clown fish eggs

[sergifed91]

after five years finally my clown fish have layed eggs. though about trying my hand at raising the fry. they layed the eggs on one of my main rocks and would have to remove the rock and put it into a 20 gallon tank. any ideas on any recommendations on this?

 

[dedragon]

if it is their first clutch of eggs, dont bother trying to raise them. They usually dont get it right the first time (small clutches, adults may try and eat the eggs). If they started laying they should lay eggs every couple of weeks from now on so there will always be fry to raise.
If you do plan on raising clown fry start a rotifer culture and phyto culture now to get used to it and get the populations up. If clowns lay it on the big rcks again you can shut off flow the night of hatch and shine a light in the corner of the tank, then you can scoop them up in a cup or other container to bring to the fry tank. Also good luck

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

If you can remove the rock with the eggs, then you can just move it to the 20 gallon when the eggs are about to hatch, let the eggs hatch, and then move the rock back into your tank the next day. If you can't remove the rock but want to try raising this batch (and hopefully be prepared to not have to remove the rock for any future batches), see the quotes below:

Not that I’m aware of, unfortunately. In situations like this, most people recommend adding a tile or clay pot (Edit: to the area where the clowns are currently/already laying their eggs) for the clowns to lay future batches on; but for this batch, if you want to try and raise it, these (really this, since it’s the same concept just executed differently) are the best ideas I’ve heard to get the fry out the night they hatch:

MnFish1 said:
Yes. You should have a plan for getting the Fry out of the tank. When the fry turn 'silver' - in the eggs - they will hatch that night. there are numerous ways to do it. If you can remove the rock - before the hatching - all the better. If not - use a light and siphon the fry out (they will swim to the light - after hatching)

Bph said:
What I have done is the night they hatch and as soon as your lights turn off, I turn off all my pumps take a white coffee/tea cup I used a dim led light to catch the fry in , your will see them hatching shine the dimmed light on the cup the fry will be attracted to the light scoop up as many as you can and place in your frag tank.

Bph said:
You will also need a straight bubble wand , I think mine came from Petco, You will have to ajust your bubbles to a minimum , you will also need a good small heater to maintain the temperature to the displays temperature. If the heater has a light on it you will have to black it out other wise the fry will be attracted to it and die.