Snowflake Clowns' First Spawn

[05f150fx4]

beautiful clowns! will be looking for a pair shortly for myself!

 

[05f150fx4]

how are the fry coming along? are you able to raise them?

 

[deangelr]

Always taking great pictures as well.!

 

[Woogiekids]

Good timing! I just came back to the office from checking on the pair at home, since they were showing frantic mating behavior this morning. They are in the process of laying right now. This will be their second batch, and so far they have only eaten a few lighter colored ones that I assume were no good.

When I left after an hour, they were still going at it, with about 100 eggs on the rock (last time they only had a dozen or so cream colored ones, and ate them all). Both male and female were doing their jobs, and the Starry Blenney was sitting right above them on the rock chasing after the Damsels when they got too close. Like a little bodyguard.

I'm hopeful that they will still be there when I get home! I don't know if we'll try and raise this batch, or let it go one more round. Still have to start the Rot cultures.

And as always, I took a bazillion pics, and will post them later when I get home. I'm going to try and keep this thread up to date as a log for myself as well.

 

[05f150fx4]

these are the clowns i will be looking for as soon as my tank is ready! Keep us posted!

 

[Woogiekids]

Updated pics from their second spawn, today:

And...the eggs. I'll be updated macro shots daily as they grow

 

[Genin]

wow great pics. I will tag along for this.

 

[organism]

Nice pics! Looking forward to seeing how the second spawn turns out

 

[deangelr]

ready for today's macro shot!

 

[Woogiekids]

Hmmm...a few more hours. They've already changed since the ones I took this morning. I see some eye spots forming. So I'll take more in a few hours.

 

[Woogiekids]

OK, wrong about the eye spots, merely cyano forming on the egg. Boo!! About 1/2 the eggs have disappeared, and here are some shots of the remaining. I'd say there are about 75 left.

 

[nemoboy1]

When the eggs turn from orange to brown is when you know they are fertile... If tuning white they are no good... Great looking pair it's easy to pair but raising the frys is a lot of work... Good luck

 

[Woogiekids]

When do they generally turn brown? I dong think that this batch was fertilized. They still look the same, about 36 hours in.

 

[bpledger84]

Pretty pair of clowns.... im jelous

 

[deangelr]

usually takes a only a day or two for the color to start changing (its been awhile since i had a pair spawn).

 

[Repz]

Amazing photos, your clowns are so beautiful. I hope you can end up raising the fry!

 

[Woogiekids]

About a dozen eggs left hanging in there. One changing color at the end of Day 2-3 (2.5?). Your guess is as good as mine if it's viable or disintegrating.

 

[Woogiekids]

12 hours later...It really is Nemo! Apparently the male managed to fertilize ONE egg out of the batch. I feel a little responsiblity to this guy, even though I was not planning on trying to keep these alive.

 

[Neogenocide]

Nice shots!!! Very cool to see this.

 

[Woogiekids]

8 hours later, growing it's tail. Awwww...cute little nemo. A lone egg hanging on the rock.