Pink Skunk Clownfish Spawning Photos (Amphiprion Perideraion)

[Flighty]

My clowns just finished spawning for the third time. They have been on a regular cycle since the first spawn and lay about 5 days after a hatch. The clowns are being hosted by two heteractis magnificas. This is the first time the male has actively participated in site preparation and fanning the eggs. The other two spawns he showed up to fertilize and defended the anemone, but didn't do anything else. The few dead eggs had sat around for days. This time he seems to have the hang of it.

Another interesting point is that during the spawn they were very aggressive towards the anemone. They bit and moved any tentacle which got close to the new eggs. An hour after the spawn they didn't mind the tentacles touching the eggs. In the past I have observed my Ocellaris pair grab tentacles and spit them at the eggs possibly to make sure that some sort of host information was conveyed to the fry.

Pics at link below. I don't think google alows direct linking.

http://picasaweb.google.com/Flighty/PinkSkunkClownfishSpawningAmphipirionPerideraion

 

[OCDP]

Very cool. Congrats

 

[ClownReef®]

WOW, very cool..great timing!

 

[flameangel88]

Congratulation! Thanks for sharing these beautiful pictures with us.

 

[Flighty]

It was nice, I saw the first egg laid all the way through to the last. Of course durring it all I knocked over a QT tank water change bottle and flooded the carpet, but who's counting?

 

[OrionN]

Congratulation. They are harder to get to breeding than other common clowns.
Minh

 

[Flighty]

Thanks everyone. I was woried that they wouldn't stick to a schedual being skunks, but they seem to be very regular even though I moved some of their rock around before this last spawn. If only I could catch some fry now. My DIY fry catcher has not worked for the last two hatches. There are many more eggs this batch and they look healthier, so maybe I'll have better luck.

 

[ricordiaking]

I love the pics, they look great.