Clownfish Spawn

[Josh]

Here is a photo update on the clowns I have been raising for the past 3 weeks.

 

[richardhmc]

Oh wow that is awesome!!! must be very rewarding to see a successful spawn! congrats!

 

[TheDumbSter]

nice! way to go....

 

[m'akoyPINOY]

that's nice,josh!what kind of clown are they?

 

[Josh]

Ocellaris

 

[gatojebv]

This is great.

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

Very nice Josh! From what I hear alot of people on here have not been very successful raising clowns. When you are looking to find new homes for them let me know I will adopt some.

 

[ming]

Congrats! Went from a father of 2, to a father of hundreds!

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

A lot of misbars there.

what do you feed them, what's the schedule and how you maintain the food?

 

[Josh]

Right now I am feeding cyclopeeze and prawn eggs 3 times a day (mostly at night though).

I think the bars are still forming at the moment, but I have been dosing chelated iodine about 1 drop per gallon per day.

 

[Josh]

Congrats! Went from a father of 2, to a father of hundreds!

Nah, I only have about 40-50 of them, the yield wasn't very good at the hatching. I think I started with 300-400 eggs and only these hatched. I lost 2 of them pre-metamorphosis. I attribute the low hatch rate to me looking in with a flashlight after only 45 minutes of total dark on the night of the hatching. When I do another batch I am going to leave them alone for 2 hours before turning on the lights. BTW, I run my lights 24/7 for the first 4 days and it sped up the growth time immensely. Metamorphosis occurred at day 4 and 5.

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

very interesting

 

[jr973]

nice breeding there josh a friend has his clowns spawning all the time but never survive in his tank too many predators i believe

 

[Reef Reaper]

Very nice!! I can't get mine pass the first couple of days. I purchased live rotifers from ebay and most are not alive. I tried feeding the babies the dead rotifers with no luck. The babies are not growing, but they are not changing the body shape. Well, at least the babies did not die.

 

[kidninja]

thats so freakin cool!

 

[Chraddam]

wow, Josh...just amazing. This happens all the time in the ocean, and you are lucky enough to sit and watch it in your home!!! Congrats Dad!!!

 

[skatezen]

Nicely done. Once my clowns start laying again I'm going to give it a go. They laid twice before I moved so they still need to settle in to the new tank.

 

[TripleT]

What will you do with all of these clowns???

 

[Timbo]

Nice job Josh. Wish I could raise some clowns. Too much time for me. Can't wait to see some updated pics as they grow.

 

[tttony]

nice job!!!