My Rod's Onyx Clownfish just laid eggs!

[jonnybravo22]

So my pair of rod's onyx clownfish just laid their first clutch of eggs!!!

i'm very excited and very surprised. didnt see that coming. came home yesterday and they were hard at work taking turns rotating around the area. it was very cool to see. i got some video i'll try to edit quickly and post.

the pair:

so i do not have the room or setup to raise the fry at this time. i understand if you dont want to raise the fry you just let them alone and they will get filtered out or eaten by other fish (i have a burgess butterfly, will it eat the fry?)

also curious, since the parents are so lovely is it feasible to give someone else the fry so they can raise them? if so does anyone in manhattan want to try it? They laid the clutch on saturday night so next weekend they should be hatching!


i was so surprised b/c the male is pretty young! only just over 1 year old; he's still getting his color in -- just filled in the black dorsal fin last week!

 

[2Addicted]

The fry will dissapear if you dont make a point to look at them shortly after they hatch. Im not sure if fish actually eat them or they just get filtered out. My fish are always sleeping when my fry hatch and they are gone the next morning. Anyways that anemone is intense!!! Im jealous. How long have you had it?

 

[jonnybravo22]

hi! thanks, yeah the gigantea anemone is cool.

i have had it since the beginning of februrary.

 

[2Addicted]

Thats awesome it looks really healthy!

 

[drtrash]

Very nice, not sure what I will do when its time as well. Really tough to transplant fry, but if 10 make it out of the clutch all good. Many more spawns to come.