Holly Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 How long for clarkii eggs to hatch? My pair laid eggs overnight last night... Online I read "6-11 days" but that seems like a really wide spread. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Popeil Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 i would guess it will be closer to 8 days. youll know when theyre ready to hatch when the entire nest gets a nice silvery sheen to it. if you start marking it down on a calender the schedule of when the eggs are laid and when they hatch, youll find its pretty consistent. expect them to hatch 1 to 2 hours after the lights go off for the evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Are you going to try and raise them Holly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsoz Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Wide range is due to temperature differences. Cooler water=longer time to hatch. dsoz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted March 6, 2008 Author Share Posted March 6, 2008 I'm sure they won't make it even if they DID hatch. My tank is kinda "survival of the fittest" and I don't have any way to remove the big rock they're on to try to relocate them. I was just hoping to enjoy the maturation process... I like watching the male harp over them. More than half of the eggs disappeared today, I just noticed. Not sure what's happening to them. The pair are very territorial and I haven't seen them letting anyone get near their area, so maybe it's the clowns themselves that're pecking at them..? My tank vasillates between 77-79 usually... Thanks for the info -8 days. I'll remember that, in case they lay some more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barelycuda Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 With 77-79 degree water I would say eight days also. Most of my hatches run 7 days but the water temp hovers right around 80. The parents diet may have something to do with the eggs disappearing. Very cool to hear that they are still spawing for you. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted March 8, 2008 Author Share Posted March 8, 2008 Diet? How so? The tank gets mostly mysis with a little bit of spiru-enriched brine each evening, plus their romaine for nibbling (which the clowns usually don't touch, of course). I also occasionally feed little cut-up pieces of silversides too. What else should I be doing? ... This is the first spawn for this pair. My male of the original spawnings mysteriously died in early Dec so I got another little clark for her around Xmas. The female hatefully dive-bombed him nonstop from across the tank for the first 8 days (I thought he'd die from the stress) and then it took another 7 days before she allowed him to share one end of her anemone with her. Almost two months later, they finally laid this first batch. Seemed like a long transition time but he was a tenacious little bugger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bemo Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 What they mean is that a fair share of the eggs after they are laid don't make it and the male cleans them off. The better diet they eat the better. It is just like us, they need a fair share of seaweeds and meat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishiefish Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 wow thats so neat congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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