Re: Breeding....

Good news, and good luck with the fish.

Do you have any resources or hints on how to breed these?

Thanks

"Pszemol" <Pszemol@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> In fact, I am currently feeding 9-days old larvae of maroon
>> clownfish in the phase of metamorphosis. Most of the fish
>> now look like adult fish with two whitish/bluish stripes on
>> their sides and they swim with undulating fashion like adults.
>> Then only thing beside the size they differ from adults is
>> the coloration which is almost completely black while adults
>> are maroon with golden stripes.
>>
>> Out of about 650 eggs more than 120 larvae survived first week.
>> This high survival ratio in my first atempt to breed them
>> is a proof how easy is to breed clowns. Of course this is not
>> the end, they are not the adults yet, but the most difficult
>> time is behind us, I hope ;-)
>
> I just started feeding the second hatch of maroon clowns this morning.
> The first hatch is already mostly completed metamorphosis and death
> rate is minimal with about one dead fish per 2-3 days. The current
> count of fish moved one by one to a bigger 10-gallon grow out tank
> is 125, alive and strong. Will see what will happen next... :-)


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