Spawning Gold Stripe Maroon Clownfish

[BeakerBob]

I have a mated pair of Gold Stripe Maroon Clownfish (Premnas biaculeatus) from Sumatra that have been spawning, usually under a rock that I can't get good pictures of. Last month, my RBTA decided to move around the rock and on 4/15, the clowns laid eggs. Here is a picture of the freshly laid eggs with Dad taking care of them:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/beakerbob/Fish/MR-DSC_4363.jpg

Here is a closer view of the eggs which is mainly all yolk sac.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/beakerbob/Fish/MR-DSC_4362.jpg

I have been watching the clowns taking care of the eggs over the days and noted that the eggs had turned darker. Six days later (4/21) I took these pics. You can see Dad is still taking care of the eggs, but you can now see some definition of the larvae in the egg:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/beakerbob/Fish/MR-DSC_4453.jpg

A closer look at the eggs, they now show the eyes and, in some cases, no more yellow yolk sac. These guys disappeared two days later. I plan to put a flowerpot in the tank and maybe they will lay their eggs there. If they do, I will take them to the local zoo where they will be set up with rotifers & the necessary food & breeding tank.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/beakerbob/Fish/MR-DSC_4452b.jpg


Question for you breeders out there.....do any of the fry survive on their own without any intervention?

[Purple Penguins]

as far as I know.. no.. the parents and everything else in the tank will eat them, btw great pics!

[ATX aquarist]

Very cool pictures! Congrats, I wish you luck on rearing them. I wish mine would spawn :(

[illcssd]

The fry will not survive in the tank without intervention. Its just not possible in a closed system.

[ATX aquarist]

Very cool pictures! Congrats, I wish you luck on rearing them. I wish mine would spawn :(

[wicked_NaCl_h2o]

Sorry, I don't understand..If there is no other fish in your aquarium, and you have two clowns spawn. Why wouldn't they be able to raise their fry on their own? If they can do it in the wild, why not in your tank? I know their parents might eat some but some would still survive..right?

btw..great pictures

[Tang Salad]

Those are great pictures; the best I've ever seen! Good job :)


<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9799420#post9799420 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wicked_NaCl_h2o
Sorry, I don't understand..If there is no other fish in your aquarium, and you have two clowns spawn. Why wouldn't they be able to raise their fry on their own? If they can do it in the wild, why not in your tank? I know their parents might eat some but some would still survive..right?

The larvae just won't survive in an average reef tank. They're skimmed, filtered, eaten or smashed around by flow. The newly hatched larvae also have rather special lighting requirements to help them see food, and to prevent them from repeatedly swimming into the tank walls.

[Tang Salad]

Forgot to add also that AFAIK the parents don't raise the young in the wild either. They immediately drift away after hatching.

Although, it makes you wonder: in all the reef tanks in the world, surely some would have survived before?

Anyway- again Awesome Pics!!! :)