Blue-Eyed Clowns

[skywarp1]

I was hoping to see pictures of blue-eyed clownfish :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes: welcome

Well that pic wouldn't be much fun of the 2 blue eyed clowns...but it's an aspiration for sure

 

[keepingfishwithnoidea]

welcome

 

[56longroof]

Welcome to R2R

 

[RockRash]

 

[voelter76]

Welcome from Reno!!!

 

[CoralB]

Welcome !! :cool:

 

[Üter]

welcome and good luck in your quest. I too was roped in by expecting to see a picture of clowns with blue eyes!

 

[Blue-eyed Clowns]

It's been a while since we checked in, so here's an overdue update, and finally a picture! A few of you asked for photos back when we joined, and here's one of our juveniles in grow-out.

We've been heads-down raising fry and building out the hatchery since that first small batch. We now have a handful of bonded pairs going to new homes: Black Frostbite, Extreme Snowflake and a couple of Mocha pairs. Each one is listed with a photo of the actual pair, so you know exactly what you're getting. If you're curious, they're at blueeyedclowns.com/bonded-pairs.

We'll try to post updates here more regularly, with fry progress, pairs and whatever we're learning along the way. Happy to answer any breeding questions too.

Mike
Blue-Eyed Clowns

 

[Blue-eyed Clowns]

Quick Tuesday update from the fishroom. No new pics this week (working on it), so here's the question we get most when a pair ships out: what do I do the first few days after they land?

- Take your time acclimating. Float to match temp, then drip slowly to match salinity. Rushing it is the most common mistake we see.
- Keep the lights low or off for the rest of the day. They come out of the box stressed, and a dim tank helps them settle in.
- Hold off on food until the next day, then feed small.
- Add a bonded pair together. Put them in at the same time, not one now and one later, so they stay a pair.
- Give them a spot to claim. A rock cave or a soft coral works fine; tank-raised clowns don't need an anemone.

Right now we have four WYSIWYG bonded pairs up (Black Frostbite, Extreme Snowflake, and two Mocha pairs), each with a video of the actual pair you'd get, at blueeyedclowns.com/bonded-pairs. We've also got singles in stock, including Snowflakes, Frostbites, Wyoming Whites and Storms.

Happy to answer acclimation or pairing questions right here. More photos soon.

Mike / Blue-Eyed Clowns

 

[keepingfishwithnoidea]

Nice progress!

 

[BryanM]

Welcome to the forums!

 

[Blue-eyed Clowns]

Tuesday update from the fishroom, and this week there's actually some news.

We had a rough stretch with hatches. A bunch of clutches went into the hatch tanks looking good and then gave us nothing, or just a few fry. Turned out the water was dropping more than 4 degrees from the parent tank once we moved the eggs, and that was causing the hatching problems. I made some adjustments to get the temp back up, and the hatch tanks are sitting around 85.5 to 86 now.

First test of the fix was last week. Morticia & Gomez's clutch (laid Oct 6) had a good hatch, at least 100 fry. Skull 2 & Pearl's clutch from the same day hatched about 30, with some eggs that didn't go. Not perfect, but a big step up from where we were.

If you're hatching your own, check your hatch tank temp against the parent tank before you move the eggs over. A few degrees is easy to miss, and it made a real difference here.

The earlier batches in grow-out are looking great, and several more pairs laid last week, so there's plenty to watch. Pic is Morticia & Gomez.

More pictures coming now that the fish (and the weather) are cooperating a little better.

Mike / Blue-Eyed Clowns