Send in the Clowns - Clown Fish Breeding
 

Well here goes my attempt at breeding clowns.

My female is Black and White and about 3 years old.
The male is a true Percula, slightly younger at about 2-1/2 years.

They have been tending to laying and protecting eggs since she was about a year old until March of this year. I pulled the rock that they lay their eggs on and transferred it to my grow out tank for the hatching rather than staying up all night. Well, removing their love nest kept them from wanting to get funky until last night. (Sept 16)

This time around, I have rotifers cultured, phytoplankton to feed said rotifers and a 14 gallon biocube set up for the fry to be transferred to at some ungodly hr of the day.

Without any further ado here is night 2 of the eggs with the male diligently watching over them.

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Dibssssssssssss :mrgreen:

Sure, but lets see if they survive the metamorphosis first.

I've lost the other 2 batches that I have made an effort on after 3-4 days.

For the first little while you should have them in a 15g with a sponge filter, aren't you concerned that the little fry may end up in your Bc rear compartment?

Yup, that is why I have glued a piece of plastic over the returns. :biggrin:

Following along...good luck with the children!

3rd Night for the eggs.


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oh man! i have the exact same two clowns but my male is the black one! i've always wanted to breed them but it seems like soo much work..

very curious to see what kind of colors you get from them though! im definitely going to be keeping an eye on this thread :)

4th night. Spines are forming

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5th night. More Defined Eyes


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