why my clown pairs never lay eggs?
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Paul B
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OrionN, your fish are breeding because you know what you are doing and you are an experienced aquarist. :beer:
I hardly feed my fish any commercially manufactured product. From my years of diving with them, I try to feed them what they eat in the sea, such as fresh clams, mussels, fish fry, fish eggs or live worms.
I hardly feed my fish any commercially manufactured product. From my years of diving with them, I try to feed them what they eat in the sea, such as fresh clams, mussels, fish fry, fish eggs or live worms.
this is me
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My Onyx clowns have been in the tank for 4 years. They are straight from Rod B. and were babies when I got them.
Same size from the start. Same size now. No idea which is is female or male. They like to rub their bellies on things and wiggle their tail on the sand to create a mess.
I feed them PE Mysis, Hikari Mysis, Hikari spirulina brine, Spectrum pellets, and Elos spirulina pellets. Still no laying eggs or anything. But then again, do I really want them to lay? I would need to learn how to breed. lol
Same size from the start. Same size now. No idea which is is female or male. They like to rub their bellies on things and wiggle their tail on the sand to create a mess.
I feed them PE Mysis, Hikari Mysis, Hikari spirulina brine, Spectrum pellets, and Elos spirulina pellets. Still no laying eggs or anything. But then again, do I really want them to lay? I would need to learn how to breed. lol
Paul B
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You don't need to raise them. Fish spawn because that is what all healthy fish do, it's their normal healthy state. If they are not spawning, there is something wrong.
It's the state of health they are in in the sea..
Here is my watchman gobi with eggs but I don't raise them any more. My mandarins also spawn (as in the picture) but I ain't looking for them little suckers in a 100 gallon tank. :hmm4:
this is me
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Alright. Maybe my fish are lesbians as well.
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Actually, isn't breeding also a sign of stress. I know fluctuation in parameters especially temperature will induce spawning in many species.
orangegoby
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I have no intention to raise the babies either, just that I tend to think if there is nothing wrong with them, a health couple should enjoy a healthy XXX life and have some fruits of LOVE. :love2:
OrionN
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For fish seasonal change in temp can induce spawn in some species but I do not think this is stress. It is clams and other sessile invertebrates spawn with stress.
orangegoby
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Four boys! i can barely handle one(he is 16 right now). it's really tricky u want to be nice like a friend, but when u become their friend, they climb up on your head and take a dump. tricky tricky.
Anyone have thoughts on my male clown was in the copper treatment for 4 weeks. i have heard if they are by themselves for a period of time, they become female. if that is true, i really have 2 females.
Anyone have thoughts on my male clown was in the copper treatment for 4 weeks. i have heard if they are by themselves for a period of time, they become female. if that is true, i really have 2 females.
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
play Barry White (and feed Piscine Energetics Mysis Shrimp)
IME you can also get them to spawn on pellet, flakes and nori but ONLY if you're an experienced aquarist with an extensive collection of Barry White
I think Marvin Gaye -- Lets get it on works better.
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
orangegoby
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I am taking note.
