I have a pair of golden striped maroon in my 50G tank, which are very territorial (they declared the front center of the tank their land), and bullied other fish often. So I have been thinking about removing the the clowns for a while. Recently, they get more aggressive, so I decided to go ahead and remove them. I succeeded in removing the large female, but have a lot of difficulty removing the smaller male. I spent the weekend making an acrylic fish trap, and the male clown refuse to go inside even though other much more shy fish went inside. Then I saw the small male got some injuries on its back fin (I do not know where it came from), so I did a more careful check. Guess what I found? I found a whole bunch of egges hanging off the trunch of my big leather coral, and the male is guiding it (that's why it does not even go close to the trap). Now I am really feeling bad about it, removing the female right after it spawn, the injury on the male, and I have no idea what to do with the eggs
I would appreciate it if anybody can share any information about the eggs. Should I try to take them out (but they are attached to leather coral), what does it take to raise frys, should I put the large female back? Thanks much for your help!
Editted: I just snapped a picture of the eggs at the trunk of the leather. I swear the eggs looks like small clowns with a light dot which looks like eyes. I am putting the larger female back into the tank now.
I would appreciate it if anybody can share any information about the eggs. Should I try to take them out (but they are attached to leather coral), what does it take to raise frys, should I put the large female back? Thanks much for your help!
Editted: I just snapped a picture of the eggs at the trunk of the leather. I swear the eggs looks like small clowns with a light dot which looks like eyes. I am putting the larger female back into the tank now.
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