Clownfish Eggs?

[djm]

Hi Guys

I was just about to do my weekly water change and noticed what looks like eggs attached to my rock next to where my clownfish are hosting a BTA.

Are these eggs? They have never laid eggs before. If they are eggs what should I do with them?

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Looks like eggs to me! You can compare against the pics and vid in the thread below to double check for yourself:

Clownfish Embryos Close-up

Just wanted to share some pics I captured of Ocellaris Clownfish embryo development. The parents are around 17-18 years old and are constantly laying and tending eggs. Which means I get bit a lot. The female jumps completely out of the water to bite me when I feed. Here is a video of the...

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If you want to try and raise them:

Yeah, you'll need a larval rearing tank (doesn't have to be big, fancy, or expensive - you basically just need a small tank with a heater and some water movement; strong biofiltration like from used filter media is suggested - don't use a mechanical filter, protein skimmer, etc. as these will kill the larvae), a phytoplankton culture, a rotifer culture, and an Artemia culture or a small and nutritious pellet feed (like Otohime or TDO Chromaboost).

The thread below can give some ideas/help with the rearing, but it's not a "must do" guide - it's more of general advice/guidelines:

How I successfully raised baby clownfish

I slightly panicked for a second when I first saw a bunch of little orange dots in my aquarium right next to my ocellaris clownfish and their anemone. My immediate thought was that it was some weird algae or pest. A few seconds later I realized my clowns had laid eggs! I thought it was pretty...

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If you don't want to try and raise them, then you can just let them hatch and they'll turn into food for the tank.

 

[Dbichler]

Yup those are clownfish eggs that are a day or two away from hatching. There’s nothing to do other than let them hatch and let the fish and filtration take care of them. If you want to raise them it’s a hard process that requires multiple tanks and raising rotifera and other special foods. Most people opt for letting it be free food. Since these eggs look so good you probably missed the first couple attempts. Congrats you have healthy happy clowns.