Clown eggs

[Avis]

We are on our 3rd set of eggs in about a month or so. It is neat to see the eyes show. They start out orangy and turn back. then glow. about 8 days to hatch and then their gone. Wonder how long they will have eggs?

 

[SlackTide]

they will continue until they are very old (or unlucky) or until something in the tank changes they don't like, were you thinking of growing some out?

 

[joejoe1055]

what kind of clowns?

 

[Tomoko Schum]

I can share some stuff to raise clownfish babies if you are interested. I have live phytoplankton, live rotifers, some brine shrimp eggs, and some of the "wonder" baby food called Otohime. Let me know if I can help you. You can see my old thread about how I raised mine: Suddenly eggs - Reef Central Online Community (I hope they let you see the thread here.)

 

[H@rry]

We've got a pair of Clarki (or Sabae - I forgot which one and I can't tell the difference) that lay about every two weeks. We have had the female for 10 years so I don't know how long they will continue.

 

[Just Clownin Around]

last time i checked ora had one that was 25yrs old and still laying although they stopped collecting

 

[Avis]

Reading the thread, wow it is amazing that you caught them and grew them. We may take you up on some of the foods, we need to do more reading and will let you know. Thanks Nancy

 

[ZOABOY]

25yrs ****...

 

[sprinklerdudes]

{25} {{wow}} I didn't know that they lived that long, I thought they all went crazy in a few years and dicided to go carpet surfing when you were not home.

 

[H@rry]

I have often thought that clown fish probably live a lot longer in our tanks than they would in the oceans because of a lack of some of their predators.

 

[SlackTide]

I have often thought that clown fish probably live a lot longer in our tanks than they would in the oceans because of a lack of some of their predators.

lol, millions of years in evolution and predator evasion, a very few decades figuring out captivity

 

[H@rry]

lol, millions of years in evolution and predator evasion, a very few decades figuring out captivity

So you disagree that clown fish could probably live longer with lack of predators?

 

[SlackTide]

certainly not a maybe

 

[Alabama Reefer]

I think they would live longer in the wild. It seems eveything else does, sure some will get killed by other fish but I believe for the most the live longer in the wild. Kinda like anemones they say in the wild they live thousands of years but in tanks the average under good conditions is 3 years

 

[H@rry]

How can "they" tell that they live thousands of years?

 

[jason.tammy]

I agree with SlackTide about changes in the tank. We had a laying pair, female orange and male black ocellaris that laid eggs like clockwork for months. I moved one rock, and they went on strike for 2 months. Tomoko has a great design for a larvae snagger that you should seriously look at if you're wanting to try and raise them. Avoids having to take the egg rock out of the tank for hatching.

Tammy

 

[Tomoko Schum]

I think that Tammy is reftering to this snagger that I made out of a coke bottle and sponge filter riser section:

Hmm... photobucket seems to be acting up this evening..... If you want to see it, PM me.