Clownfish fry hatching at different times

[Reef Puffer]

Mine do this. Like day 9 and10. I pulled the whole shell with the eggs when I first tried. The next day there was still 30% of the eggs unhatched. I returned them to the mother tank, I think it helped the parents not get too stressed. I can't tell you how siphoning well affect them? Mine lay eggs every couple weeks and have been for like 8 months now. They don't all always hatch the same night.

[swill]

Thanks Reef Puffer. It's day 9 and so far 1 has hatched. There are about 20 more in there so I am patiently waiting. I hope the rest hatch tonight.

[Myka]

Looking at them with a flashlight can disturb their hatching. I wouldn't say it is "normal" for eggs to hatch over two days, but it is common.

[Reef Puffer]

I run on average about 300 eggs or so I think. Is actually only about 50 left by the second night. Or vise versa, sometimes some hatch early. You can tell by the colour of them which ones are slower.

[swill]

There were only 20-30 eggs to begin with. 1 hatched last night before I went to bed at 11pm and when I woke this morning all the eggs were gone. The 1 that hatched didn't make it through the night in the fry tank oh well...hopefully they will have more in the next batch. The odds are against me when only a total of 4 hatch and are caught before being eaten.