clownfish laid eggs

[lauterbrunnen]

After 1.5 years finally my clownfish paired and laid eggs on a rock behind an anemone. i read around that once they hatch it will become fish food if i leave it in the tank. how come in the wild they are able to survive since no speacial care is given? anyone with experience leaving the eggs in the tank and managed to keep some babies alive?

[jai9prakash@yahoo.com]

The parents at time eat the eggs...in the wild, so much of hide out area and normally its is all boundaries......best remove the babies and keep them seperately in another tank....u have to now ask what will u feed the babies.....

[jxlex]

Filtration system? Mechanical fitration bye bye frys?

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[Gouldian]

After 1.5 years finally my clownfish paired and laid eggs on a rock behind an anemone. i read around that once they hatch it will become fish food if i leave it in the tank. how come in the wild they are able to survive since no speacial care is given? anyone with experience leaving the eggs in the tank and managed to keep some babies alive?

My pair of black ocellaris spawn every few week; most becomes food for corals, fishes, skimmer and also mechanical filtration.

In order to have some survival, you may need to siphon some out when they hatch into a separate tank (8-10 days). If the eggs are adhered to a small rock than you can remove, you can remove them just hours before they hatch. Do not remove too soon as the eggs needs cleaning from the parents.

I could not remove mine as they spawn on the glass at the back of my tank. And never have time to wait for them to hatch with all pumps and wavemakers off to siphon the fries. Hope you will have fun doing so.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2007/2/fish

[Ketchup]

my black oce pair also spawned a few times but i doubt it will survive. Even if the eggs hatches, you will have problem feeding them to make them grow.

[lauterbrunnen]

the eggs are gone now.. i think it hatched in the early morning while lights off and i saw the fishes having a party

[stevenchia]

My pair of black ocellaris spawn every few week; most becomes food for corals, fishes, skimmer and also mechanical filtration.

In order to have some survival, you may need to siphon some out when they hatch into a separate tank (8-10 days). If the eggs are adhered to a small rock than you can remove, you can remove them just hours before they hatch. Do not remove too soon as the eggs needs cleaning from the parents.

I could not remove mine as they spawn on the glass at the back of my tank. And never have time to wait for them to hatch with all pumps and wavemakers off to siphon the fries. Hope you will have fun doing so.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2007/2/fish

Let me know if you wan remove ur glass. I will be glad to help. Hehe..

[lauterbrunnen]

yeah bro it's crazy.. it keeps on laying eggs every week after hatching. next batch i will try to remove the sump pre-filter so the baby nemo ends up at the sump and see if they can survive there.

[lauterbrunnen]

just to share a pic of the happy family

[darrentyl]

Wow very nice.

It's such a achievement if the egg can hatch.

Good luck