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pilot_bell777
Mon, 14th Nov 2005, 04:14 PM
I think my clowns are about to mate! LOL

:lol

The male has cleaned one corner of my nano SOOOO much that there is no sand there, BB! LOL and the female keeps going down there and checking things out.

everything I read about them mating they seem to be doing! YEA>>>>

Haven't seen any eggs though yet! :unsure

Keep your fins crossed! ^_^

I even covered their lights with a red scarf and put on some Barry Manelo......

Will the Frys make it or will the filters get them? Also, what do you feed the fry if they do hatch?
hobogato
Mon, 14th Nov 2005, 04:18 PM
rotifers. hardest part of the whole process i think. this is just what i have read on other threads. good luck! keep us posted. hopefully someone who knows more will chime in or give you some good links.
JeremyGlen
Mon, 14th Nov 2005, 04:29 PM
Good luck. Hopefully they will lay and hatch. The only problem will be keeping the fry out of the filtration. They will probably hatch at night and you'll never see them. If you do see them, you can try and catch them, but you have to be very careful because they are fragile.

If eggs do show up, you could go and get one of those floating hatcheries to try and keep them in for the first few weeks/months. You can feed them rotifers and live phytoplankton.

Have fun.
Reef69
Mon, 14th Nov 2005, 04:30 PM
Its a long process, if they lay eggs, PM me, ill help you out..
Sherri
Mon, 14th Nov 2005, 05:37 PM
Hey...my blk/wht ocel. has spawned 4 times in the last 6 weeks...laid a whole bunch of eggs last night...they host a large colt that is attached to its' own rock and they lay the eggs on that rock at the base of the colt. The last couple of batches, some have lasted till you can practically see what looks to be eyes or some sort of reflection in the egg sacks...I'll see if I can get a pic. It's awesome to watch them spawn... :)
don-n-sa
Mon, 14th Nov 2005, 05:57 PM
It's awesome to watch them spawn... :)

uhh Sherri your not supposed to watch.... :blink :blink


:P jk
C.Mydas
Mon, 14th Nov 2005, 06:20 PM
Tis the season...apparently...lol
My harlequin shrimp spawned last night. It was so neat. since it is only a 6 gallon and there were hundreds of baby shrimp everywhere it looked like a snowglobe!! Christmas in the reef!
Sherri
Mon, 14th Nov 2005, 07:00 PM
Tis the season...apparently...lol
My harlequin shrimp spawned last night. It was so neat. since it is only a 6 gallon and there were hundreds of baby shrimp everywhere it looked like a snowglobe!! Christmas in the reef!

Apparently it's the popular thing to do...you're just jealous Donnie - you have any fish spawning?! :P hehe

Sherri
don-n-sa
Mon, 14th Nov 2005, 07:14 PM
you're just jealous Donnie - you have any fish spawning?! :P hehe Sherri

my clowns spawned once about 2 months ago.... :roll
pilot_bell777
Mon, 14th Nov 2005, 07:27 PM
shot, yall are all taking about the ""fun"" part....I'm just excited that they are going to get along and I'm not going to have to get rid of one! LOL
Marlin
Mon, 14th Nov 2005, 10:03 PM
That's great!! Are you doing anything special with the lighting cycle or did they spawn with your normal light schedule?
gjuarez
Mon, 14th Nov 2005, 10:40 PM
Hey Jason, thats great to hear, but you got the wrong Barry. IF you want them to spawn sooner you might want to try barry white instead. Good luck and keep us posted.
Jerry
GaryP
Mon, 14th Nov 2005, 11:27 PM
Your corals may also get the fry also. Instar is a GSM breeder. He's the guy to talk to about raising them.
subber
Mon, 14th Nov 2005, 11:30 PM
There is a member of the Houston club Marsh that spawns them and raises them then either sells them of gives them away, she wrote a whole thread with pictures about the process and tells you what to do and what not to do. She has done it a few times and is now a pro. The pics of the babies are really cool.....Micro Percs....I'll see if I can find the thread and post it so others on here can see ...........
Reef69
Mon, 14th Nov 2005, 11:54 PM
I'd suggest you get the book "Clownfish" bye Joyce Wilkerson. Its the bible of all clown breeders..I know that book cover to cover ..very cool and very interesting.
pilot_bell777
Tue, 15th Nov 2005, 12:11 AM
Not wanting to breed them, just for them to get along so I can keep them both.
subber
Tue, 15th Nov 2005, 01:06 AM
Here is a short doc (from Marsh)on how KarenB in Houston raised little percs to teenagers and it is not "The Bible", but a regular person telling the rest of us that hasn't done it, how she did it then pass on the info. Her actions speak volumes in that she actually raised them and took the time to tell others .

http://www.marshreef.com/files/raising_clownfish.doc

Has some good pics of her babies too......