I have a pair of clowns that i purchased as breeding pair. Put them in a 3ft (30g)frag tank hooked to my 220g system. They started just over a month ago laying. The first batch was eaten by the male. 12 days later she laid again, also eaten by the male ,but this time he took 5-6 days to eat all the last he ate most in the first 2 days. I know that is fairly normal. I was hoping for them to lay again last tueday or wednesday as that would have been 2 weeks but nothing yet this is about 20 days since last laid eggs. Im a lil worried. We did have a power outage that lasted about 7-8 hours. over a week ago. Could this have caused the longer break. I know they've only laid twice so it hard to know any sort of pattern for them.
Ocellaris Laying
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rkelman
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"It is not normal for the male to eat the eggs. This is not good"
Its completely normal for the male to eat the eggs. It happens all the time. Usually its just the first few hatches. Its a sign of stress but once they get used to spawning usually they stop. Mine started eating the eggs when I stressed them out then stopped after a while. In some cases they don't stop but they normally do.
Its completely normal for the male to eat the eggs. It happens all the time. Usually its just the first few hatches. Its a sign of stress but once they get used to spawning usually they stop. Mine started eating the eggs when I stressed them out then stopped after a while. In some cases they don't stop but they normally do.
Update !!!
Update !!!
well the male still eats the eggs. Not all of them but at least half. I picked up a automatic feeder gonna try that as im not home to feed them during the day ,only evening.
On another note for the last 2 months they have been laying every 10 days and hatching on the eighth day. Is that to soon to be laying ? But its like clock work for them
Update !!!
well the male still eats the eggs. Not all of them but at least half. I picked up a automatic feeder gonna try that as im not home to feed them during the day ,only evening.
On another note for the last 2 months they have been laying every 10 days and hatching on the eighth day. Is that to soon to be laying ? But its like clock work for them
I do feed a variety of pe mysis brine shrimp krill pellets flake. He picks on the eggs through out the 8 days sometime most of them sometimes only half of the batch
Im going to try to get them on a better scedule for the food
UPdate!!!!
UPdate!!!!
Well no real success over the last lil bit. Ive tried feeding a couple time a day with nls pellet food (on a auto feeder) and a good variety of frozen homemade food (squid clams mussel octopuss shrimp, krill ,nori,pe mysis shrimp, cyclopezze bar, selcon , reef roids, brine shrimp. Fine chopped and mixed then frozen.)
The 2nd last lay i took the batch (was a small batch 30-40)out the next night and tried to do it with out the parents. I made a few mistakes with the airstone to hard on the eggs. Only about 15 hatched 8 made it 4-5 days.Then died. I think i used too much brine shrimp as i thought it was suppose to be alot in there and read later just a bit.
I am not sure if it is me or the parents at this point
On another note i picked up breeding pair of true percs which im hoping to breed but we'll see how that goes. I have a barrier between the two pairs as they are in the same 36x12x12 tank. they seem like they would love to pick at each other as there doin there dance and paying alot of attention to each other . will this effect there breeding or should i put them in a separate tank ( could easily plumb it in to the system)
Thanks for the help
UPdate!!!!
Well no real success over the last lil bit. Ive tried feeding a couple time a day with nls pellet food (on a auto feeder) and a good variety of frozen homemade food (squid clams mussel octopuss shrimp, krill ,nori,pe mysis shrimp, cyclopezze bar, selcon , reef roids, brine shrimp. Fine chopped and mixed then frozen.)
The 2nd last lay i took the batch (was a small batch 30-40)out the next night and tried to do it with out the parents. I made a few mistakes with the airstone to hard on the eggs. Only about 15 hatched 8 made it 4-5 days.Then died. I think i used too much brine shrimp as i thought it was suppose to be alot in there and read later just a bit.
I am not sure if it is me or the parents at this point
On another note i picked up breeding pair of true percs which im hoping to breed but we'll see how that goes. I have a barrier between the two pairs as they are in the same 36x12x12 tank. they seem like they would love to pick at each other as there doin there dance and paying alot of attention to each other . will this effect there breeding or should i put them in a separate tank ( could easily plumb it in to the system)
Thanks for the help
You def need to feed rotifers for the first few days. It is the ONLY thing the larval can eat.
They may have some how survived for a few days from their yolk sack, but it is only normal for the first day.
Please do some reading to get familiar of what other breeders or amateurs are doing.
My pair of occ's starting spawning 12 days ago, and had over 300 eggs.
They are due for their second lay, any day now.
Use a 5 gal bucket for a cheap rotifer tank and use the nanno diet instead of the live algae/phyto. Much easier for a hectic schedule.
There is so much info here, just do some searching. Woodstock has sucessfully
reared clowns, so reading her progress, can teach alot!
They may have some how survived for a few days from their yolk sack, but it is only normal for the first day.
Please do some reading to get familiar of what other breeders or amateurs are doing.
My pair of occ's starting spawning 12 days ago, and had over 300 eggs.
They are due for their second lay, any day now.
Use a 5 gal bucket for a cheap rotifer tank and use the nanno diet instead of the live algae/phyto. Much easier for a hectic schedule.
There is so much info here, just do some searching. Woodstock has sucessfully
reared clowns, so reading her progress, can teach alot!
Nannook
New member
Yes sir, the male will eat the eggs that have something wrong...
Yes sir, the male will eat the eggs that have something wrong...
Don't worry, he is the best "culler". He will pick off eggs that die, are defective, diseased, he is your best friend right now. Doing things you cannot.
I discovered a great food for the little ones after they graduate from rotifers. "Reef Chili" (Only available on the web, do a search and you will find it. I want to say it was 12$ for a .75 oz jar) Powdered super fine daphnia eggs, brine shrimp eggs, mysis, bloodworms, etc. etc. this powder is amazing for your reef feeding, but use a tiny amount with your fry and they will grow like crazy. My Ocellaris are now 6 weeks old (only 5 have lived this long but they look good). I am waiting to see their 2nd strip start to appear.
Good luck, don't get discouraged if something goes wrong, just try to correct that thing and try again.
Yes sir, the male will eat the eggs that have something wrong...
Don't worry, he is the best "culler". He will pick off eggs that die, are defective, diseased, he is your best friend right now. Doing things you cannot.
I discovered a great food for the little ones after they graduate from rotifers. "Reef Chili" (Only available on the web, do a search and you will find it. I want to say it was 12$ for a .75 oz jar) Powdered super fine daphnia eggs, brine shrimp eggs, mysis, bloodworms, etc. etc. this powder is amazing for your reef feeding, but use a tiny amount with your fry and they will grow like crazy. My Ocellaris are now 6 weeks old (only 5 have lived this long but they look good). I am waiting to see their 2nd strip start to appear.
Good luck, don't get discouraged if something goes wrong, just try to correct that thing and try again.
Nothing new to post the male keeps picking them off. I am beginning to think they are just not good breeders. Ill keep trying though. They were do this week for more eggs but i think they have been agitated by the other pair i put in (with a see through divider). think i may need to put the other pair in a different tank.
Update!!!!
Update!!!!
well neither pair in the breeding tank seem interested in laying yet , so i think i will separate them.
On A side note I purchased a pair of clarki's at Christmas for my main tank they p;aired up. Laid a batch of eggs on thursday night. Looked like a good batch and it still does. I think i will leave them for a couple lays before i put in a tile for them. Or move them to another breeding tank!
:beer:
Update!!!!
well neither pair in the breeding tank seem interested in laying yet , so i think i will separate them.
On A side note I purchased a pair of clarki's at Christmas for my main tank they p;aired up. Laid a batch of eggs on thursday night. Looked like a good batch and it still does. I think i will leave them for a couple lays before i put in a tile for them. Or move them to another breeding tank!
:beer:
