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Unread 03/12/2016, 05:11 PM   #76
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I'm looking forward to seeing you raise a couple hundred of them


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Unread 03/15/2016, 09:14 PM   #77
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The eggs hatched tonight, eight days after the clutch was laid. I must have gotten over a hundred fry tonight. I turned the lights out early, and turned the room lights off to get it dark. Then about an hour later, the tank was swarming with fry. Used a small cup, and a really fine soft net. Got about 4 gallons of water in my 10 gallon tank. Added rotifers and tinted the water green. Super pleased that I got so many.


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Unread 03/16/2016, 06:51 AM   #78
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Sweet, looking forward to pictures and their growth!


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Just a bunch of little black specks right now, crazy how fast they grow. As small as they are, they are noticeably bigger than yesterday. I wonder if I should crank up the airstone more with so many fry? Or maybe a second airstone ?


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Unread 03/17/2016, 05:48 AM   #80
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Just a bunch of little black specks right now, crazy how fast they grow. As small as they are, they are noticeably bigger than yesterday. I wonder if I should crank up the airstone more with so many fry? Or maybe a second airstone ?
Awesome! THose are some productive parent clowns you have going there!


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Unread 03/19/2016, 05:31 AM   #81
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This is the current set up. I've got the two month old guys on the left, and four day old fry on the right. The drip bottle balance between them is always dripping into one tank or another. Feeding rotifers twice a day. The little guys are getting their first stripe. It's hard to really capture on an iPhone pic.




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Unread 03/22/2016, 08:38 AM   #82
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The little guys are a week old now. Just did a one gallon water change last night. Dripping the fresh saltwater in over several hours. I added TDO A food to the rotifers, and they all are developing the first stripe. SOO hard to get a decent photo.


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Unread 03/22/2016, 09:35 AM   #83
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Great thread. Following along to see the progress.


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My clown just laid her eggs 5days ago. I'm starting to see some visual changes in the eggs. They are developing a white'ish/silver spot. Which I thought you said that means they are growing.

They are attached to the underside of my montipora, should I remove them or leave them be? And by remove I mean break off the piece of coral that the eggs are attached to.

Sorry to hijack your thread for this question but this has never happened in any of my tanks.


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Unread 03/23/2016, 08:20 AM   #85
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My clown just laid her eggs 5days ago. I'm starting to see some visual changes in the eggs. They are developing a white'ish/silver spot. Which I thought you said that means they are growing.

They are attached to the underside of my montipora, should I remove them or leave them be? And by remove I mean break off the piece of coral that the eggs are attached to.

Sorry to hijack your thread for this question but this has never happened in any of my tanks.


No worries, is this the first time they have laid eggs? It will probably take several clutches of eggs before you get a worthwhile hatch. You have a choice of letting them hatch in your main tank, or attempting to move them to a separate tank the day before they will hatch. I would read Pickle's thread on clownfish breeding. You will need some time to set up the fry tank with airstone, heater, light, and rotifers.

I keep a notebook, to keep track of things. My eggs typically hatch on the eighth night, about an hour after lights out.


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No worries, is this the first time they have laid eggs? It will probably take several clutches of eggs before you get a worthwhile hatch. You have a choice of letting them hatch in your main tank, or attempting to move them to a separate tank the day before they will hatch. I would read Pickle's thread on clownfish breeding. You will need some time to set up the fry tank with airstone, heater, light, and rotifers.

I keep a notebook, to keep track of things. My eggs typically hatch on the eighth night, about an hour after lights out.
Thank you for that info.

Yes, this is the first go around.

I will start reading now for the future , thanks


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In my opinion, I would not break the monti off since they tend to lay eggs in the same spot. If you break it off, it may delay the next clutch since they have to prep a new location.

You may have to just scoop them out on hatch night.


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How is the striping on your babies? The only batch I raised had about 70% with normal lines. The others had broken stripes or the lines would stop half way down their body, fewer stripes on one side than the other.


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Unread 03/25/2016, 08:15 PM   #89
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The babies are only 10 days old now, so it's hard to say if their stripes are complete and normal. I've read that incomplete stripes, or misbars can be related to water quality. Right now they all have one stripe. My older batch that are 2 and a half months old are about 30% misbars.



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Unread 03/26/2016, 05:29 PM   #90
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They are attached to the underside of my montipora, should I remove them or leave them be? And by remove I mean break off the piece of coral that the eggs are attached to.

Sorry to hijack your thread for this question but this has never happened in any of my tanks.
The great thing about CF breeding is you don't have to be in a hurry. They will lay another clutch in a couple of weeks. If you don't harvest this batch another will be along very soon! In the interim, you've got free live fish/coral food!

For harvesting fry from a DT, you might try the larval trap made by, IIRC, Chad Vossen. You could also try putting a clay flower pot near the monti and see if they would switch to it. Then you can swap it for a new flower pot the day before hatch is expected.


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SOO hard to get a decent photo.
You have nothing to apologize for. They look like little dust specks in real life just like your pics!


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The great thing about CF breeding is you don't have to be in a hurry. They will lay another clutch in a couple of weeks. If you don't harvest this batch another will be along very soon! In the interim, you've got free live fish/coral food!

For harvesting fry from a DT, you might try the larval trap made by, IIRC, Chad Vossen. You could also try putting a clay flower pot near the monti and see if they would switch to it. Then you can swap it for a new flower pot the day before hatch is expected.
Well tonight was the night, pumps just happen to be turned off from me feeding my mandarin just before lights out. I left all the pumps off for awhile since crabs were cleaning up the debris. Grabbed my flashlight, and BAM! They were everywhere! I'd say at least 30-40. Once I put light on them the female started gulping them down lol and the same with a few of my damsels. Scooped out about 10 and tossed in the fuge, at least it has slow flow. I know I don't properly have what they need for this go around, but I just still can't believe they hatched, first time ever! And there was a lot!

Welp, I better keep on reading...


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Congrats on the babies!!

Here's a video of day 16 fry, and almost 3 month old fish.



I sold five of the bigger ones back to the lfs a few days ago and they are doing well in their tank.


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Congrats on the babies!!

Here's a video of day 16 fry, and almost 3 month old fish.



I sold five of the bigger ones back to the lfs a few days ago and they are doing well in their tank.
You are the man, great work!


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Well last night she laid round two. And your were right, the egg count has easily doubled if not tripled!

Luckily my tank is in wall and I can see from the backside of the tank because like stated by someone else, they choose the same location which cannot be seen from the front viewing panel.

Although my phone kept wanting to focus on the glass and rocks that were closer, I was able to get a somewhat decent picture. Unfortunately I dont have a fancy camera.





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Day 25, feeding frenzy!


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That's a bunch of babies! So how many do you figure you have, and will you be raising anymore clutches of eggs?


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That's a bunch of babies! So how many do you figure you have, and will you be raising anymore clutches of eggs?
Thanks, I'm thinking I might have 140-150? They're hard to count, lol.

Not sure I'm going to raise any more right now. I've got two tanks of clownfish, and I don't think I can / want to handle any more than that. I do really enjoy doing it, and watching the growth cycle. Buying rotifers and rotifer feed is not cheap. Especially with shipping. If there were a store or hobbyist near me where I could get a bag of rotifers reasonable price, then I might do it more often. Once they are past eating rotifers, it becomes much easier.

The other thing to consider is what to do with all the fish? Two clutches ago, I only had like 38 fish. I gave away like 10 fish, and sold some back to the lfs. I have a good relationship with my lfs, but I don't think they need 150 clownfish. The last consideration is vacation. It's not easy to go away when you've got baby clownfish.

The lfs put me in touch with a High School student that has been trying to do a research project on raising clownfish. She's been trying for 7 months and her pair is not laying eggs. I'm going to try to give her the next clutch to raise for her school project.


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I could watch them eat all day long. awesome! Nice work.


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