Occelaris Breeding

[nikoloutso]

Hello everyone,
I have a 200gal reef aquarium. In this aquarium I have 7 clown occelaris. 3 of them are host in a 7 years magnifica heractis anemone 50cm diametre.
Every 10 days I have a new birth from these fishes in the same spot.
Between bubble tip anemone and magnifica.
But this is not the problem. The problem is that when I see little eyes in the eggs, the nexte day there are no little fishes, even eggs.
The tangs and wrasse eats them.

Here is the question, how can I take the eggs an how can i breed them?

 

[ernieq]

They hatch in the evening. You need to fish out the larvae then. Usually at 80 F they hatch on day 7, if your tank is cooler it may take longer. Basically I would turn off filtration on day 7 and wait 2 hours. Then I would put a flashlight in a corner and let the larvae swim to it and catch them there with a scoop. Other people have purchased an automatec fry catcher and you can read about it here. It's probably the easiest solution.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2249726

 

[nikoloutso]

Thanks my friend.
Where can i find one of this gadget? or can i make one??

 

[nikoloutso]

And yesterday..... it has began!!

 

[nikoloutso]

Day 4.....

 

[Terrance]

If the larvae was taken out of DT and raised in a breeder tank, would the parent clown fish attack their babies when introduced back into the DT? What general rule as far as tank size when it comes to a school of ocellaris clown fish?

 

[ernieq]

If the larvae are left in the DT, they would be eaten by their parents. Clowns only take care of eggs, not fry. If you try to put back clowns into a tank with a established pair, they would most likely kill them unless you had a HUGE tank, enough where they could run away and not be chased. I would think no less than 10 feet. Some people have had sucess introducing a whole bunch of clowns at once and letting them establish the hierarchy then, but you will notice their numbers will dwindle over time due to aggression, clowns just don't tolerate more than their mates typically.

 

[nikoloutso]

If the larvae are left in the DT, they would be eaten by their parents. Clowns only take care of eggs, not fry. If you try to put back clowns into a tank with a established pair, they would most likely kill them unless you had a HUGE tank, enough where they could run away and not be chased. I would think no less than 10 feet. Some people have had sucess introducing a whole bunch of clowns at once and letting them establish the hierarchy then, but you will notice their numbers will dwindle over time due to aggression, clowns just don't tolerate more than their mates typically.

I will take the eggs in day 7 and I will put them to an other place. Then I will try to grow them up. If the will grow enough maybe I will put the babies back.

 

[Terrance]

If the larvae are left in the DT, they would be eaten by their parents. Clowns only take care of eggs, not fry. If you try to put back clowns into a tank with a established pair, they would most likely kill them unless you had a HUGE tank, enough where they could run away and not be chased. I would think no less than 10 feet. Some people have had sucess introducing a whole bunch of clowns at once and letting them establish the hierarchy then, but you will notice their numbers will dwindle over time due to aggression, clowns just don't tolerate more than their mates typically.

So there is no such thing as a school of clowns in captivity? I see them in groups living in a carpet anemone on youtube out in a lagoon.

 

[slosht]

Thanks my friend.
Where can i find one of this gadget? or can i make one??

I'm not sure if Chad has any of his snaggers ready to go right now.

 

[ernieq]

In a lagoon, they can get away if chased by the dominating pair. They hang around close, but in a tank, if the pair feel they are intruding in their small space, the juvis are not going to make it. When my clown pair were in their spawning cycle, they would chase away my 8 inch emperor angel, no mercy, even when they didn't have eggs to tend.