My Salomon Island Perc have mated!

Spiderwoman · Mar 5, 2009

I got a pair of wild caught Salomon Island Percs last fall and they finally took to their RBTA a few weeks later. This afternoon I witnessed them laying eggs. I'm so excited! I have another pair of clowns in our 150g reef tank and they started laying eggs in the fall.

Few shots of the process...

revhtree · Mar 5, 2009

Oh wow how exciting! This is my favorite part of a reef tank! Clowns and their babies!

mnherper · Mar 5, 2009

very exciting congratulation.

bannshy · Mar 5, 2009

Sweet I wish my clowns would lay eggs. I have a friend who raises them.

Ladipyg · Mar 5, 2009

Congrats Gram...hope you get lots of grand clowns out of this....

dbarker · Mar 5, 2009

WOW! That is so cool! That's when you know you are doing the aquarium thing right!!

Elan · Mar 5, 2009

awesome, my clown is going to lay eggs any day now aswell! Im getting excited also!

pakora · Mar 5, 2009

wow nature sure is amazing!

zoous · Mar 5, 2009

Congratulations. Nice pics. Do you plan to raise them?

Spiderwoman · Mar 5, 2009

Thanks guys! Right now I can't take care of the fry, I'd need to have separate tanks running for 2 mated pairs and hope that they would lay eggs in those new tanks. Maybe one day... I have a 3rd pair of clowns in my nano, Picasso's and once they are mature enough to mate, I may have to start raising their fry.

slipondajimmy · Mar 7, 2009

I wish my clowns would just get along...lol .

Very nice pics

Haddonis Reef · Mar 15, 2009

Better get Joyce D Wilkersons book on clown fish! Best read i have found on clowns!

zooid · Mar 15, 2009

Congratulations. Before the picassos start mating you should at least try to raise some of the onyx batches so you can get the hang of it. If you can get the process down fairly well, you won't lose as many of the expensive picasso babies.
Good luck
Gale