My Clowns are Spawning!

[waltercat]

Finally after 5 years my false percs are spawning. I have some video which I'll try to post shortly.

Couple of questions:

I can see the eggs but I'm not sure the male is fertilizing them. How can I tell if this is happening?

Does anyone here breed clowns? I'd be happy to give you the rock. The male is tank bred, the female is wild.

 

[OBTEPPER]

clowns

my clowns are also spawning. they seem to do it every couple of months.

 

[Aquatic Life Direct]

my clowns are also spawning. they seem to do it every couple of months.

have you been sucessful in raising the fry?

 

[noodleman]

my clowns been spawning all the time too, its too much work raising them

 

[OBTEPPER]

too much work

I agree with noodleman-too much work. I almost made it to your store today. I even asked ellebelle to come with me, but one of my patients went into labor so i had to change plans. Will try next week. What are your hours?

 

[Aquatic Life Direct]

mon-fri 10am-8pm
sat 10am-7pm
sun 10am-6pm

 

[Deanos]

:backtotop

Send a PM.

 

[waltercat]

:backtotop

Send a PM.

Was that for me to send a PM? How do I know if the male fertilized the eggs?

They are now done laying the eggs, the constant cleaning has ensued.

 

[noodleman]

if they eggs are still there ina day or two, they most liekly fertilized

 

[sporty]

I've had my eggs in there for about 4 days or more the color has changed from like an orangy color to like a brownish.Has this happened to yours yet ?When do they hatch?

 

[noodleman]

then they should be fertilized...yes they do change colors and soon you'll see their eyes, they hatch in about a week to a week and half

 

[tsinkoy]

I want to see PICTURES!

:screama:

 

[reefman]

The eggs typically hatch within two hours of the onset of darkness (lights out). The aquarist must be prepared for this event and should have a separate rearing tank ready to receive the larvae. A 10 or 20 gallon tank is adequate for this purpose. I have successfully reared 30 – 50 larvae through metamorphosis to 30 days in a 2-? gallon “fishbowl” before needing to transfer the juveniles to a larger vessel. -Stanley Brown

 

[Deanos]

Was that for me to send a PM?

No. You created the thread, how could you be off-topic? :smash:

 

[waltercat]

Well they were fertilized. They have black eyes and some of them are turning silver, which from what i understand that means they are ready to release (maybe tonite).

Anyways, are there any experts here in raising these guys? I used to own the joyce wilkerson book, but i can't seem to find it.

I'm considering trying to get all mad scientist and try raising the next batch and i'd love to sit down and talk to someone who has some experience with this.

 

[cb747]

I used to raise clowns. Unfortunatley i slacked off and killed most of the fry I no longer breed them but if you dont have live food (Rotifers) they wont live. They probably will spawn every few weeks and they will hatch like clock work. If you can find your book itll help you alot of you decide to try to raise them.

 

[waltercat]

I just purchased the book again. Also check out this video documenting it:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KVfPNMnr80I

 

[lola]

clown eggs

I have had a few batchs of eggs hatch.to tell when they are going to hatch those eggs will turn white when thry all turn white there u have it they hatched thats the easy part

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

See if ClownfishKing get your msg. I believed he has a rareclownfish something site. You can try there too.

 

[cb747]

http://www.rareclownfish.com/