Ziggy953 December 9, 2008 Share December 9, 2008 Anyone have experience with breeding clowns? Know any good links for research? My pair of clowns have laid eggs and they look like they will be viable as I can already make out the eyes in the eggs. I have a feeling it is a lot more work then I'm interested in taking on but I would at least like to learn. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoozilla December 9, 2008 Share December 9, 2008 Congratz Are these the pair you got from me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wreck December 9, 2008 Share December 9, 2008 If you can see the eyes, the eggs are about to hatch. I successfully raised a couple of batches of Tomato clowns, I learned everything I needed to know from the book "Clownfishes" by Joyce Wilkerson. It's definitely a lot of work but very cool to see the littles guys grow. Wreck Anyone have experience with breeding clowns? Know any good links for research? My pair of clowns have laid eggs and they look like they will be viable as I can already make out the eyes in the eggs. I have a feeling it is a lot more work then I'm interested in taking on but I would at least like to learn. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy953 December 9, 2008 Author Share December 9, 2008 Congratz Are these the pair you got from me? They are indeed the pair I got from you. I have a feeling this isn't the first time they have spawned. They hang out on a branch of frogspawn and have been doing that for about a month now so I have a feeling they have been spawning on a regular basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy953 December 9, 2008 Author Share December 9, 2008 If you can see the eyes, the eggs are about to hatch. I successfully raised a couple of batches of Tomato clowns, I learned everything I needed to know from the book "Clownfishes" by Joyce Wilkerson. It's definitely a lot of work but very cool to see the littles guys grow.Wreck Yeah I figured they were close to hatching. I never see the skeleton of frogspawn, the coral is normally opened up when I get up. (I work night so I sleep till after noon) Today though my MHs hadn't come on (timer crapped out) so I got a good close look at the frogspawn and how the clowns were hanging around it. I thought it was algae at first then I looked closely and saw the eyes staring up at me. I guess I've missed the opportunity this go round. I believe they hatch at night and will head towards a light source. I have 3 green chromis in the tank with these clowns and my frags so I guess there will be a feast in the next couple of nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightOwl December 9, 2008 Share December 9, 2008 Here are some of the links to places I was looking at before traveling so much for work. Breeding Clownfish Breeding Clownfish Breeding Clownfish This is a great book - Joyce Wilkerson's - "Clownfishes" My clownfish spawn every 12 days or so and I may try to raise a few offspring if work does not have me traveling so much in the next few weeks. Another good place is over on Reef Central in the breeding forums. Henry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy953 December 9, 2008 Author Share December 9, 2008 Here are some of the links to places I was looking at before traveling so much for work. Breeding Clownfish Breeding Clownfish Breeding Clownfish This is a great book - Joyce Wilkerson's - "Clownfishes" My clownfish spawn every 12 days or so and I may try to raise a few offspring if work does not have me traveling so much in the next few weeks. Another good place is over on Reef Central in the breeding forums. Henry Awesome! Thank you for the links and you are the 4th person to recommend that book. I'll have to pick it up this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbartco December 9, 2008 Share December 9, 2008 have a few batches going now. Book pretty much lays it out for you. MOFIB.org has some good info there as well. read through the breeding logs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy953 December 9, 2008 Author Share December 9, 2008 have a few batches going now. Book pretty much lays it out for you. MOFIB.org has some good info there as well. read through the breeding logs. Thanks Doug! I was linked to MOFIB.org from a thread on RC and WOW talk about some learning! Do you have a thread there detailing your method? I know there is no way I can save this batch but I would like to give it a shot in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbartco December 9, 2008 Share December 9, 2008 too lazy to create my own thread. only so much time to play on the boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schulzjp December 10, 2008 Share December 10, 2008 Does inbreeding become an issue with raising fish? If you are tank raising these fish, It seems that you would be unable to provide pairs to people unless they are brother/sister. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason the filter freak December 10, 2008 Share December 10, 2008 Does inbreeding become an issue with raising fish? If you are tank raising these fish, It seems that you would be unable to provide pairs to people unless they are brother/sister. How do you think you end up with these ugly buggers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy953 December 18, 2008 Author Share December 18, 2008 That is true, unless you had more then one breeding pair and paired up that way. My clowns laid eggs on 12/12 2 days after the other nest hatched. I still have not set anything up to attempt raising so this nest will go as food. I expect to see them hatch tonight or tomorrow night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoozilla December 18, 2008 Share December 18, 2008 That is true, unless you had more then one breeding pair and paired up that way. My clowns laid eggs on 12/12 2 days after the other nest hatched. I still have not set anything up to attempt raising so this nest will go as food. I expect to see them hatch tonight or tomorrow night. If any survive, we'll need some pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capsfan December 19, 2008 Share December 19, 2008 How do you think you end up with these ugly buggers Uhg. Those things are ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy953 December 20, 2008 Author Share December 20, 2008 I'm not going to attempt to keep this nest either. I have ordered Wilkerson's book and I have some other items on the way to start raising them. I have yet to start a Rotifer culture and I don't have any phyto. I'm still a few weeks away from being able to keep them. My sponge filter showed up the other day and I will be putting it in my sump later today. The eggs did not hatch last night so they will probably hatch tonight. I'm going to siphon some of the fish out as they hatch (provided I'm still up when they hatch) into my fuge. I have a GIANT copepod population and I've read they can eat copepods right after the pods hatch. We'll see if any survive, other then that I'm not going to do anything with this nest. I have a tile in the tank with the clowns next to the frogspawn they are hosting in hopes they will lay on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbartco December 21, 2008 Share December 21, 2008 just use the cryo phtyo. I thought I was going to do the live phyto as well, but came to realized that was too much work. Better results supposedly, but unless you want to do this commercially, not probably worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy953 December 22, 2008 Author Share December 22, 2008 just use the cryo phtyo. I thought I was going to do the live phyto as well, but came to realized that was too much work. Better results supposedly, but unless you want to do this commercially, not probably worth it. I have thought about using the same but since I have another project in the works that will require live phyto I'll probably just start a culture again. I have grown "green water" in the past so it's not new to me. It is a bit of a pain at times but once I get my system going again it will pretty much take care of it's self. Raising the rotifers is going to be a new task for me as I've never done it. From what I read they aren't to difficult as long as they are feed and harvested regularly. My book should be here any day now. My most recent nest laid on 12/12 hatched on Saturday night. I didn't get to see them hatch or catch anything on film. Maybe next go round. If the clowns stick to their schedule I should have another nest by Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy953 December 24, 2008 Author Share December 24, 2008 I got home at 5:45am this morning and I have another nest. This time the clowns decided to lay on the tile I have next to the frogspawn. I will get a pic of the nest later today and post it. I'm going to use a neat little trick I picked up from RC on how to count the eggs and get a good number. It looks rather large I'm going to guess around 650+. We'll see how close I am. Step 1...clowns lay eggs on tile. CHECK! Step 2...Haven't gotten that far yet.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbartco December 24, 2008 Share December 24, 2008 I'm going to use a neat little trick I picked up from RC on how to count the eggs and get a good number. It looks rather large I'm going to guess around 650+. We'll see how close I am.Step 1...clowns lay eggs on tile. CHECK! Step 2...Haven't gotten that far yet.... take a pic, open in ms paint, and make dots on eggs counting to 100, change colors, continue? Have rots yet? If you are in purcellville and need any... And keep us updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy953 December 27, 2008 Author Share December 27, 2008 take a pic, open in ms paint, and make dots on eggs counting to 100, change colors, continue? Have rots yet? If you are in purcellville and need any... And keep us updated. That is exactly how I was going to count them. Unfortunately my camera will not give me a good enough pic to do that so I'll have to forgo the counting. I do not have rots yet. I may not do anything with this nest. As it is the holiday season getting something quickly is going to be tough. I have managed to clean out my 10g tanks and get them somewhat ready. I'm still planning on dividing my 55 into thirds for grow out. That of course is provided I can get them to stay alive long enough to grow. I'm not sure exactly where purcellville is but I have a feeling it isn't really close to me. Thank you very much for the offer though. I'm going by BRK tomorrow and talk with John about getting some rots in. They say they can get them for me so we will see. I still need to get some instant algae or something to feed the rots with so I think that will be step one. The eggs are developing nicely and based on the previous nests I expect them to hatch on or about 1/1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy953 January 3, 2009 Author Share January 3, 2009 I just got to see one of the coolest things I've seen since starting the hobby. My clowns laid eggs before the lights went out. Here are some pics..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbartco January 3, 2009 Share January 3, 2009 . My clowns laid eggs before the lights went out. they always will! nice pics, nice large clutch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy953 January 3, 2009 Author Share January 3, 2009 they always will! nice pics, nice large clutch This is the first time I've gotten to see it happening! It was really cool I felt like I was part of National Geographic or something. LOL I may have to take you up on your offer for those rotifers...if it still stands... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbartco January 3, 2009 Share January 3, 2009 rots avail in purcellville eve/weekends or reston during weekdays. I am hatching a clutch as we speak. I lost about 90% of the last clutch, due to what I think was pretty poor nutrition of mom. I fed sparingly only flake, and had horrible survivability. All hatched, but were dead by morning. Hopefully tonights will be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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