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06-11-2007, 11:14 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: May 2007
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 |  Breeding Clowns
Hi all.
Just a quick question.
Does anyone here breed clownfish ?
If so, do you let them breed in the main tank or do you have a separate tank ?
And what equipment do you have in that tank ?
Thanks. | 
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06-11-2007, 02:09 PM
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| | Vlamingii Tang
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Utica, NY Age: 49
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This is a fantastic book on this topic.
( Clownfishes A guide to their captive care, Breading & Natural History ) By Joyce D. Wilkerson. I would defiantly recommend reading this if you are interested in breading Clowns. John  _________ 150 Gallon Reef 2-400w MH 2-110w VHO Actinic's, Moon lights, 250lbs LR,2-CPR CS150 overflows, 55 gallon sump/Refugium,auto-top-off, 6-Stage RO/DI Filter, E.T.S.S.600 Skimmer, Red sea 100 ozoneizer, Pinpoint ORP/PH controller, MRC-CR2 Calcium Reactor, 80w R/Lifeguard UV filter, 1/2 hp Chiller, Medusa 2 stage Temp Controller, Iwaki MD-100RLT Return Pump
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06-11-2007, 03:41 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: De
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i second getting the book. we have a pair of A. polymnus that started spawning a few months ago and have some juveniles and fry growing out now. you can do it in your main tank but most people who are serious have separate stock tanks. | |
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06-11-2007, 03:47 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Australia Age: 25
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my local fish shop breed there own all they have apparently is a 3 foot tank with a teracotta pot in it with NOTHING else but the water and filtration
they drop a pair in and let em go nuts when the eggs are layed they take the clowns out. of course i bought a pair of them and found they had no idea what an anenime was but i got around that with a margarine container muahahahahahaaaa  | 
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04-04-2008, 11:13 PM
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| | Plankton
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FWIW Jas, I keep all my broodstock clownfish in nanocube community reef tanks ( so far only my Onyx Percs spawn). If you can get them to spawn on a removeable surface, it works out great. If you have to leave the eggs in the tank to hatch out, it's a bit more work, but still can be done successfully.
Matt
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05-11-2008, 01:27 PM
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| | Fire Worm
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Originally Posted by target001  my local fish shop breed there own all they have apparently is a 3 foot tank with a teracotta pot in it with NOTHING else but the water and filtration
they drop a pair in and let em go nuts when the eggs are layed they take the clowns out. of course i bought a pair of them and found they had no idea what an anenime was but i got around that with a margarine container muahahahahahaaaa | Do Explain this margarine container trick!
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05-15-2008, 02:18 PM
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| | Feather Star
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Tulsa, Ok Age: 28
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Originally Posted by mpedersen FWIW Jas, I keep all my broodstock clownfish in nanocube community reef tanks ( so far only my Onyx Percs spawn). If you can get them to spawn on a removeable surface, it works out great. If you have to leave the eggs in the tank to hatch out, it's a bit more work, but still can be done successfully.
Matt |
Wrong place for it I know but if you have any onyx percs you want to sell please PM me cause I have been looking for a pair for a long time, noone here locally will ever get them in _________ 24G JBJ Nano, 20# Live Sand, 40# Live Rock
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05-19-2008, 02:42 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Australia Age: 25
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margarine container trick
get yer anenomie and to clowns put them in a marg container sit it on top of yer tank put just enough water in there to keep the anenomie submerged and turn lights off for an hour with an airstone in there too, after an hour come back and return all to the tank cloens should stick like glue the the anenomie | |
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05-21-2008, 06:05 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: nazareth pa
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hey jas go to this forum this guy breeds clownfish and he gives step by step and tells everything he does on the way alot of good info Something Fishy Forum :: Index. go under hueys clownhouse
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06-10-2008, 07:51 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
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I have started to breed ocellaris recently. i started a thread about it recently Clown fish breeding
check it out
Rob
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