platinum clown breeding

[mr.tangman]

I picked up a pair of platinum clowns about two weeks ago these guys were in a tank together at the lfs for about 8 months before i brought them home. I plan on breeding them and selling the babies. How can I tell if they will eventually start laying eggs or if they ever will?

 

[Trademark]

Pics would be good, and it will take a while for them to just get comfortable in your tank and if they have been at your LFS for a while then they are i'm sure good with each other

 

[autogirl]

The first step is when you figure out which one is the male and which one is the female. the female is always bigger. there is also a book called clowenfishes by Joyce D. Wilkenson. that is my bible. Let me know if you ever get babies cause i would be intersed in two. also pm if you have any more questions that i can help with.

 

[mr.tangman]

Ok thank you I think they have established who is who because I saw them fighting a week ago and one of them one and the other has become quite submissive (which i would assume is the male) and I'm not really sure how to post pics and I don't have a camera really just an iphone

 

[Toddrtrex]

You won't be able to tell if they are going to spawn until about a month before it happens. They will start to clean off a spot -- seems that the male does most of the work.

It took my SI perc pair 16 months to start spawning -- happened last night.

In another tank I have a pair of pink skunks, it took them over 2 years to start.

 

[clowns101]

It really just depends on the fish.What food is fed also depends on what makes them spawn faster!

 

[vaporize]

this thread's title is misleading

 

[natep206]

^this thread title is very misleading

 

[mr.tangman]

sorry?