Comments on: Step 3 – Hatch Night

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:58:57 +0000

Egg eating is common in the first couple of batches that are laid. Be patient, the clownfish will get the hang of it.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:44:10 +0000

My clowns (one black one orange) laid eggs. almost immediately after they began to eat them so i removed what was left of them to the hatch tank. what do you think are the chances they’ll hatch? and why did they eat them?

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:33:31 +0000

Hi our clowns have layed twice this time we set up the fry tank and had rotifers ready.
Unfortuanetly the silver eyes appeared and we were set for hatch night but during the day with the tank lights on the eggs hatched why is this so any help appreciated

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:12:40 +0000

Going to the same place at night does not necessary mean that the clownfish are going to lay eggs. I would be more concerned about the clownfish with the hole in the top of his head. This sounds like a common fish disease. You might want to look into that.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:11:31 +0000

Yes you should be able to keep your fish in this tank. Use the siphon method described on this site to remove the baby clownfish.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:06:00 +0000

I have had very good results. Your survival rate might be low because of another factor such as the rotifers not being in high enough numbers. Try to keep the airline tube shorter so they aren’t taking a long ride in the tube. Best of luck.

By: linda

linda — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 07:42:37 +0000

hi.
i also did clownfish breeding
and i did breeding for tomato clownfish
the problem is the eggs were laid on the aquarium wall that cant be remove to incubation tank. i did used your method that using the airtube to siphon the fry, but by using this method, the survival rate is very low. how to prevent the mortality and how to increase the survival rates. i really need to know if u have some information on that.

By: Prolificsis

Prolificsis — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:42:05 +0000

My tank is a 36 gallon corner bow-front. I only have one additional fish in the tank: a dragon goby. My mated clown fish have laid eggs on the same rock just beneath the anemone. I really would like to keep the fish in this tank and not remove them. Is that possible?

By: Erin

Erin — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:28:10 +0000

I have 2 clown fish about the same size alone in a tank.
One is darker than the other. The lighter one has a tiny hole or something on the top of his head. They usually go in one place when I turn the lights out at night. I read somewhere that’s a symptom that they’re going to lay eggs. Is that true? If so, what are some more symptoms?

By: tony

tony — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:51:51 +0000

i bought 2 clowns about a year a go they are in a mixed reef tank and i havent had eggs yet. but when i bought them they were in a tank where eggs were still on the glass.. so they were a pair. they seem to get on well and ive had no problems. one is avrage size the other is verry large. i see on the net that the large clown is normally the female but today i thought i see eggs inside the small one. is this possible? could i have mistaken the sex of them? they have got quite agressive too and i did have problems with my water conditions but i think i’ve sorted it now.