Clown eggs

[Doug]

Originally Posted by Carmen

Awesome pics of them hard at work!! Did you ever see any of them swimming last time?

Thanks Carmen. have not seen any fry swimming yet. They seem to hatch at night and gone in the morning. Last batch were born in my 45 cube and I had rubble and stuff in the big overflow, hoping some would stay in there. I once had baby bangaii do that.

This batch is back in my 90g, with several other fish. Lots of hiding places and no overflows but cant see any making it past hatching. I dont recall reading ever, about clown fry making it in normal aquarium, like bangaii fry.

[Doug]

Originally Posted by marie

Doug, how often do your clowns lay eggs?
I was hoping for a few days between batches to get some tank maintenance done ( My clown has death in her eyes when she's protecting her eggs) but my clarkiis are puting down a new batch the day after the old bunch hatches.

Marie, Their last batch, {the pics with the little eyes}, was in early June. I would guess if I leave them alone and they are not harassed, about once a month. Seems as thought they take a break sometimes. Likely my fault though, as they have been moved many times in their almost 6 yrs. with me.

The male bites me the same, no matter if they have eggs or not. I did notice him to be a bit more aggressive the day before, when I was changing a few things. I think they are just plain ignorant all the time.

Mines not as bad as Mikes male perc. Its taken a hunk from both of us. I agree the larger ones are really bad at times. My large cinnamons, {the female still lives in my friends 180}, was so bad, she had to be held back by a large net or something when working in the tank. I found that works pretty well at keeping them in their place for a bit.

Sounds like yours are pretty regular. Do they show less aggression when without eggs?

[marie]

Mine started their first bunch of eggs June 4 and now they're on their third batch. With no break between egg laying I have no idea if she is as aggressive without eggs or not