Clows with eggs? is this real
- Thread starter mhago
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Looks like you have a Spawning Pair 
Means they are healthy & happy in your tank.
Trying to raise the spawn (fry) to adult size is lots of extra work.
And then you have to find somewhere to re-home them.
Do you think you want to set up one or two more tanks to raise them?
My clowns spawn about 2 or 3 times per month...sad but it's just FREE food for my tank. I'm not into trying to save them.
They start off tiny orange dots & look like this right before they are gone:
Means they are healthy & happy in your tank.
Trying to raise the spawn (fry) to adult size is lots of extra work.
And then you have to find somewhere to re-home them.
Do you think you want to set up one or two more tanks to raise them?
My clowns spawn about 2 or 3 times per month...sad but it's just FREE food for my tank. I'm not into trying to save them.
They start off tiny orange dots & look like this right before they are gone:
I've been gearing up to raise them but its just too much work for my schedule right now.
Your pair definitely look like they are doing the dance!
The hardest thing with trying to raise them is actually getting them out if the DT to the hatch tank...... Very tough unless you get them to lay on something removable
Your pair definitely look like they are doing the dance!
The hardest thing with trying to raise them is actually getting them out if the DT to the hatch tank...... Very tough unless you get them to lay on something removable
Here's what I ordered & my clowns L
VE it.
I have two of them to swap out as I clean one.
The Clown attack snails that get on it so I have to manually keep their little Clay Pot cleaned off
http://www.starnursery.com/pottery/terra-cotta/3-inch-standard-terra-cotta-clay-pot.html (Off site link)
VE it. I have two of them to swap out as I clean one.
The Clown attack snails that get on it so I have to manually keep their little Clay Pot cleaned off
http://www.starnursery.com/pottery/terra-cotta/3-inch-standard-terra-cotta-clay-pot.html (Off site link)
I use the bottom base on a clay pot in their area. Is say they lay on the pot once every three times. Works good just don't remove too early or expose to air!Here's what I ordered & my clowns L
I have two of them to swap out as I clean one.
The Clown attack snails that get on it so I have to manually keep their little Clay Pot cleaned off
http://www.starnursery.com/pottery/terra-cotta/3-inch-standard-terra-cotta-clay-pot.html (Off site link)
Mine "host" the small terra cotta all the time. Whether it has eggs in it or not.
They have never spawn anywhere but there.
They both stay in it all night. From the minute the lights go off, they are in it and they stay until the lights come back on. It's their home. They work hard to keep every gain of sand out of it.
And when I switch the pot out for cleaning....I have learned that I need to put the clean pot in BEFORE I take the dirty one out or they will THROW A FIT!!!
They start making the sand bed fill the water column. I always know when the tank gets a little cloudy, the clowns are tee-d off about intruders (Usually a snail) too close to their little pot. They are totally OCD with that pot!! It's a necessary part of my reef tank even if it looks odd
