Spawning Clown Video
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It is the bottom of a leather coral. For the longest time that's what they did so I introduced a shell and they didn't start using it until recently. I always thought it was wierd laying eggs on a living coral, but it hasn't hurt the umbrella at all. Now they use both to lay their eggs.
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No, I just leave the eggs in the tank. I would have to take out the leather umbrella and it is attached to a large rock. I would need to set up another tank for that and set up rotifers to feed the fry. Too much work for me. I'm just happy they do it and that they keep it up. They lay new eggs about every two weeks or so.
myreefcentral
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so does the hatchlings just become food?
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Magga Pie...I know guy who lives around here who used to breed clowns. He had about a dozen pairs laying eggs constantly and his set ups had many batches of baby clowns at all stages of development. It was pretty cool to visit his place and see all the batches. For me though, my 180 keeps me pretty busy as it is so I don't have the time to rear the young.
reefman13...I'm glad you liked the video. I thought there would be people out there who would enjoy it. My avatar is just a picture I found on the internet someplace. I don't even know where I got it from. I used to use a picture of my female for a long time but switched to the present avatar when I came across it.
reefman13...I'm glad you liked the video. I thought there would be people out there who would enjoy it. My avatar is just a picture I found on the internet someplace. I don't even know where I got it from. I used to use a picture of my female for a long time but switched to the present avatar when I came across it.
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myreefcentral...The fry always hatch at night. They need to feed immediately or they die (I beleive) and I don't feed them. I also have several large fish in my tank that you can see the male chasing away on the video who never seem to sleep. Since they patrol the reef at night, I assume they eat the fry.
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Magga Pie...I agree, that is pretty much what I want also. I do get satisfaction from knowing I have provided a safe and healthy enough environment for my fish to breed on a continunal basis. How long that takes is anybody's guess. I have been in the hobby a long time and have had numerous successful breeding pairs of clowns, as well as blue demoiselles and dominoes. This pair took the longest to get going. The female is eight years old and the male is six. They have been breeding for a year and a half now. As a matter of fact, the female used to be the male of a previous successful breeding pair. When we had the great power blackout in 2002 I lost $850 worth of fish and invertebrates, and not a single coral. The only fish that miraculously survived was my small male ocellaris. The guy I told you about earlier who bred clowns gave everyone in this area who lost fish two free clowns of their choice. The male I have now was one of those clowns, and of course the male that survived became my female. I have often wondered if that is why they took so long to get started as a breeding pair.
That is a long time for them to start breeding but you know how the saying goes"Better late than never". Also hopefully no more power outages happen for you anymore that sucks. Its hurricane season down where I live and we tend to get alot of storms so I bought battery run aerators this will help save your tank during outages.
Victor1046
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My tomato clowns are breeding and we have had 3 clutches of eggs so far then after about 6 to 7 days they are gone? I am so curious as to why they can't survive in the main tank like they do in the wild?
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Magga Pie...I have since purchased a Noma back up power supply which I have attached a Tunze 6060 which moves 1600 GPH. It is set on a timer and comes on for 2.5 hours and is off for 1.5 hours. It repeats this four hour cycle six times per day. With my tests, if I have a power outage this power supply will run my Tunze for 36 hours. Up here that is more than enough time unless we are in the dead of winter. A 300 watt heater would suck that power supply dry in about three hours. So I am partially prepared. A generator is an option, but an expensive one, even considering the losses I could take in the tank.
Victor1046...When the fry hatch they need to feed immediately. If there is no food that they can eat they will die quickly. There are also predators (fish) in your tank that will view them as food. Even their parents. The ocean is vast and they can swim away. The confines of an aquarium makes it impossible for them to evade your hungry predators. It's that simple.
Victor1046...When the fry hatch they need to feed immediately. If there is no food that they can eat they will die quickly. There are also predators (fish) in your tank that will view them as food. Even their parents. The ocean is vast and they can swim away. The confines of an aquarium makes it impossible for them to evade your hungry predators. It's that simple.
