We have a pair of black clowns in one of the shops display tanks, that have again laid eggs, they have been laying them every few weeks for the past 3 or 4 months, but they seam to be eaten as soon as they hatch, is there any way of rearing the young, have thought about using a breeding net/hatchery, but was wondering if the way the parents fan them is important to their development?
Black Clowns
- Thread starter Twixy
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when they lay eggs leave them in there until they turn silver and u can see the eyes then remove the substrate that they have laid the eggs on. you have to leave them in the parents tank until the night of hatching so the male can incubate the eggs. u can also do it artificially with an air stone but it can be difficult. they usally take six to eight days to hatch. for the food they will eat rotifers their first few days. rotifers are a type of zooplankton. the rotifers eat phytoplankton. both of these can be cultured easily. after the first weeek you can offer them baby brine shrimp and crushed flake food. really what u need to do is buy the book clownfishes by joyce d wilkerson and read up about culturing phytoplankton and rotifers. its to much to type
Ok Thanks for that, our only problem is they have a little nook that they have claimed as theirs, and attach each brood to the rocks,would there be an easy way of removing them with out causing any damage?
probably not, my clowns use to breed on a powerhead >.< lol.. I've also heard of them laying on magnetic algae scraper parts. my suggestion would be to find someing appropriate w/ a flat suraface and place it in the tank near or ontop of where they usually lay. darker colored objects seem to be the choice. maybe try a submersible heater ( NOT plugged in! of course!) or something of similar substance. I never had the inclination to try and raise the fry. But that was also about 8 years ago... heh.
btw that book rocks!
btw that book rocks!