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Canadian Man
01-18-2005, 05:48 AM
Well they are at it again. This is a pic of my clowns laying/fertilizing their eggs tonight. This was about 1/2 way through the process and of course as you can see in the picture they are laying them on the coral body instead of the lovely clean piece of acrylic I put in there for them last week. Last time they laid their eggs on the tank wall which is where I put the acrylic. :lol:

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/133DSC00540-1-med.JPG
muck
01-18-2005, 05:56 AM
Are you ready for them?
Did you get your cultures going already?
It sure would be great to successfully raise some clowns... :cool:
Canadian Man
01-18-2005, 06:01 AM
I have 10 bottles of phyto going and a few bottle of rotifers. I did not have enough phyto plankton to feed the rotifers for the past few days so I have been substituting v8 juice. There was a huge decline in the rotifer numbers because of it. I can still spot a few swimming around her and there so I think I can rejuvinate them.

Otherwise i'm ready!
muck
01-18-2005, 06:05 AM
Hope everything goes well for you then.
Keep us updated!! :biggrin: :cool:
SeaHorse_Fanatic
01-18-2005, 07:38 AM
Don't know if you can get it but I use a Cryo-preserved phytoplankton product called Tahitian Blend (bought from OA) for my rotifer cultures. Many fellow local reefers are also using the same, with similar success. Then you can save the live phyto for feeding larvae (I'm assuming).

Anthony
Ryan
01-18-2005, 01:16 PM
Try slanting the peice of acrylic. SOmetimes works.
Delphinus
01-18-2005, 03:17 PM
I'd try a piece of ceramic tile, the surface texture might be more their style. Or perhaps the inside edge of a clam shell ..
danny zubot
01-18-2005, 03:42 PM
Are they true percs or ocelaris?
Canadian Man
01-18-2005, 04:01 PM
Ocelaris.

I have a tile in for the pink skunks but I did not have the know how to cut a piece of tile for the ocelaris. I know have a tile cutter so I will get a tile in there next go around.
Quinster
01-18-2005, 04:06 PM
Mine were busy last night too...
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/1236MVC-088F-med.JPG
clownchick22
01-18-2005, 11:41 PM
How cute... has anyone here ever had a successful spawn?.. Is it very hard to keep babies once they hatch?
Canadian Man
01-19-2005, 02:20 AM
How cute... has anyone here ever had a successful spawn?.. Is it very hard to keep babies once they hatch?

Well this is my first go at saltwater fish. I have been very sucessful in the past with my freshwater angels but this is much more involved and the feeding is much more complex. I plan on being sucessfull :lol:
BlkWolfe
01-19-2005, 02:40 AM
Goodluck with them Jon :)

I was in calgary last night, came home at 6am to find this...my first one as well, nothing ready for them of course....

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/1223SurpriseSurprise-med.JPG
muck
01-19-2005, 05:04 AM
Was there a full moon last night..?? :confused:
Suddenly everyones fish are spawning...!!
EmilyB
01-19-2005, 05:06 AM
My maroons spawn about every ten days. 7-8 for the egg hatch and 2 to get the man some food. :rolleyes: Then back on patrol. :lol:
Canadian Man
01-19-2005, 06:15 AM
The funny thing about that is.

My first spawn from both my clown pairs happened on the same day about 18 days ago.

The percs have never laid eggs before this so it was their first time.
The pink skunks were laying eggs before I purchased them and have not laid up until this time.

Cool and simultaneous!