clown fish breeding

[steveo240v]

hi i was pointed in your direction for some advise on raisng my clown fry...was told you had a thread on it but i cant find any help would be great thankyou..

[LittleOcean]

Hi steveo,

My thread is here My very short clown breeding diary! (actually quite long))
My very short clown breeding diary!

If that works ?

Have a look thru as I tried to put as much info as possible on. On my phone at the mo so typing is pita.

Joyce wilkersons book on clownfishes is an excellent read..

Let me know if you have any questions ;-)

[steveo240v]

just had a look on amazon for that book its £383.59.....it must be really good at that price

[LittleOcean]

just had a look on amazon for that book its £383.59.....it must be really good at that price

Blimey!, I think that's due to availability perhaps of new books.. you want to find a second hand one if possible I picked mine up for around £30 second hand..

The main thing I struggled with was rotifer shortages.. the larvae once caught, either via the old cup and torch technique (which works very well) or a snagger design of some sort... they need high concentrations of prey items (rotifers or baby pods) so can learn to catch there food withint the first 24 to 48 hours..

I'd start cultivating rotifers asap and see how you get on, live phyto is a good feed for them which is easy enough to cultivate too.. I do have a culture manual spare which has a chapter on clams and mysis missing which has all the info you'd need and more for rotifers, pods and phyto, you could have it at a super discounted price if you like ;-)

Other than the prey items, you'll need a seperate small blacked out aquarium or black bucket with heater and a sponge filter.. (only add the sponge filter after the first few days as the larvae are too small and get trapped in the sponge)

I'm missing loads of stuff out.. so do some research but by all means give it a go it's easier than you think!

hth