When do i need to move the eggs (after they've hatched)from the larger, main aquarium, to the hatching/growing-up tank? Or, when do i move the babies to the growing up tank thing?
2007-02-11 12:20:47 · 4 answers · asked by Rover 4 in Pets ➔ Fish
Tankbred clownfish are easy to breed in the home aquarium. The females will be the largest of the pair and two fish will usually stay close to each other in the aquarium. The female clownfish will deposit the eggs on a flat surface, the male will then fertilize and both parents will defend the eggs from other tank mates. The eggs will normally hatch in 6-11 days depending on the temperature. The fry must then be removed and reared in a separate aquarium on a diet of rotifers, then baby brine shrimp.
2007-02-11 12:36:20 · answer #1 · answered by Venice Girl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Venice Girl give good info, but regarding moving the fry - DON'T net, but scoop them into a clean container (like a margarine tub or yogurt cup) or siphon them onto a separate container and move them into a grow-out tank containing water from the main tank (so the water chemistry is exactly the same). This method of moving will stress the babies less. It's best if you use a foam filter in the tank, which will create less turbulence - the fry aren't good swimmers at first. If you get a foam filter before the eggs hatch and you have live rock in the main tank, you can run it in the main tank for a while so it can pick up small copeopods that will be food for the babies.
Here's a website from UK that gives some advice: http://www.phishybusiness.co.uk/propagation_and_breeding/breeding_ocellaris_clownfish.html
Good luck with the babies!
2007-02-11 21:54:29 · answer #2 · answered by copperhead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most breeders don't move the eggs or the fry as I understand it. I have no personal experience with breeding this fish but have friends that have bred it. I would recommend the book CLOWNFISHES by Joyce D. Wilkerson as I understand from them it is the best book out there for people interested in breeding his fish.
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2007-02-11 20:27:41 · answer #3 · answered by magicman116 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its really hard u should get like a really tiny net and scoop them out when they hatch and out them in a tank and they eat rodifers and they should be looked at everyday and you should put them in the tank after they hatch and yea they are like woooo hard to take care of.mine just laid eggs and my dad has me help wit everything so i know a lot of things and we got them into another tank and after a week they all died so its hard
good luck!
2007-02-11 20:43:22 · answer #4 · answered by colorguardxfreak 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋