch and the chances a very unlikely that the first batch will even be successful. Let the clowns lay a few batches and see how it goes. They could be laying often but not very many and the quality could be not very good. You need to do a lot of research and get your cultures going. Make sure you can keep a culture going first before even attempting to raise the batch. How are you going to feed the new born fry if you don't have a culture. I was going to set up a room in my garage and dedicate it to about 2 maybe 3 spawning pairs. If clowns are fed properly they can lay hundreds to thousands every two weeks depending on the species. Plus you could easily set up 7-9 tanks per spawning pair to accommodate each spawn. It will take over six months for you to raise the fry to sell or trade to lfs. So you need to decide how much, little or lot, if any your involvement is in this. I just decided that it was going to be too much for me in my life right now. I was looking to have about 25 20L tanks and a few 55's and a few 15's and a bunch of equipment including an ac and dehumidifing unit. It was going to be an elaborate system. And talking to many breeders that were successful (my definition being less than a.25% mortality rate) it was a lot of time cleaning and changing water and feeding. Its not like normal tank maintenance you do on your dt. Its like 10x the involvement. So good luck in your goal and I hope you are successful.

 

[ernieq]

Less than .25%? I hope you meant 25%, because less than 1/4 of a percent is 1 fry dead out of every 400 hatched, that's pretty difficult if not impossible.

 

[madean]

yeah sorry i meant less than 25%, I was typing on my phone. But again I will reiterate that the op is not ready to take on this feat. Let the clowns lay a few batches and start power feeding them, if you truelly want to raise the fry. I am not saying it cant be done with this short of a period but its going to most likely end with 100% mortality. I would rather see someone take it slow and get educated and then try to raise the fry, as opposed to just winging it and have them all die and get frustrated because of the time, money, and effort put into it. Let the pair lay a few batches and in the mean time start researching and formulating a plan. Start your cultures and do what you can to keep them alive. Take to other successful breeders that you can search up here on rc and see what works for them. There is a lot of info here on rc, you just need to spend the time reading and finding it. This is what I did, and I feel like I had a great plan, but when it came down to it I decided that my time was better spent elsewhere. This is a dream of mine, kind of a bucket list thing for me and maybe some other time down the road I will revisit this. Good luck with what ever you choose, and I hope you are successful with it.

 

[ernieq]

For the record I agree with your point of view, I tried raising batch 2 and it was a 100% failure because I was ill equipped and my rotifer culture was started too late. But I did learn a lot from the 3 fry I got to 4 DPH. Sometimes, if you are sort of ready, you can try out different things on a batch that is probably not going to make it so you get your procedures down when the right batch comes along.