orangegoby
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they been together for about 3 years now. they r like magnate to one another.
3" female and 2" male. do they need to see some clown doctors? :hmm1:
3" female and 2" male. do they need to see some clown doctors? :hmm1:
why my clown pairs never lay eggs?
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Catchoftheday
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Are they the same breed of clowns ? for clowns to lay eggs the water must be stable and really good feeding and must feed heavy .
orangegoby
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yes, same $10 ocellaris tank bred. in terms of feeding, i usually feed them 4-5 times during my after work period. however, the boy was in the qt for a month copper treatment. Would it be he turn into girl during the qt ????
Take a PVC White "T" of either 2" or 3" or 4", depending on the size of the clowns. Put a section of 2" on the bottom and 2" on the top of pvc pipe, just plain pipe.
Place these together so that you can see into the bottom section of the T. and the two other sections are in line with each other.
Take the PVC and bury it a little way down into the substrate near where they like to hang out.
Set it so that you can see straight into the T section from outside the tank.
Lets see if this flat section gives them some ideas better than the tank or rock base.
Place these together so that you can see into the bottom section of the T. and the two other sections are in line with each other.
Take the PVC and bury it a little way down into the substrate near where they like to hang out.
Set it so that you can see straight into the T section from outside the tank.
Lets see if this flat section gives them some ideas better than the tank or rock base.
elegance coral
They call me EC
What are you feeding? Can you list the other inhabitants of the tank?
Paul B
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If you feed clowns, or any damsels correctly, you can't stop them from breeding. If you want them to spawn feed them live blackworms, fresh or frozen clams, mussels, or oysters. No flakes, pellets or processed foods.
Almost all of my fish are spawning and have been for years, even my 19 year old clowns, but that is what they get fed every day.
This is a video of them eating live worms, every fish in this video, except the copperband is spawning. There are mandarins, pipefish, cardinals and gobies.
Almost all of my fish are spawning and have been for years, even my 19 year old clowns, but that is what they get fed every day.
This is a video of them eating live worms, every fish in this video, except the copperband is spawning. There are mandarins, pipefish, cardinals and gobies.
orangegoby
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thanks for the advice, but probably won't go through the trouble making my dt into a construction site again. i just took down the ugly egg crate divider few months ago when i finally finished my stocking list.
not really.
i feed them nls pellets, omega one flakes(my regal angel's favorite),
nori, fresh shrimps(mostly for the cbb). i also have 5 tangs, 4 angels, 3 wrasses. the nemo pair have their own territory, no one really able to bother them as the big mama quickly fend off any intruders.
i thought the tank bred clown should be less picky. i have no intention to raise any babies, it just occur to me seeing them quite happy together for sometime now but no sign of "sex":bigeyes:
orangegoby
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i think what u said make sense. thanks Paul.
always learning something.
always learning something.
OrionN
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I disagree. I feed flakes exclusively and my fish breeds like mad. I have 200+ healthy clown babies to show for it too. I do mix 4 types of flakes together and use it daily. One of my tank get his exclusively other than fish for the anemone. The fish is not getting any of the food for my carpets.
orangegoby
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maybe my clowns r lesbians. :love1:
I agree with OrionN here. I feed my clowns flake food and they are on their third egg layings. The third just happened last night.
However, I am not breading them.
Don't have the time to do that.
Paul B
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You can disagree, many people disagree with me on many things but it is much easier to get anything to spawn on healthy food than flakes. I did say it is rare, not impossible. How many people spawn clownfish on flakes compared to clownfish that eat a good diet of fresh food?
If you fed better you would have 400+ babies instead of 200+
But just my opinion of course. I also have many spawnings to my name over many decades including pipefish, cardinals gobies and clownfish to name a few.
But if you feel flakes are the way to go, feed flakes. :beer:
Could be, but then then they would adopt. :lmao:
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orangegoby
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hahaha, this cracked me up!
OrionN
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I think, for clowns, good flakes foods are better than frozen food. I think if you do a on clown fish breeders , the one that successfully raise clown use dry food for mainly dry food as the primary food.
Several years back, My Onyx was having regular patches of eggs (I only use dry food for my clowns) A friend got the eggs and raised babies. Another of my friend who owns a LFS borrows my clowns to breed them. The first three clutches was great with beautiful babies. Then deformities come for several patches, then the eggs would not hatch at all. The employees only feed the fish various frozen food, several types.
I reviewed their feeding regiments, and told them that the regiment was a poor one for clownfish, but never able to convince them that flake foods are better than frozen food for clowns. I finally took the clowns home and they have continue to produce for me ever since.
Feeding requirement for each species of fish are different, but for clowns, live food and frozen food exclusively, or even as a primary food is not enough for their nutrition.
Several years back, My Onyx was having regular patches of eggs (I only use dry food for my clowns) A friend got the eggs and raised babies. Another of my friend who owns a LFS borrows my clowns to breed them. The first three clutches was great with beautiful babies. Then deformities come for several patches, then the eggs would not hatch at all. The employees only feed the fish various frozen food, several types.
I reviewed their feeding regiments, and told them that the regiment was a poor one for clownfish, but never able to convince them that flake foods are better than frozen food for clowns. I finally took the clowns home and they have continue to produce for me ever since.
Feeding requirement for each species of fish are different, but for clowns, live food and frozen food exclusively, or even as a primary food is not enough for their nutrition.
