Sometimes life happens!!! Have any fish bred in your tank?

[Peace River]

Sometimes life happens!!! Have any fish bred in your tank?

Whether it is clownfish eggs, a small cardinalfish fry, or some other sign of reproduction – sometimes life happens in our tank whether we tried to encourage it, or it just happened. Of course, successful fish breeding and rearing attempts are typically more successful if we can plan for it, create the space for the fish to thrive, work to keep the eggs healthy, and then have the food and security for the fry. Let us know about your experience with fish laying eggs in your aquarium. Have any fish bred in your tank?

Photo by @Peace River

If you would like to learn more about breeding fish or have experiences to share then we encourage you to check out the R2R Fish Breeding forum.

Also a shout-out to @therootcause for their suggestion for this QOTD. If you have experience with breeding fish (especially pajama cardinalfish) then please stop by the following thread to offer your tips and encouragement: Seven Mature Pajama Cardinals and No Eggs.


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[JayM]

Nothing yet, but my tank is only a few months old so who knows what I'll see down the road.

 

[1112-425XL]

My Clowns lay eggs often, but I never see the fry...

 

[dennis romano]

I had a pair of neon gobies that would breed in a length of pvc pipe. Whenever the fry hatched and left the pipe, the other fish would pick them off. My blue stripe pipes breed constantly. After mating, the male would go into hiding. I would catch a glimpse of him now and then with his brood pouch growing. After about a month, he would be slim and swimming around.

 

[o2manyfish]

The only things that I have successfully bred to full adults are Bangai Cardinals and Pygmy Seahorses. The Bangai's at one point we got up to the 4th generation. We only got 2-6 adults from each clutch. But we didn't do anything to raise them. They were born in our frag tanks outside in the sun. The ones that survived went over the overflow and grew up in the overflows to adult hood.

We tried fake urchins and long spine urchins but there was never any babies seen in either of those.

In our main display tank we had baby Bangai but they never made it a week in the acro colonies before becoming fish food.

In a refugium tank I put 6 pygmy seahorses to see how they would do feeding off all the pods. In about 6 months in a 30g tank of chaeto and caluerpa I had about 60 adult pygmy seahorses. Baby Pygmys are like the size of small brine shrimp. It takes awhile to recognize them in the tank they are so tiny.

We have had lots of other fish breed in the tank. But have never seen fry/babies. Clowns, Orange Tail Damsels, Flame Back Angels, Pygmy Angels, Venustus Angels, Yellow Clown Gobies, Yellow Neon Gobies, Joculator Angels, Gold Flake Angels, Target Mandarin, Spotted Mandarin, Bellus Angels, Golden Angels, Fridmandi Pseudochromis and Venustus Angels.

Catching the angels spawning is amazing. And when we had everyone happy we had 4 pairs of angels spawning everynight all within a minute or 2 of each other. But the moment the eggs spew out and the male fertilizes the rest of the tank population swoops in for a caviar feast. It's amazing how aggressive anthias can get going for fish eggs.


Dave B

 

[Paul B]

Most fish spawn in my tank and do it constantly. Watchmans, clown gobies, seahorses, bluestripe pipefish, Bangai Cardinals, blue devils, fireclowns, bananafish, Mandarins, Ruby Red dragonettes.etc.

Fireclown with eggs.



Watchman with eggs




Seahorses transfering eggs to male.


Bluedevil over his nest of eggs.

 

[therootcause]

Most fish spawn in my tank and do it constantly. Watchmans, clown gobies, seahorses, bluestripe pipefish, Bangai Cardinals, blue devils, fireclowns, bananafish, Mandarins, Ruby Red dragonettes.etc.

You sir, are clearly the authority...in fertility.

 

[Brit’s Fish]

Yes! My 2 pairs of clowns breed regularly and I have a breeding pair of Blue Neon Gobies & Springeri Damsels in the same tank also. My pairs of Ruby Red Dragonettes have also bred in the past. I have never kept the fry to try to raise them. Maybe one day!

 

[i cant think]

I’ve had pink streaks spawn in my tank and actually have eggs but never saw the fry (My mandarin probably got to them).

 

[artificio]

My clowns just started to clean up their rock and defend it after doing the picking at the sand thing, so I assume laying eggs is not that far off. This is my first tank and my first pair of saltwater fish, there's only one other fish in the tank (a black molly that eats my never ending supply of algae).

 

[ReefLegends]

I have clowns that are laying constantly and one a regular schedule. I set up some larvae systems and would like to raise bangaii cardinals. Anyone want to give me some directions above general knowledge.

 

[IntrinsicReef]

My 18 year old clowns still laying eggs and guarding them fiercely! The eggs hatch, but in a mixed reef, they quickly become food.
I maintained a system where 6 or so Banggai Cardinal fry grew up. The drain went straight into the refugium in the first chamber in the sump, and they settled and grew in there.

 

[Sharkbait19]

I’ve bred a few freshwater fish, but no marine.
In fw I’ve bred goldfish, Buenos Aires tetras, krib cichlids, mollies, platies, and guppies.

 

[UkiahTheTurtle]

Never in my saltwater aquarium but they have bred in my freshwater ones

 

[Socalreefgal]

Yes, I have Black Storm Clownfish that are with my Magnifica anemone that breed regularly. Since I'm not set up as a breeder, I don't do anything with the eggs. It's extra food for the mixed reef.

 

[cdnco2004]

More saltwater molly babies that can deal with

 

[Projects with Sam]

Gratuitous Baby Cardinalfish thread

This thread is for video and photos of the 12 baby cardinalfish I've been graced with. As per request, plenty of feeding videos! Some images of the parents and the fry in the bucket right after I stripped the male. I knew he was ready by looking for fry in his mouth whenever I was near the tank...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[Cary Meredith]

I have had clownfish lay eggs multiple times. But biggest now is I have Bangi Cardinal fish that are a pair and regularly have babies. I have raised 1 to almost 1 inch in size when another fish started picking on it. Right now I have 1 alive from the latest batch that is about 1/2 inch in size. He is safely in my Refugium without any other fish.

 

[Tonycass12]

I have had clownfish lay eggs multiple times. But biggest now is I have Bangi Cardinal fish that are a pair and regularly have babies. I have raised 1 to almost 1 inch in size when another fish started picking on it. Right now I have 1 alive from the latest batch that is about 1/2 inch in size. He is safely in my Refugium without any other fish.

Have you been removing them from your display? Very interested to hear more about this, ive been collecting banggai with the aim to try breeding them. Ive got 6 right now but they are still smaller guys so I expect it will be a little while.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

I've had clowns that spawned regularly. When I gave the eggs to another reefer, he raised the clowns to adults. But on their own in the tank, no fry survived.