April 22, 2012 by Tom | Category: Breeding, Clownfish | 0 Comments
My first two batches of Onyx Percula clownfish have hit 10 months old and are looking pretty good. They are getting some interesting patterns, and are beginning to develop their black coloration. Most of them are close to 1.5 inches in size. One thing that I think is interesting is there are two different color [...]
February 25, 2012 by Tom | Category: Breeding, Clownfish | 0 Comments
Well I have been having some struggles with clownfish larvae dying the first night after hatch. This time I tried mixing using a 50/50 mix of water from my brood stock system and freshly made saltwater. It seemed to make a big difference as I had about 75-100 clownfish larvae alive after the first night. [...]
February 20, 2012 by Tom | Category: Breeding, Clownfish | 0 Comments
My Onyx Percula clownfish spawned recently and I hatched the eggs in a half full 10 gallon aquarium. I have been having some problems with the clownfish larvae dieing in the first 8 hours after hatch. I usually take the water out of the brood stock tank and use that for hatching the larvae in [...]
January 26, 2012 by Tom | Category: Breeding, Clownfish | 0 Comments
Two nights ago I finally had the opportunity to watch my Onyx Percula Clownfish spawn. This pair is around 5-6 years old. The pair is the offspring of Rod’s Onyx clownfish. The spawning started around 7pm cst and lasted a little over an hour. A nest of 150-200 eggs were laid on a hammer coral. [...]
January 15, 2012 by Tom | Category: Breeding, Clownfish | 0 Comments
In a previous article I wrote about spawning Ocellaris clownfish. Now that you can spawn the fish the next step is hatching the eggs. There are two options that you can do if you want to try to raise the clownfish larvae. The easiest thing to do is to let the eggs hatch naturally in [...]
by Tom | Category: Breeding, Clownfish | 0 Comments
Over the last 10 years there has been a ton of advancement in the saltwater aquarium hobby. Breeding and raising clownfish has become increasing popular among saltwater aquarium hobbyists. It can be fun and quite rewarding but it takes a lot of work and dedication to do it. This article is a quick overview on [...]