Clown fish eggs going to hatch tonight *video*

taku · 08/20/2011, 06:48 PM

Their eyes are super shiny so tonight is the night. Mom and pop false perc's have been laying eggs together about every 2.5-3 weeks since 2001. Sometimes I take for granted how unique this process is. Hope you enjoy the short video.

thebkramer · 08/20/2011, 06:53 PM

yAy!!

I love the video.. sooo cute!! Love how the Starry just HAD to show himself.. even if it was a glimpse

I hope you can get a video of the hatching process.. that be really neat!!
Congrats!!

taku · 08/20/2011, 07:00 PM

Oh my gosh I didn't notice the Starry made a cameo lol. He's such a cute bugger, such a great face and cute little pom poms.

Teddynola · 08/20/2011, 08:13 PM

That is an awesome sight. I have a pair of black and white occellaris, at what "age" do they usually start spawning?

taku · 08/21/2011, 10:47 AM

Good question, mine were probably a year old when they paired up, but they fought like devils until one day i woke up and looked in the tank and they were swimming together in the same large toadstool coral

Robert62779 · 08/25/2011, 06:20 PM

cool video....

TexasMike · 08/25/2011, 06:26 PM

Nice vid. Must be nice. Someone keeps eating my clowns eggs. grrr!

wes1333 · 08/25/2011, 06:33 PM

They hatch yet?

taku · 08/29/2011, 08:17 AM

Yes they did, as usual I didn't see a single one

There are already new eggs about a week old (still pinkish, can't see the babies yet).

AC2020x · 08/29/2011, 10:35 AM

Thats awesome man, did you do anything to encourage the spawning or did it just happen all on its own?

Best of luck!

taku · 08/29/2011, 10:38 AM

Thanks!

Nature always finds a way

It's been happening for something like 7 or 8 years now with these 2 false perc's and I didn't do anything to help them along. I also have to admit during the near decade of having a reef, my water chemistry sometimes slipped into the dark unknown for months at a time, but they kept makin babies. I'm back to a routine of water changes, but for a while there I wasn't religious about it.

They lay eggs on the rock just below the toadstool coral they hang out in.

08/20/2011, 06:48 PM	#1
taku Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Orlando. FL Posts: 536	Clown fish eggs going to hatch tonight video Their eyes are super shiny so tonight is the night. Mom and pop false perc's have been laying eggs together about every 2.5-3 weeks since 2001. Sometimes I take for granted how unique this process is. Hope you enjoy the short video.

08/20/2011, 06:53 PM	#2
thebkramer Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Clifton Park, NY Posts: 3,198	yAy!! I love the video.. sooo cute!! Love how the Starry just HAD to show himself.. even if it was a glimpse I hope you can get a video of the hatching process.. that be really neat!! Congrats!! __________________ Rhonda There is NO such things as Dumb Questions!! There are However.. Dumb Answers!!! ;) ____________ Current Tank Info: 55g reef....Current Orbit SunPaq Lights, HOB Eshopps, HOB AquaClear 110, 2-1400 Koralia Powerheads & 1 Nano Koralia, 40+ lbs LR, 2" LS

08/20/2011, 08:13 PM	#4
Teddynola pod wrangler Join Date: May 2011 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 301	That is an awesome sight. I have a pair of black and white occellaris, at what "age" do they usually start spawning? __________________ 75g Oceanic RR mixed reef in progress, 40b sump. Current Tank Info: Black occ pair, lawnmower blenny, scooter dragonette, yellow tang, male and female green mandarin, one spot foxface, flame hawkfish, fire shrimp, harlequin shrimp, skunk cleaner shrimp, harlequin starfish, with softies, sps, lps.

08/29/2011, 10:35 AM	#10
AC2020x Marine Conservationist Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: State College, PA Posts: 501	Thats awesome man, did you do anything to encourage the spawning or did it just happen all on its own? Best of luck! __________________ In progress: 29g nano-ish reef with DIY LED Lights / Broken Down: 125g Predator FOWLR tank.

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08/20/2011, 07:00 PM	#3
taku Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Orlando. FL Posts: 536	Oh my gosh I didn't notice the Starry made a cameo lol. He's such a cute bugger, such a great face and cute little pom poms.

08/21/2011, 10:47 AM	#5
taku Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Orlando. FL Posts: 536	Good question, mine were probably a year old when they paired up, but they fought like devils until one day i woke up and looked in the tank and they were swimming together in the same large toadstool coral

08/25/2011, 06:20 PM	#6
Robert62779 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 51	cool video....

08/25/2011, 06:26 PM	#7
TexasMike Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Clear Lake, Tx Posts: 165	Nice vid. Must be nice. Someone keeps eating my clowns eggs. grrr!

08/25/2011, 06:33 PM	#8
wes1333 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Edmond, OK Posts: 132	They hatch yet?

08/29/2011, 08:17 AM	#9
taku Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Orlando. FL Posts: 536	Yes they did, as usual I didn't see a single one There are already new eggs about a week old (still pinkish, can't see the babies yet).

08/29/2011, 10:38 AM	#11
taku Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Orlando. FL Posts: 536	Thanks! Nature always finds a way It's been happening for something like 7 or 8 years now with these 2 false perc's and I didn't do anything to help them along. I also have to admit during the near decade of having a reef, my water chemistry sometimes slipped into the dark unknown for months at a time, but they kept makin babies. I'm back to a routine of water changes, but for a while there I wasn't religious about it. They lay eggs on the rock just below the toadstool coral they hang out in.