Breeding Clowns

[JAS]

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.

[fletch]

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

[chrisANDbarb]

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.

[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

[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

[Phayes]

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!