Clownfish breeding

[RedipsNam]

More/any advice for letting them spawn? My tank is already stable without skimmer (but planning to get one and I have dragon’s breath so it will eat nutrients too) and running 1 sump for 2 of this tank, on the top pairs, I have them almost 6 months already and 4 of them are 2 years old already. As you can see in the bottom, I have them 2 months already but they are almost 5 years old. More advice please I feed them a lot of food 4-5x a day that’s why they are healthy as you can see in my video and I give them a lot of diets. Salinity 1.020, heater is around 82-84* especially I put rotifers every night for them to think they have food for their babies

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

The video won’t show on my phone, but I’m assuming you have a nem or nem substitute (like a clay pot) for them, so here’s the advice I typically give at the moment based on what I’ve read (p.s. the Fish Breeding Forum here on R2R would be a great place to look for clownfish breeding advice):

I've never bred clowns myself (so hopefully you'll get more advice than just mine), but here's the advice that I've gathered from the forum while looking into clownfish breeding:

ISpeakForTheSeas said:
As I understand it, the main things are proper feeding (probably several times a day) and making sure there's nothing stressing the fish out. From there, you pretty much leave them alone and they spawn.

I don't know what you're feeding, but from what I've seen with others, I'd recommend trying LRS Fertility Frenzy, black worms, and NLS or TDO pellets (Otohime is a proven brand too, but it seems to have fallen out of favor somewhat in recent months/years) for the food. Adding enriched Rotifers and pods/BBS wouldn't hurt either - and you'll need to culture the rots for the baby clowns anyway. Fresh clams are pretty much always a good idea too. That said, the feeding doesn't have to be overly complex or expensive (Paul B fed clams and blackworms and had spawning), the above is just what I've seen work for a large number of people.

Beyond that, I've heard the following tips from at least one breeder (no guarantees these would work for/help you, but it's what I've heard from a couple of confirmed breeders): clowns like dirtier water, a 14 hour light period, slightly lower salinity (1.020), and a higher temp (80-82F).

Edit: just to add, assuming there’s nothing stressing the clowns out (water quality issues, aggression, etc.), my assumption is that the food they’re getting may not be nutritious enough to support spawning, so I’d try switching to some of the foods suggested in my quote above.

 

[RedipsNam]

The video won’t show on my phone, but I’m assuming you have a nem or nem substitute (like a clay pot) for them, so here’s the advice I typically give at the moment based on what I’ve read (p.s. the Fish Breeding Forum here on R2R would be a great place to look for clownfish breeding advice):

I've never bred clowns myself (so hopefully you'll get more advice than just mine), but here's the advice that I've gathered from the forum while looking into clownfish breeding:

Edit: just to add, assuming there’s nothing stressing the clowns out (water quality issues, aggression, etc.), my assumption is that the food they’re getting may not be nutritious enough to support spawning, so I’d try switching to some of the foods suggested in my quote above.

I feed them tdo, brine and mysis shrimp and beef's heart. I tried to feed them a clams before in a small amount they didn't eat it but I'll try again, I'm interested on that black worms, anyway there's nothing disturbing them, light is 15 hrs and yeah that's it, what can you say about this?

Edit: my 10 gallon tank has a divider on the middle so 1 pair from left and 1 pair from right, I'm planning to get a new 5 gallon tank and run the same water to each other and separate them

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I feed them tdo, brine and mysis shrimp and beef's heart. I tried to feed them a clams before in a small amount they didn't eat it but I'll try again, I'm interested on that black worms, anyway there's nothing disturbing them, light is 15 hrs and yeah that's it, what can you say about this?

Edit: my 10 gallon tank has a divider on the middle so 1 pair from left and 1 pair from right, I'm planning to get a new 5 gallon tank and run the same water to each other and separate them

Looking at the guaranteed analysis, TDO and brine are a little bit low on protein (and brine shrimp isn’t generally considered very nutritious), so it was a good idea to supplement with the higher protein sources of mysis and beef heart (not sure how nutritious these are for fish). It looks like it should be a fine diet, but if your pairs aren’t laying after having them for months than something is likely off.

Personally, I’d switch things up and go with either the LRS foods or clam on half shell for the bulk of the diet with the stuff you’re feeding now as supplements - no guarantee it would fix your problem, but it’s a relatively easy issue to check.

That said, though, have you made any changes to the aquarium they’re in recently/since they paired up/settled in? (I.e. have you moved any rocks/decor, added a new inhabitant, changed up the flow, etc. - that sort of thing). I’ve heard that making changes to their tanks can cause them to go on a spawning hiatus (the longest I’ve heard of this lasting was eight months, if I recall correctly, but most I’ve heard about only last a few days/weeks).