AquariumChatter.com — clownfish spawing

My maroon clown fish pair recently began to spawn again.  Unfortunately for me they are spawning on the glass which makes the collection more difficult.  I used to use the bowl method where you would use a flashlight to attract the larvae then scoop them out with a bowl.  It was time consuming and you will kill some larvae in the process.  I have seen some commercially available products called larvae collectors but read about a guy selling a DIY one.  I picked one up off of the marine breeding initiative site.  The way it works is that it is...

My first two batches of Onyx Percula clownfish have hit 10 months old and are looking pretty good.   They are getting some interesting patterns, and are beginning to develop their black coloration.  Most of them are close to 1.5 inches in size.  One thing that I think is interesting is there are two different color variations that seem to be showing up.  One variation has a darker orange coloration and the other ones are very light orange almost yellow coloration. From what I have heard this has been seen with some other peoples Onyx Percula clownfish.  I plan to keep...

Well I have been having some struggles with clownfish larvae dying the first night after hatch.  This time I tried mixing using a  50/50 mix of  water from my brood stock system and freshly made saltwater.  It seemed to make a big difference as I had about 75-100 clownfish larvae alive after the first night.  Over the next 10 days I lost some but I still have around 50 or so left that went through metamorphosis.  At this point they are looking pretty good and eating a ton of food.  I am using TDO size "a" dry food and newly...

In a previous article I wrote about spawning Ocellaris clownfish.  Now that you can spawn the fish the next step is hatching the eggs.  There are two options that you can do if you want to try to raise the clownfish larvae.  The easiest thing to do is to let the eggs hatch naturally in the main aquarium.  Ocellaris clownfish eggs typically hatch 6-8 days after they are laid depending on the temperature of the water.  If the aquarium is at 80 degrees they should hatch in 6 or 7 days.  You can tell the eggs are getting ready to...

Ocellaris Clownfish (Amphiprion Ocellaris) are a popular saltwater fish for saltwater aquariums.  They are an attractive and hardy addition to most saltwater aquariums.  They are a reef safe fish but may bother any corals that they may host in.  This would include corals such as hammer corals, xenia or anything that flows in the current.  They can be kept in saltwater aquariums as small as 10 gallons. In order to get your Ocellaris clownfish to spawn you fish need to have a bonded pair.  The easiest way...