So my clowns played eggs last night for the first time. Last night was the first night of the new moon cycle on my lights (no lights on) this am when I inspected the tank and did a headcount I noticed the eggs. Honestly I'm pretty stoked. This is the first time in almost 20 years being in the hobby that I've had clowns spawn.
So the female is a baby of my original "Doni's Reef" snowcasso pair that I acquired from doni years ago. After hurricane sandy I was able to save them and they lived in a 5 gallon bucket for almost a month in my firehouse. We were out of power for 2 weeks and then a snowstorm a week later killed power for another week. So the tank obviously crashed. But I saved my clowns. I had sold them to clownfish depot in PA and told him I wanted a baby when the time came from my pair. Well I got the chance about 2 years ago to get one of the babies from my original pair and she became a momma last night.
The dad Is a frostbite, that I got from my LFS, hes the second clown to be paired with the female. The first male was a really cool full helmet head from clownfish depot but unfortunatly I lost him after 6 months from a velvet infection. I was able to save the female. I also have a baby male black storm clown but hes not allowed to the corner where they live so I know hes not the dad... hes pretty young anyway. Maybe about a 8mo-a year.
Anyway here's some pics of the parents and the eggs. They layed them in the corner of the glass on the silicone, next to where they live (right next to my mag glass cleaner) I counted about 50 eggs. Which in think is pretty good for the first batch. The male is doing his best to guard the batch but my orange shoulder keeps swimming between the eggs and him and he allows it. So hes probably not as secure as a more mature male.
I also added a pic of all the food I mix together weekly for their feedings. I definitly think the LRS food is amazing and has helped this clown pair be successful.
I was thinking about maybe trying to rear them in the future. If I can get their cycle down and get them to lay the eggs on the mag float instead of the glass so I can move them to a grow out tank...
What is some of the things I need to raise them properly, filtration, live food type questions.
Thanks for all your help.
So the female is a baby of my original "Doni's Reef" snowcasso pair that I acquired from doni years ago. After hurricane sandy I was able to save them and they lived in a 5 gallon bucket for almost a month in my firehouse. We were out of power for 2 weeks and then a snowstorm a week later killed power for another week. So the tank obviously crashed. But I saved my clowns. I had sold them to clownfish depot in PA and told him I wanted a baby when the time came from my pair. Well I got the chance about 2 years ago to get one of the babies from my original pair and she became a momma last night.
The dad Is a frostbite, that I got from my LFS, hes the second clown to be paired with the female. The first male was a really cool full helmet head from clownfish depot but unfortunatly I lost him after 6 months from a velvet infection. I was able to save the female. I also have a baby male black storm clown but hes not allowed to the corner where they live so I know hes not the dad... hes pretty young anyway. Maybe about a 8mo-a year.
Anyway here's some pics of the parents and the eggs. They layed them in the corner of the glass on the silicone, next to where they live (right next to my mag glass cleaner) I counted about 50 eggs. Which in think is pretty good for the first batch. The male is doing his best to guard the batch but my orange shoulder keeps swimming between the eggs and him and he allows it. So hes probably not as secure as a more mature male.
I also added a pic of all the food I mix together weekly for their feedings. I definitly think the LRS food is amazing and has helped this clown pair be successful.
I was thinking about maybe trying to rear them in the future. If I can get their cycle down and get them to lay the eggs on the mag float instead of the glass so I can move them to a grow out tank...
What is some of the things I need to raise them properly, filtration, live food type questions.
Thanks for all your help.