Pink Skunk Clown Breeding
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clownfish75
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Every time i try i cant get past the quarantine phase when they get amyloodinium, and it seems to be just that species and i have now upgraded the uv on the quarantine. Just keep any eye out if you do get some.
Christian
Christian
clownfish75
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Both together, i think they both croaked after about 1.5 weeks and i tried qiunine treatments for the amyloodinium, with no success.
Now i use a big UV on the QT tanks. helps heaps.
Christian
Now i use a big UV on the QT tanks. helps heaps.
Christian
David M
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I have raised some pink skunks, not from my own pair but from eggs pulled from a friends reef tank. I was a total clownfish noob then and had only begun raising ocellaris so probably could have done better. Anyway I had maybe 50-60 until about 8 weeks, then they started dropping like flies. I lost most of them at night over a two day period & had about a dozen make it for a few more months, then more loses, I have six left at just about one year old. They are tiny, ocellaris reach this size at 4-5 months. I'm not sure what I'm gonna do with them but I plan to keep them. Probably as a group until I see any signs of natural pairing. I did offer a couple back to my friend as she has since lost that pair in a tank disaster.
I have a nice mature pair of orange skunks but they have not spawned, I've had them maybe 6 months.
I have a nice mature pair of orange skunks but they have not spawned, I've had them maybe 6 months.
David M
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That's what I'd like to know 
I suspect my inexperience didn't help, I've come a long way with nutrition & water quality since then. I probably kept them on bbs waaaaay too long and I remember using crushed flake food rather than CE to wean them. I'd like another shot just to see if they grow more quickly for me now. That's why I keep these stupid orange skunks, they are taking up valuable real estate but I just want to try at least once 
I suspect my inexperience didn't help, I've come a long way with nutrition & water quality since then. I probably kept them on bbs waaaaay too long and I remember using crushed flake food rather than CE to wean them. I'd like another shot just to see if they grow more quickly for me now. That's why I keep these stupid orange skunks, they are taking up valuable real estate but I just want to try at least once Word on the street (i.e. the breeding forum) that Otohime seems to be the preferred food to get them off rots and such. So when I get my setup going I'm going to try that. But then again, CE may give them a pretty pink color. My fear is that if I get the skunks, they will sit around and never spawn!
Guess I'll have to slap them around if they don't do my bidding! :lol:
Guess I'll have to slap them around if they don't do my bidding! :lol:
ediaz
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No Jay , I don't want anything that is not ocellaris, same reason you will have a very hard time triying to get rid of them, if you get good at raising them, and you will , it only takes experience, you will have far more than all your LFS will take.
I though you wanted to raise them because you liked the fish, if you are planning on selling them raise something more popular.
Ed
I though you wanted to raise them because you liked the fish, if you are planning on selling them raise something more popular.
Ed
Thanks for the info. I guess I didn't realize everyone hated skunks I do think the fish is a pretty species. I will also be doing it for fun with my daughter. You don't see hardly any aquacultured pink skunks around and that is another reason why I thought they may be a good candidate.
Do you really think they are that unwanted? Any other suggestions besides Ocellaris?
TIA,
Jay
I do think the fish is a pretty species. I will also be doing it for fun with my daughter. You don't see hardly any aquacultured pink skunks around and that is another reason why I thought they may be a good candidate.Do you really think they are that unwanted? Any other suggestions besides Ocellaris?
TIA,
Jay
ediaz
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I did not say people hated them, I said you won't be able to sell them all, this happens with all species besides ocellaris, maroon gold bars sell ok but don't compare. The average LFS has plenty of ocellaris and perhaps half a dozen of any other specie that would take them a couple of weeks to sell.
They are wanted but not as ocellaris are.
Any other suggestions? yes, ocellaris
Ed
They are wanted but not as ocellaris are.
Any other suggestions? yes, ocellaris
Ed
ediaz
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JHardman
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They are tough...
From a breeders perspective they are a pain. They are slow to grow and the pairs are notorious for being irregular spawners. They will spawn for a few months then for no known reason take off a year or two then wham they are spawning again.
From the hobby prespective, they are not well liked for serveral reasons. Primary being they do not look like "clownfish". Second is that they tend to be very shy and not out front.
Personally I find them very neat. They take forever to get used to a tank, but once they are, they are some of the friendliest clowns out there. They have that wonderful slinky swimming style.
From a breeders perspective they are a pain. They are slow to grow and the pairs are notorious for being irregular spawners. They will spawn for a few months then for no known reason take off a year or two then wham they are spawning again.
From the hobby prespective, they are not well liked for serveral reasons. Primary being they do not look like "clownfish". Second is that they tend to be very shy and not out front.
Personally I find them very neat. They take forever to get used to a tank, but once they are, they are some of the friendliest clowns out there. They have that wonderful slinky swimming style.
