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Offline lazylivin

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Lazys Clownfish Breeding Adventure
« on: March 08, 2021, 22:30:24 »
My clownfish have been laying eggs and I decided to try rearing some. It was kind of on a whim. Briw2005 was on his way to pickup the eggs from me so I thought why not give it a try so I kept a small portion. Ricardo came by on Saturday and brought rotifers. He also gave me the run down on how to breed them and a lot of great tips and tricks. After the lesson I went to petsmart and picked up a 5g tank and airstone. It has a lid and a small dim light so it was perfect. I painted the sides black like Ricardo advised, added tank water, heater, air and rotifers. Today 2/8 the clowns hatched. Probably have 15 or 20 of them. Here is a video of one hunting rotifers. I was surprised how well they swim for being just born today. If you watch close you’ll see it eat 3 of them.


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Re: Lazys Clownfish Breeding Adventure
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2021, 04:29:46 »
This looks like it will be a fun adventure.  Keep us posted.

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Re: Lazys Clownfish Breeding Adventure
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2021, 08:35:08 »
Awesome!! I’ve always thought it would be fun to try reading some clown fish.

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Re: Lazys Clownfish Breeding Adventure
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2021, 00:00:14 »
The independence of baby animals and sea life is remarkable. Thanks for filming.

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Re: Lazys Clownfish Breeding Adventure
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2021, 16:28:02 »
Amazing video! I’m glad you decided to keep some and try it out


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Re: Lazys Clownfish Breeding Adventure
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2021, 23:37:21 »
My rotifer culture crashed. I hope there is enough in tank to sustain the clowns until they get large enough to eat baby brine shrimp. I think it is when 5 days old? Tomorrow they are 3 days old.

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Re: Lazys Clownfish Breeding Adventure
« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2021, 13:20:29 »
Lazy, How did things turn out?

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Re: Lazys Clownfish Breeding Adventure
« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2021, 01:49:19 »
They seem to be doing good. The baby brine shrimp are still to large for them but they are eating powder food. They are 6 days old and have almost doubled in size. Here is a video I took a couple hours ago. I think they will go through metamorphosis soon.



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Re: Lazys Clownfish Breeding Adventure
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2021, 15:38:06 »
So neat!!!

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Re: Lazys Clownfish Breeding Adventure
« Reply #9 on: March 21, 2021, 21:39:19 »
2 weeks old tomorrow. They love to eat powder food from water surface.




New eggs for Briw2005 ready to hatch tomorrow night


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Re: Lazys Clownfish Breeding Adventure
« Reply #10 on: March 21, 2021, 21:53:04 »
Very nice Brian.

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Re: Lazys Clownfish Breeding Adventure
« Reply #11 on: March 22, 2021, 00:03:41 »
sweet man

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Re: Lazys Clownfish Breeding Adventure
« Reply #12 on: March 27, 2021, 16:52:21 »
I have a bunch of 5 and 10 gallon tanks I used to use for a rearing system.  There are 3 x 10s with a drilled side (I put them sideways on a shelf so it was the back), 3 x 5s also drilled and 2 x 10s not drilled and 1 x 5 not drilled.  If you want them just come pick them up.  I had them on a homemade wooden shelf system and used the I drilled tanks for the larvae and when they were big enough transferred them to the drilled tanks plumbed to a sump.  Only one hole drilled, the return flowed over the top.

With them laying eggs every 2 weeks you will have a bunch soon!

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Re: Lazys Clownfish Breeding Adventure
« Reply #13 on: March 27, 2021, 23:08:40 »
Thanks for the offer frogfish. Sounds like a nice setup. Maybe someone on here will have interest. I just did the one batch for fun. It was enough for me.

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Re: Lazys Clownfish Breeding Adventure
« Reply #14 on: April 06, 2021, 23:01:24 »
They are a month old now. Looks just like clownfish but tiny. Going to do it one more time I think. One thing I learned is they are incredible easy to kill. They seem to die from being startled really easily. I have killed them so many different ways. Next hatch is going to be Thursday or Friday night. I have two other clownfish pairs that haven’t laid but showing signs and wouldn’t be surprised if they do in another few months. Black gladiators and the other pair is black storms.

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Re: Lazys Clownfish Breeding Adventure
« Reply #15 on: April 09, 2021, 00:47:21 »
These are from the 2nd clutch born on 3/23. They are 18 days old. The one in front has completed metamorphosis while the others are behind by a couple days. Most clownfish complete meta in 14-18 days but can be as long as 21 days.

Looks like it is going to be a Wyoming White


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Re: Lazys Clownfish Breeding Adventure
« Reply #16 on: April 09, 2021, 08:40:32 »
very cool

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Re: Lazys Clownfish Breeding Adventure
« Reply #17 on: April 15, 2021, 13:18:36 »
very cool
Thanks

This one looks like it will be a Picasso (23days old)


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Re: Lazys Clownfish Breeding Adventure
« Reply #18 on: April 15, 2021, 19:46:23 »
They were up close to the front of the tank so caught a good video. That is top of a water bottle for size


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Re: Lazys Clownfish Breeding Adventure
« Reply #19 on: April 16, 2021, 08:51:20 »
They look great.

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Re: Lazys Clownfish Breeding Adventure
« Reply #20 on: May 09, 2021, 22:12:44 »
Here they are today at 47 days. Since about 35 days I have only feed them flake or pellets twice a day. Once around noon and once about 6pm. They are in a small acrylic box that is 4” x 4” in sump. I will turn them loose in the tank in another month or two.


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Re: Lazys Clownfish Breeding Adventure
« Reply #21 on: May 10, 2021, 17:54:30 »
Awesome assortment of different markings.  How many survived would you guess

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Re: Lazys Clownfish Breeding Adventure
« Reply #22 on: May 11, 2021, 01:08:34 »
Thanks. These 5 survived of about 15 fry. So about a 1/3 of them.  The hardest part is collecting them before or after hatching. First day surviving the transfer to fry tank is hardest part for me. I have had whole clutches lost before hatching due to fungus that grows on them. Or a clutch lost immediately after hatching due to much air bubbles. Also had the eggs hatch early and just wind up eaten or caught on the foam covers of mp40.

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Re: Lazys Clownfish Breeding Adventure
« Reply #23 on: May 11, 2021, 12:43:33 »
Awesome assortment of different markings.

I didn't know that many different color patterns would come from a single spawn. Very cool.

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Re: Lazys Clownfish Breeding Adventure
« Reply #24 on: May 11, 2021, 13:41:26 »
That surprised me as well. The one that is reg looking resembles a maroon clown

 

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