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Old 06-14-2010, 01:31 AM
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I was just wondering if anyone had any information on breeding clown fish. My mated pair have been laying a lot of eggs lately and their offspring always die out. I know I need to feed them live food (rotifers?) and syphon them out when they are born. Do they have any light requirements in a seperate tank?

If anyone has any information on this I would really appreciate it.

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Old 06-14-2010, 01:51 AM
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I was going breed some. Doesnt seem like a "easy" task though
Ive been reading up here: http://www.breedclownfish.com/
Lots of good info.
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Old 06-14-2010, 01:51 AM
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Visit this page to get a word document on raising clowns

http://rapidshare.com/files/39875145...nfish.doc.html

and this one for a podcast
http://rapidshare.com/files/39875265...Ep100.mp3.html

Happy clown raising!
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I could recommend you to a million sites on google search.
But i can almost say for certain that it is the water quality.
This is the biggest mistake new breeders make.
Buy a good product like ClorAm-X.
http://aquascienceresearch.com/cloram-x.html
Wattage Lighting is unimportant but a regular on/off for light is.
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The book "Clownfishes" by Joyce D. Wilkerson is a great resource for anyone contemplating raising the critters.
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Old 06-14-2010, 06:22 PM
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you can talk to will0311 i believe is his name on the boards he has recently bred 160 clowns i personally have 2 of them.
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Try these books & websites:

Conditioning, Spawning and Rearing of Fish With Emphasis on Marine Clownfish
http://www.amazon.com/Conditioning-S...6540351&sr=8-2

The Complete Illustrated Breeder's Guide to Marine Aquarium Fishes
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Illus...6540351&sr=8-5

Marine Ornamental Fish & Invert Breeding Association
http://www.marinebreeder.org/phpbb/i...8fc572c5a3d11c

Rare Clownfish website
http://www.rareclownfish.com/modules/Jig/index.php?

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will0311 has sucessfully bred clowns had 160 survive .. i have two of them
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Oh that's great! I tried searching for will0311 on the forums and nothign came up, are you sure you got his name right? I would really like to ask him where he gets his rotifers and phytoplankton cultures from.
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heres his profile page

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