Clown Eggs - Reef-Geeks

msbeanctr · Reef-Geek

Jeeze Louise!!! I've had this pair of clowns for well over 4 years and they've never got their 'freak on' so I've never worried about the little monsters breeding.....

I came home to this today....

NO NO NO!! No babies!! Can I be completely heartless and just leave them alone? I'm kinda hoping for the sushi thing to happen. I know that sounds terrible but I'm not into breeding them.

Advice? Suggestions? Comments?

Barbara · Geekette

wow!!! that's awesome msbean!

...I'm not the right person to answer this one...I'd say RAISE them! .......collecting them and then rearing them is such an unbelievably amazing experience! but honestly, just letting them go is part of nature so.............sorry I couldn't help more.....still...pretty cool isn't it?

chris&barb · Lost

Thats awesome msbean. You dont have to raise them if you dont want. Let them keep doing what they do

msbeanctr · Reef-Geek

Good grief! They did it again.....I checked the tank this afternoon when I got home and low and behold there was another batch of eggs.

So....how often do they lay a batch of eggs?

What a couple of pervs.....I don't want babies darnit!

Barbara · Geekette

woo hoo! they're in their groove that's for sure

...as long as their environment isn't disturbed, they'll be laying eggs every 11-14 days!!!

Clownfish Sushi · Big-Geek

yup, every 11-14 days. possibly for years to come.

msbeanctr · Reef-Geek

Well I have to ask.....isn't this stressful for them (health wise I mean)?

Barbara · Geekette

NOOOOOOOOOOO!!! .......just the opposite! if they're laying eggs that means they're perfectly happy with their environment! they're happy and healthy! ....this is what they do!

Sneezy · Big-Geek

Cmon Carol you know you want to start collecting them. Just think you could take the babies into Dead Fish in a Glass Bowl and get credit.

msbeanctr · Reef-Geek

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Originally Posted by skinz78

Cmon Carol you know you want to start collecting them. Just think you could take the babies into Dead Fish in a Glass Bowl and get credit.

NO WAY!!! I wouldn't take a dead fish to them! I'm curious to see if things improve when they move into their new shop.

I MUST quit reading Barb's posts......I'm actually thinking of keeping a batch of eggs.....but I have to finish cycling the other tank first.

What am I thinking?

Barbara · Geekette

you're thinking "Oooohhhhh....this could be fun and exciting! I need to try this and witness an amazing, incredible, awesome experience!!!" ........

Barbara · Geekette

...and I am MORE than happy to help you along the way!!!

rgrking · Spawning

So I get home tonight and I see a stray ric that got away at some time during its life. Well it's right where an anenome is and the clowns stay...yes all 4 of them, peacefully. Well I pick up half of a shell and this is what I see. Yes I can see eyes. I just don't have a tank or rotifers to feed them.

Barbara · Geekette

woo hoo!!! more clown eggs!!! that means they'll keep coming too......so are you going to get your rotifer cultures started???

rgrking · Spawning

Actually I think I am. I think I have a little bit that survived me ignoring it so I moved a 5 gallon tank and filled it about half full and put in an airstone and the shell that the babies are on. I have a heater and a light. I'm gonna give it a shot. What's the worst that can happen right?

Jcling · Reef-Geek

haha converted! You will love raising the little guys

(I know Lindsay and I are very excited for when our pairs start spawning)

rgrking · Spawning

my rotifer culture is all dead. I can't raise the little ones. I put the shell back in the DT with mom. They are all still good I think though. Still attached to the shell.

Jcling · Reef-Geek

Where are you located? I'm sure that C&B, or even I would be more than willing to send you a culture to start back up! (I have 2 healthy buckets running and I know C&B have plenty)

rgrking · Spawning

I'm in Missouri, close to St Louis.

Barbara · Geekette

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Originally Posted by rgrking

my rotifer culture is all dead. I can't raise the little ones. I put the shell back in the DT with mom. They are all still good I think though. Still attached to the shell.

what?! you put the shell BACK in the tank??? so you took it out??? nooooooooo

don't EVER do that!!! the eggs NEED to stay with the parents as long as they possibly can!!!!!!

......how long were they away from the parents?
On another note, we're happy to send you enough to start a healthy culture......just pm your address to me or chris

[1 (permalink)] Posted by msbeanctr 02-19-2010, 08:13 PM	Reef-Geek
Clown Eggs Jeeze Louise!!! I've had this pair of clowns for well over 4 years and they've never got their 'freak on' so I've never worried about the little monsters breeding..... I came home to this today.... NO NO NO!! No babies!! Can I be completely heartless and just leave them alone? I'm kinda hoping for the sushi thing to happen. I know that sounds terrible but I'm not into breeding them. Advice? Suggestions? Comments?	Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 346 Gameroom cash: $130700 Rep Power: 13
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[6 (permalink)] Posted by Clownfish Sushi 03-04-2010, 11:47 PM	Big-Geek
yup, every 11-14 days. possibly for years to come. __________________ Jason Golden http://www.clownfishsushi.com	Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Wilmington, DE Posts: 1,627 Gameroom cash: $39665 Rep Power: 49
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[2 (permalink)] Posted by Barbara 02-19-2010, 09:09 PM	Geekette
wow!!! that's awesome msbean! ...I'm not the right person to answer this one...I'd say RAISE them! .......collecting them and then rearing them is such an unbelievably amazing experience! but honestly, just letting them go is part of nature so.............sorry I couldn't help more.....still...pretty cool isn't it?	Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 11,856 Gameroom cash: $4013819 Rep Power: 100
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[3 (permalink)] Posted by chris&barb 02-19-2010, 09:10 PM	Lost
Thats awesome msbean. You dont have to raise them if you dont want. Let them keep doing what they do	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: De Posts: 12,272 Gameroom cash: $3501040 Rep Power: 100
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[4 (permalink)] Posted by msbeanctr 03-03-2010, 07:10 PM	Reef-Geek
Good grief! They did it again.....I checked the tank this afternoon when I got home and low and behold there was another batch of eggs. So....how often do they lay a batch of eggs? What a couple of pervs.....I don't want babies darnit!	Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 346 Gameroom cash: $130700 Rep Power: 13
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[5 (permalink)] Posted by Barbara 03-04-2010, 04:08 PM	Geekette
woo hoo! they're in their groove that's for sure ...as long as their environment isn't disturbed, they'll be laying eggs every 11-14 days!!!	Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 11,856 Gameroom cash: $4013819 Rep Power: 100
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[7 (permalink)] Posted by msbeanctr 03-05-2010, 11:46 AM	Reef-Geek
Well I have to ask.....isn't this stressful for them (health wise I mean)?	Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 346 Gameroom cash: $130700 Rep Power: 13
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[8 (permalink)] Posted by Barbara 03-05-2010, 12:01 PM	Geekette
NOOOOOOOOOOO!!! .......just the opposite! if they're laying eggs that means they're perfectly happy with their environment! they're happy and healthy! ....this is what they do!	Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 11,856 Gameroom cash: $4013819 Rep Power: 100
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[9 (permalink)] Posted by Sneezy 03-05-2010, 12:21 PM	Big-Geek
Cmon Carol you know you want to start collecting them. Just think you could take the babies into Dead Fish in a Glass Bowl and get credit.	Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 9,197 Gameroom cash: $66 Rep Power: 116
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[11 (permalink)] Posted by Barbara 03-05-2010, 04:45 PM	Geekette
you're thinking "Oooohhhhh....this could be fun and exciting! I need to try this and witness an amazing, incredible, awesome experience!!!" ........	Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 11,856 Gameroom cash: $4013819 Rep Power: 100
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[12 (permalink)] Posted by Barbara 03-05-2010, 04:45 PM	Geekette
...and I am MORE than happy to help you along the way!!!	Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 11,856 Gameroom cash: $4013819 Rep Power: 100
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[13 (permalink)] Posted by rgrking 03-05-2010, 07:09 PM	Spawning
So I get home tonight and I see a stray ric that got away at some time during its life. Well it's right where an anenome is and the clowns stay...yes all 4 of them, peacefully. Well I pick up half of a shell and this is what I see. Yes I can see eyes. I just don't have a tank or rotifers to feed them.	Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sullivan, Missouri, USA Posts: 10,000 Gameroom cash: $1656070 Rep Power: 164
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[14 (permalink)] Posted by Barbara 03-05-2010, 08:49 PM	Geekette
woo hoo!!! more clown eggs!!! that means they'll keep coming too......so are you going to get your rotifer cultures started???	Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 11,856 Gameroom cash: $4013819 Rep Power: 100
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[15 (permalink)] Posted by rgrking 03-05-2010, 09:40 PM	Spawning
Actually I think I am. I think I have a little bit that survived me ignoring it so I moved a 5 gallon tank and filled it about half full and put in an airstone and the shell that the babies are on. I have a heater and a light. I'm gonna give it a shot. What's the worst that can happen right?	Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sullivan, Missouri, USA Posts: 10,000 Gameroom cash: $1656070 Rep Power: 164
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[16 (permalink)] Posted by Jcling 03-06-2010, 07:28 PM	Reef-Geek
haha converted! You will love raising the little guys (I know Lindsay and I are very excited for when our pairs start spawning)	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Pa half time and De the other half Posts: 634 Gameroom cash: $246065 Rep Power: 17
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[17 (permalink)] Posted by rgrking 03-06-2010, 07:38 PM	Spawning
my rotifer culture is all dead. I can't raise the little ones. I put the shell back in the DT with mom. They are all still good I think though. Still attached to the shell.	Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sullivan, Missouri, USA Posts: 10,000 Gameroom cash: $1656070 Rep Power: 164
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[18 (permalink)] Posted by Jcling 03-06-2010, 07:44 PM	Reef-Geek
Where are you located? I'm sure that C&B, or even I would be more than willing to send you a culture to start back up! (I have 2 healthy buckets running and I know C&B have plenty)	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Pa half time and De the other half Posts: 634 Gameroom cash: $246065 Rep Power: 17
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[19 (permalink)] Posted by rgrking 03-06-2010, 07:49 PM	Spawning
I'm in Missouri, close to St Louis.	Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sullivan, Missouri, USA Posts: 10,000 Gameroom cash: $1656070 Rep Power: 164
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