clownfish breeding

[mohammadali]

[windcoast reefs]

Originally Posted by Tyler Werbowski

Not to be negative but I will be. The reality is that raising clownfish fry is a huge investment. I'm not talking 100's of dollars but $10000+.

To my knowledge no experienced local hobbists have had success.

There were several breeders in town up until a year ago. Ive also breed a pair twice now. Cost me about $100 in total, Mostly for rotifers.

[HaZRaTTy]

Originally Posted by Tyler Werbowski

Not to be negative but I will be. The reality is that raising clownfish fry is a huge investment. I'm not talking 100's of dollars but $10000+.

To my knowledge no experienced local hobbists have had success.

I'm going to have to disagree like a few have already. I haven't tried breeding clownfish but from what I've seen, researched and talked to a few local people breeding clowns they are fairly easy. I'm sure you could do it under 100$

Unless you factor in your time/effort as the Rotifers for the first week, and constant WC's!! But then again you could be over estimating your worth

Good luck breeding, I guess as long as they keep breeding you will get to keep trying!

[Reef_Geek]

this is the book that started it all and inspired farms to become started

http://www.amazon.com/Conditioning-S.../dp/096629601X

it takes more time than it does money, mostly in water quality management, feeding around the clock, live food culturing, phytoplankton culturing etc.

But then again, time IS money... so your opportunity cost of your time is... (up to you)

[Reef_Geek]

I've actually been working on another article, but have been procrastinating, hitting writer's block, swamped with my day job, lurking on CanReef/in LFS's and buying frags, playing xBox, playing ultimate frisbee, and really... NFL season just started.

Anyway, have been quoting Frank Hoff's book a bit in my 31 pages to date. Here's a chart from Hoff that I'm referencing, gives you an idea of how useful this book is...

As published in
Hoff, F.A. 1996. Conditioning, spawning, and rearing of fish with emphasis on marine clownfish. 1st edition. Aquaculture Consultants Inc. Dade City, Florida. Pp. 82-97, 130.