Clownfish Breeding Help

djm193 · Mar 31, 2021

Hi Guys,

I have a pair of Picasso clownfish who had thier 5th clutch last week and the eggs actually went the full distance for the first time (parents ate the eggs few days after being laid)

Last night I stayed up well over 2 hours of the lights going off with a small light in the corner of the tank with a airline tube waiting to suck them out into their new tank.

Sadly I woke up this morning and the eggs are gone and no sign of the fry

The parents are in a fluval evo
And the rock the eggs were on also host a few anemones where the parents sleep.

Would it be an idea to take the rock out the night of the next hatching then place it back ones the eggs have hatched?

Or will is disrupt the parents too much and cause them not to lay again?

Thanks

DJM

Pete Luna · Mar 31, 2021

Yes, I use a clay pot, they may host and lay in it if you put one in. I pull the pot 2 hrs before lights out, put a low low flow air stone in pot to keep flow over eggs two-three hrs after lights out they hatch

djm193 · Mar 31, 2021

Pete Luna said:
Yes, I use a clay pot, they may host and lay in it if you put one in. I pull the pot 2 hrs before lights out, put a low low flow air stone in pot to keep flow over eggs two-three hrs after lights out they hatch

I have a pot in there which they don't take any notice of.

Just laying on the rock. I may try to put a small tile next to the rock and encourage them to lay there