You probably haven't seen these before. Maroon and Ocellaris babies!

[Troylee]

Good looking clowns...

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

Great looking clowns!!

 

[buddythelion]

Haha, now this is something that really interesting! Following along for sure.

 

[phizzle]

Very interesting! I would actually love to have a pair of those...

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[kev2me]

Wow this is really cool!

Who makes those ceramic caves? Reminds me of a Gooch product.

 

[akabryanhall]

Thanks for the compliments guys! As far as their temperament goes, hard to tell how they will be but they are very feisty. The ceramic cave was made by a friend of mine. Turns out there is no replacing a standard pot. The contours making it realistic also made it difficult to see the eggs. It also threw the parents off their cycle as i had no replacement to give the parents when i took the cave out for the eggs to hatch.
Right now they are 3 months old.

 

[bkhunt]

Those are awesome!! Would love some but I got clowns already. I am also tagging along to see how they come along with color, size and temperment.

 

[turbo21]

good luck!!

i have the same pairing of an occy and maroon in my 220 but no eggs. they have been living together for a year and a half

bob

 

[ritter6788]

This is a really good thread about an unusual event in an aquarium. Please keep it free of buying and selling.

 

[saltwaternoob]

Very nice, I am raising Picasso's right now.

Something I haven't seen before for sure.

 

[seamonkey84]

I can't wait to see progression pics, when they start maturing it'll be really interesting to how the colors will develop.

 

[thirdchild]

Cool babies!

 

[eklapp]

Very cool. I have a female mis bar gold stripe and a male onyx (I think) paired (by accident of course) there both pretty young yet but I'm hoping some day they'll make babies

 

[JMSKI333]

Would you be able to post more photos or maybe even a video?

 

[akabryanhall]

good luck!!

i have the same pairing of an occy and maroon in my 220 but no eggs. they have been living together for a year and a half

bob

hey Bob,
In a reef, it's kinda luck of the draw but if they have bonded you may get lucky! If you have them isolated into a breeding system, there are things you can do to trigger breeding instincts.

 

[akabryanhall]

Very cool. I have a female mis bar gold stripe and a male onyx (I think) paired (by accident of course) there both pretty young yet but I'm hoping some day they'll make babies

That would make a very interesting offspring I think.

 

[akabryanhall]

Would you be able to post more photos or maybe even a video?

Hey Jordan, will work on that for you. I have an iphone video but...it's an iphone video.

 

[oceancube]

keep up the good work, they look pretty cool.. out of all the breeding i do and seen ,really havent seen this kinda pair.. how often does the pair breed for you??

 

[akabryanhall]

keep up the good work, they look pretty cool.. out of all the breeding i do and seen ,really havent seen this kinda pair.. how often does the pair breed for you??

Thanks ocean cube! These guys are pretty finicky. The water has to be perfect. I just finished my masters so I kinda neglected the system a bit. Now Ive graduated, i will have more time to dedicate to these guys...And my other 25 fish lol.
It's been 4 months since they last laid eggs. When they get their groove perfect it goes like this.
Day 1 lay
Day 7 first few eggs hatch 10%
Day 8 majority hatch 80-85%
Day 9 the rest 5-10%
Day 17-20 expect another batch.

 

[hyperboy]

very cool