Buying spawning black ice clownfish

[BigAquaBob]

Hello everyone,

I am buying a pair of spawning black ice clowns. Couple of questions hopefully someone will know.

What would be a good price for these?
They are 5-6 years old; how long do they live for and stay spawning for?
I would like to keep the babies alive to possibly sell some day and maybe pay for this hobby lol any advice there?
I have a watermelon bra will it be better for them to host or should I let them do their own thing when I put them jn dt? I am qting them for a month before adding them.

Thank You for the help

 

[Jekyl]

Babies can't be kept in the same tank and require special food. You will have to remove them before hatching. Sounds like something fun to do but it's not going to fund the hobby.

 

[lapin]

They will host and lay where they want. You can only provide places and they might or might not like them.
I would research raising clowns

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[((FORDTECH))]

Hello everyone,

I am buying a pair of spawning black ice clowns. Couple of questions hopefully someone will know.

What would be a good price for these?
They are 5-6 years old; how long do they live for and stay spawning for?
I would like to keep the babies alive to possibly sell some day and maybe pay for this hobby lol any advice there?
I have a watermelon bra will it be better for them to host or should I let them do their own thing when I put them jn dt? I am qting them for a month before adding them.

Thank You for the help

I will tell you one thing from my experience most likely when you take them from there home they at now and bring them to your house and put in new tank they will stop breeding. If they are pregnant they will lay they last clutch but then will stop. Only after awhile when they are again comfortable In There new environment will they start to breed again. Could take 2-3 months could be a year. Most important is providing them established tank they comfortable in and lots of good food and time. I e bought breeding pairs that I’ve taken home and they never lay again and I sold them 2 years later. I’ve also had them lay again as soon as 2 months later

 

[Uncle99]

The price could very widely depending on your geographical area and anytime we add a fancy tag like “black ice”, well then always way higher.

If your buying them for raising fry, then I don’t put them in the DT, rather, they stay in 20g glass with a 6” clay pot so you can remove the pot and the attached fertilized fry to a 10g rearing tank. You’ll need a constant fresh supply of “enriched” rotifers for 7-10 days. The enrichment, (without enrichment the rotifers are really not that nutritional) but we can step that up by adding Selcon and Phyto to the rotifers jar, 4 hours before use.

Keeping fry in a DT would not last 5 minutes, all will be eaten.
Also, fry can not be removed safety from the DT.

Lifespan in captivity ranges between 5-15 years, some report 20 years. The wide variation results from differences in species, environment provided, and level of care.

How long will they spawn? Mine always seemed to have a rhythm, so a spawn every few weeks for months, then stop for months, then repeat. Not sure if there’s some trigger.

So to be honest, it’s a ton of fun, but outside your DT where you can control the outcome.

If your doing it for money, don’t, you’ll make little money for a ton of work.

If your want to make money, your talking about managing say 20-30 breeders.

Maybe some of that helps.

 

[BigAquaBob]

I will tell you one thing from my experience most likely when you take them from there home they at now and bring them to your house and put in new tank they will stop breeding. If they are pregnant they will lay they last clutch but then will stop. Only after awhile when they are again comfortable In There new environment will they start to breed again. Could take 2-3 months could be a year. Most important is providing them established tank they comfortable in and lots of good food and time. I e bought breeding pairs that I’ve taken home and they never lay again and I sold them 2 years later. I’ve also had them lay again as soon as 2 months later

What can I do to help them feel comfortable? I do have an extra tank for the babies if they are laid

 

[BigAquaBob]

Lol 20-30 wife will not allow that haha. Not trying to be ignorant but why would I not be able to start small. If these lay 300 eggs every month even those would make money. I know I'd need more tanks for all those tiny fishes. Would you mind expanding on the 20-30 to make money part?