My black and white Ocellaris clowns laid eggs!!!

Mal11224 · Jan 30, 2019

I noticed that one of them was not swimming around like it usually does. Looked in the back of the tank and saw this.

James M · Jan 30, 2019

It always rewarding to see something like that, makes you happy.
Any Plans on breeding them ??

Katrina71 · Jan 30, 2019

Very cool!

Mal11224 · Jan 30, 2019

James M said:
It always rewarding to see something like that, makes you happy.
Any Plans on breeding them ??

I am happy to see it. It was definitely unexpected. Would like to do some research on breeding. Looks like nothing in the tank can get close to that spot.

ca1ore · Jan 30, 2019

That is cool. I have a pair of clowns that lay eggs every few weeks. I have a perfect record of raising the babies ...... zero for 250,000.

Mal11224 · Jan 30, 2019

ca1ore said:
That is cool. I have a pair of clowns that lay eggs every few weeks. I have a perfect record of raising the babies ...... zero for 250,000.

Lol, yeah, I’m almost 100% sure that these clowns would need their own tank for success.

vetteguy53081 · Jan 30, 2019

That is awesome.
Do expect high loss (2% survival) first couple of batches. Ideal would be to set up a 10-20 gal tank and use methylene blue and good aeration over eggs for artificial raising of fry. Clowns make great parents but inexperienced parent clowns will be ineffective at first in caring for fry but get better as each egg deposit occur

Mal11224 · Jan 30, 2019

vetteguy53081 said:
That is awesome.
Do expect high loss (2% survival) first couple of batches. Ideal would be to set up a 10-20 gal tank and use methylene blue and good aeration over eggs for artificial raising of fry. Clowns make great parents but inexperienced parent clowns will be ineffective at first in caring for fry but get better as each egg deposit occur

Thanks for the advice. Definitely thinking about setting up a small tank to see if I can do it.

hbrochs · Jan 30, 2019

It will probably take you three or four weeks to get ready to raise a clutch.
You need to learn how to culture rotifers, and set up a fry tank. 10 gallon tank is fine, small heater and sponge filter. Google Pickles clownfish breeding