agsansoo

Here we go again ... Round 2 !



Eggs on the same rock, just a little to the right.


Looks like there's more eggs this time !

Callum The Cat

sgould

LOL...the clown has it's eye on you!

Bonochick

Cute! Your clown is beautiful.

Miss Mouse

Ohhh I can just imagine Nemos daddy looking after the eggs! It's just too cute how they look after them. And people say fish dont have feelings...

Tom

Congrats on your new brood.
Well, they don't. I am only kidding, I know they have feelings. That would be the worst thing to say on a fish forum.
Tom

atmmachine816

Cool

Miss Mouse

Ooh Tom you big meanie! I had a HUGE argument with a friend who watched March of the Penguins with me and complained about how the producers made you feel like they actually had feelings for their babies and how stupid it was in a world when science can apparently prove that theory wrong. What a dork. Needless to say I am no longer very good friends with him. I dont know how science can prove whether an animal has feelings but it's not something worth arguing about because he has never had a pet in his life! Grr. Makes me mad. lol

armadillo

I don't see the eggs. Could you explain where they are? Like more to the left, or bottom, or something?

So cool that they've spawned again!!!

Trpimp147

the red spots are the eggs i believe.

Tom

Ain't it though? I can get that way when Todd(evil personality) takes over. But hey, some people feel that way and I am not about to go and try to make people all believe what I am doing, like all the animal activists here that took all the animals away from the circus and are trying to shut down our zoo. But that's another story.
Tom

agsansoo

Yes the red dots are the eggs. They have turned sliver now, since they are two days away from hatching .... You can see their little black eyes and sliver bodies. I was going to take a picture tonight, but got very busy building a fry snagger. The lights cycled off before I remembered. I promise to take a few photos tomorrow when the lights are on again.

armadillo

Wow, you're kidding! So that's what it looks like? Huh, interesting.

armadillo

Fry snagger? You simply have to explain that one!

Trpimp147

usly people use a 2 liter bottle cut the top off from the top of the label and turn it inside out, and put food in it that the baby fish will eat and kinda put it close as to the eggs as you can and the babys will hatch and go for food and hiding so they will go there... some times they put a small wall there to help them go to the bottle, some other methods are putting a net by it and letting it ther eand watch them hatch... if you have that kind of time haha and try and get them all or relocate to a holding a tank before hatching. i dont think i would suggest that.

armadillo

Ooooooh, fancy idea, that.

Tom

I just thought of this, if it is possible, you should use a turkey baster(very clean of course) and just suck up the fry so they don't get shocked by leaving the water. I use that techneique with the killifish fry. Try to get one with an angeled tip. Those are the best.
Tom

Trpimp147

or you could go to the pet store and buy the fry catching thinger i donno what they look like.

agsansoo

Turkey baster I tried ... They are the quickest things in my tank. FAST and very small. So small they can't eat baby brine shrimp for at least a week ! A siphon hose is the only thing that's worked so far ... Will try my DIY snagger tonight. ! I will post photo tonight when I get home. Plus my rotifers are being delivered today. I hope (fingers crossed).

Trpimp147

sounds good if not try mine haha. i kno it works i watched a vid of it on another site it was cool if it dont work then much wasnt wasted in money or time only takes a few mins.

Tom

OK, I thought it would help. If I had known you had already tried it, I would have kept quiet.
Tom

P.S. I am not feeling sorry for myself so I don't need any sympathies.

agsansoo

Updated photos:



Closeup


I tried to take better photos ... But I suck with this camera. Every time the auto-focus laser thingy shots out ... My clown swims in front of it, throwing the focus off.

agsansoo

OK. Now compare the first photo with this last one. The eggs are ready to pop. Good thing they didn't last night. My fry snagger didn't work so good. It lost the siphon and the pump went dry .... LOL Will make some mods tonight !

Here it is ...!
Version 1

Trpimp147

how does it work??

agsansoo

Nope ...! It only caught two fry. Making a new version without the U-Tube.

Trpimp147

oo i see i get now i was kinda lost at first but i get it now. hmms good luck fish are tricky.

des

thats awsome. any tips on breeding? was hoping my pair of clowns would, but so far nothin!

agsansoo

My only tip would be food. Feeding them the right variety of foods can induce spawning (I read this somewhere). I feed my Formula 1 and cyclopezee twice a day.

atmmachine816

O so you recommend Formula 1 then? My store sells that and I'm always looking for another variety, for now I just have omega one.

agsansoo

Yes ! Formula 1 was developed for clownfish.