To all Breeders out there!

[kabe87]

If I make a tank just for a pair of clowns. Will the parents be able to raise their kids by themselves? If not =( WHy?! :debi::sad1:

 

[mikelee35]

I guess its possible the parents could raise them, if they don't eat them first (very common problem) but having the parents in the juvi tank would make it that much harder to keep the water quality acceptable without risking the health of the parents, and trying to keep rotifers, juvi's and parents all in the same tank would just make things that much harder to keep your water quality good to keep the juvi's and parents alive and healthy

 

[kabe87]

I was thinking something more like.... Discus fish like they feed them and and protect them and everything else a parent does

So I guess no one tried to

 

[woodnaquanut]

I've never seen any reference to CF having any sort of parenting behavior after the hatch like FW cichlids. My guess is once hatched they become food for the parents.

'Finding Nemo' was just a movie.

 

[Jaypilot]

CF in their natural habitat do not take care of their young. After they hatch they are left on their own to fight other fish, tides, and weather to name a few. Chances for a single clown fish to live from larval stage to adulthood is incredible rare and that is the reason why they have so many eggs.

So to answer your question, the parents have no natural instinks that will lead them in the right direction and will most likely think of them as food.

 

[reefstew]

Some fish can make it. I had a bangaii cardinal spawning in my 240 gal reef tank & I was cleaning the over flow box & found 1 large enough to sell. With clownfish their is probably less then 1% chance of any of them making it.

 

[psusocr]

IT would be very possible if you were feeding the tank with fresh rotifers,, but other than that they fry wouldn't be able to eat

 

[kabe87]

I see thanks

 

[ExtremeClownfish]

1) when they hatch, they're larva and not clownfish. They have about a 10 day pelagic stage where they feed on zooplankton till they go through metamorphosis and turn into clownfish. At that point they go down to a reef and join their compadrés.

2) you'd have to maintain a rotifer density in your display that would require millions upon millions of live rotifer depending on your tank size

3) you'd have to shut any hard flow off and any drain they could go through, essentially shutting your tank down.