O. Skunk Clown Development Pics

[scyphozoa]

For anyone interested in breeding clowns here are some pics of orange skunk clown babies.

Father fish attending eggs

3 Day old baby

10 Day old larvae (the tricky metamorphosis phase)

 

[scyphozoa]

14 Day old juvenile

32 Day old skunk getting stripe

 

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Difficult to photograph fast swimming 34 and 23 day old fishes

(My 1st attempt to raise the fry was dismal...it resulted in only one survivor. I am on spawn 4 and so far the results are much better. I collect the fry by hand from the main tank which I am sure probably effects my numbers but am resolved not to move the parent fish which are happy and healthy in their anemone.)

 

[phender]

Congrats! I raised a few spawns on Orange Skunks as well. I also did the scooping out method, as my parents were in a reef tank and were laying the eggs on the rocks. If you wanted to try to remove the eggs before hatching, you could try to introduce a tile or fragment of clay pot for the parents to lay their eggs on. You could then remove the tile to the larval tank the day of the hatching.
I think I have a couple pics of my pair and babies in my gallery.