ClayTheSavageFraser Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 My pair of Gold striped Maroon Clown fish layed eggs!! Does anyone have a website that I can read on how to propogate them? They are in the display! So, I don't know what I am going to do!! Clay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf86123 Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Clay, shoot Dave, Barelycuda a message, he can point you in the right direction right quicklike, he's our resident expert on clown rearing, and I've got a pair of his b&w babies in my tank right now. I think he's got something like 11 breeding pairs, 16 tanks full of baby clowns, and plans to add even more LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherryl Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 My pair of Gold striped Maroon Clown fish layed eggs!! Does anyone have a website that I can read on how to propogate them? They are in the display! So, I don't know what I am going to do!! Clay How are they, did they hatch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayTheSavageFraser Posted July 8, 2010 Author Share Posted July 8, 2010 Oh, yeah. They hatched and then now there are a whole new batch!! I didn't get to witness it but yeah these guys are going crazy!! Clay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 Hey I have a great book you can borrow on them barecuda recemended it and I have hatched them as well. if you need any help Im just in springfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayTheSavageFraser Posted July 8, 2010 Author Share Posted July 8, 2010 Sweet!! OK!! Clay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherryl Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Great! So in about three weeks you might be looking for new homes for them? I'll look for your posting as I'd probably buy one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Clowns fry can take up to six months to raise to adult hood. for sale. some less from what I understand.. barecuda would know the exacts more than I would being that he hatches more breeds and has had more experience than I. however its so cool to watch them grow. it was worth all I put into it. I can promise you that. when they are hatched they are clear with a tummy then about 14 days, give or take, they metemorphise, getting colors like their parents some time with more stripes than their parents some time less. You get to train them too. like to teach them about hiding and anemones. Getting to teach them to run to the other side of the tank when you clean so they dont take a ride down the tunnel of the scary bucket .. you get to teach them to live with currents in the water, and mine are very friendly. I have tought mine within two days that its pudding time AKA food time when the filters go off. they all swim out of their hiding holes to the top of the tank only when the filter is off. So cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barelycuda Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 GSM babies are the slowest growing babies that i have raised. They can take well over a year to start having the bars turn gold. You can get them large enough to sell or give away sooner than that but don't expect the coloring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dee77 Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 you should put a ceramic pot in the tank so they lay the eggs on it and then get the pot in a differant tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barelycuda Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 clay flower pots work better than ceramic. If they are the smooth ceramic pots the eggs won't stick to the pot very well. Make sure to soak them before putting them into a tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 I actually had better luck with a tile, for laying eggs, but maybe beacuse my clowns are so big... and the anemone is so high in the tank.... and since it's a reef tank, it takes up less room and is hide able. I had read in a book that you can also use plexi glass, or acylic for them to lay their eggs on. I am soon trying this.. so I will let you know.. I think it may work because my reef tank is plexi- glass, and the clowns lay the eggs on that already. And I dont want to have something noticable in the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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