hi all
I googled "big mama saddleback clownfish lethargic after spawn" and zero results came up.
So yesterday at dusk, my pair of three yr old clowns that have spawed at least a dozen times in the last year and a half... were up to it again, un-beknownst to me, when they were startled by a newcomer (yellow tang) that I had just released in to tank. After a few minutes, with no real aggression to tang, they went back to their business and this morning I noticed the spawn wasn't as large as it usually is.
Well, all day today and into tonight..mama seems really out of it. She's just sorta floating in one of her anemones with kind of a blank look. Almost catatonic. Un-interested in her surroundings. I've not seen her like this before after a spawn and I noticed her egg laying thing still a little protrusive on her underbelly.
Could she be egg-bound? I'm very worried although there is probably nothing that I can do to help her now... if she is egg-bound.. will her body be able to clear it? Any help or advice appreciated.
I googled "big mama saddleback clownfish lethargic after spawn" and zero results came up.
So yesterday at dusk, my pair of three yr old clowns that have spawed at least a dozen times in the last year and a half... were up to it again, un-beknownst to me, when they were startled by a newcomer (yellow tang) that I had just released in to tank. After a few minutes, with no real aggression to tang, they went back to their business and this morning I noticed the spawn wasn't as large as it usually is.
Well, all day today and into tonight..mama seems really out of it. She's just sorta floating in one of her anemones with kind of a blank look. Almost catatonic. Un-interested in her surroundings. I've not seen her like this before after a spawn and I noticed her egg laying thing still a little protrusive on her underbelly.
Could she be egg-bound? I'm very worried although there is probably nothing that I can do to help her now... if she is egg-bound.. will her body be able to clear it? Any help or advice appreciated.