Snowflake Clowns Breeding, HELP!

Reefsi

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A few days ago me and a buddy determined that we were going to start breeding clownfish, snowflake clowns to be exact. About a week ago I acquired 2 snowflake clowns from my LFS. By chance from what research I have done my clowns are going to lay eggs over the next couple of days if not tonight. They have been completely in one corner of the tank cleaning the area nonstop with their fins and mouth. Last night i noticed them their as well and showing some very strange behavior. The female has showed aggression to anything that comes near that spot in the tank. Im almost positive that they will be laying eggs. The spot is in the corner of the tank on the bottom right corner of the front glass and right side glass. We were not planning on building all the breeders until this week but it may have to be sooner.
The original plan was as follows:

Purchase 2 pairs of snowflake clowns
2 20 gallon breeding tanks
3 10 gallon fry tanks
5 Gallon Rotifer tank
5 Gallon Brine shrimp tank

The breeders would lead into a sump(20 gal) and would be connected to the 10 gallon fry tanks by a PVC pipe and trickling pump for reduced waterflow.

Problem:
Clowns in main display tank

Question:
How to get fry out safely?
How to successfully breed rotifers and brine shrimp?

Any insight or tips will greatly help, thank you!
 
Don't worry if you miss out on this batch if they do lay. Once they lay they'll get in a pattern and lay every 2 weeks or so. Also the first few clutches don't seem to stay attached and the egg count seems to be lower. Give them a few cycles in your tank to get good at it then go from there.
 
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