Cinnamon Clown eggs in my FOWLR, not asking what to do anymore

[The Grizz]

Tonight as I was feeding my FOWLR & was looking about the tank I noticed this on the back, lower right side of the tank........



The picture really sucks but you get the gist.

My question now is what do I do now? I have never had eggs before so need some help.

[RedCoralEdmonton]

Step 2 - get some bacon..... Lol

Steve

[marie]

Originally Posted by RedCoralEdmonton

Step 2 - get some bacon..... Lol

Steve

When I read the title of the thread that was the first thing that popped into my head but you beat me to it.....

[Delphinus]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

My question now is what do I do now? I have never had eggs before so need some help.

Do nothing but enjoy your fish. Yes you could theoretically one day try to raise fry but to mobilize a fry rearing setup now would be a futile race against the clock.

Usually once clowns settle in and start spawning it is a regular event. My ocellaris are almost never without eggs.

If you really did want to consider raising the fry, there is a good book called "Clownfish" by Joyce Wilkerson which details the various species, their biology and how to raise clownfish fry including getting rotifers and greenwater cultures going and so on.

They'll hatch and be good fish food. Yeah, it sucks, but so does life in the ocean if you think of it. For a fish species population to be stable, on average one mated pair need only produce two fish to replace them in their lifespan. Now consider that they'll lay hundreds and hundreds of eggs every two weeks, the number of fry they produce versus the number that need to survive has a huge disconnect. Mother Nature is a harsh mistress!

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by RedCoralEdmonton

Step 2 - get some bacon..... Lol

Steve

Originally Posted by marie

When I read the title of the thread that was the first thing that popped into my head but you beat me to it.....

A couple of smart arse's ^^

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Do nothing but enjoy your fish. Yes you could theoretically one day try to raise fry but to mobilize a fry rearing setup now would be a futile race against the clock.

Usually once clowns settle in and start spawning it is a regular event. My ocellaris are almost never without eggs.

If you really did want to consider raising the fry, there is a good book called "Clownfish" by Joyce Wilkerson which details the various species, their biology and how to raise clownfish fry including getting rotifers and greenwater cultures going and so on.

They'll hatch and be good fish food. Yeah, it sucks, but so does life in the ocean if you think of it. For a fish species population to be stable, on average one mated pair need only produce two fish to replace them in their lifespan. Now consider that they'll lay hundreds and hundreds of eggs every two weeks, the number of fry they produce versus the number that need to survive has a huge disconnect. Mother Nature is a harsh mistress!

That's kind of what I figured too, oh well. It is cool to actually see in one of my tanks though.

[Leah]

Crackers

[Seamazter]

Grow rotifers, its the only size of food they will eat.
Has to be rotifers and they must be alive.
get some cloramx too, to remove exess amonia.
Wait till hatch day and siphon out the babys to a small tank with heat and air.

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by Seamazter

Grow rotifers, its the only size of food they will eat.
Has to be rotifers and they must be alive.
get some cloramx too, to remove exess amonia.
Wait till hatch day and siphon out the babys to a small tank with heat and air.

no, no, no....he's got the cinnamon clown eggs already......a little milk and some texas cut bread and viola....french clown toast

[reefwars]

survey says!!!!!.........protein shake!!

[The Grizz]

The REAL survey says YOU ARE ALL A BUNCH OF ARSE'S god I love this place