Anyone Have tips for breeding clowns?

[reefreak]

just wondering if anyone has any good tips for breeding clownfish?

[350gt]

take them to dinner first.:wub:

[reefreak]

:)

[350gt]

sorry man, I had to.... lol

[reefreak]

haha lol

[Europhyllia]

they do the breeding pretty much all by themselves. You don't have to worry about it until the eggs are there.
If you get young clownfish it may take them quite awhile to mature.
As with any broodstock it's important to keep them well fed.
Survival first. Reproduction second.
If they are starving they are not going to expend the extra energy for reproduction.
Be ready. Culture some phyto and rots. Some people feed their rots algae paste instead of live phyto

[reefreak]

they do the breeding pretty much all by themselves. You don't have to worry about it until the eggs are there.
If you get young clownfish it may take them quite awhile to mature.
As with any broodstock it's important to keep them well fed.
Survival first. Reproduction second.
If they are starving they are not going to expend the extra energy for reproduction.
Be ready. Culture some phyto and rots. Some people feed their rots algae paste instead of live phyto

THanks i have rots coming in on thursday and ive had my clowns for a few months

[hobogato]

are the clowns spawning already? i would not start maintaining a rotifer culture unless they are regularly breeding. like karin said, it can take a long time for a pair of clowns to get into the habit of regularly producing eggs.

[Big_Pun]

lil article to help
http://www.bluezooaquatics.com/resources.asp?show=417

[Europhyllia]

yeah if you have clowns that are just a few months old and not yet spawning you could be maintaining rot cultures for a year for nothing

[Roo&Lis]

This is pretty much everything you need to know:

http://www.breedclownfish.com/

[reefreak]

This is pretty much everything you need to know:

http://www.breedclownfish.com/

I have had them for a few months but a friend of mine had for about a year

[BSJF]

Lots and lots of food, including live foods will help increase the size of the spawns. Are they spawning at all yet? If they are and you do get your culture going, feed rotifers to the parents. Helps them feel like there will be food for the babies.

[reefreak]

thanks and the rotifer will be arriving thursday

[reefreak]

Got my rotifer in today going to start the culturing!:whew: