Salt Water Breeding?

[Bomber]

i don't know if this is the place to ask this question?? but is it any different to breed salt water fish then it is to breed fresh water fish??

i would really like to try and breed some salt water fish..so let me know if any of you have done it befor?? or how i can go about trying it??

thanks!!

 

[SkiFletch]

Yeah its usually different. Clowns are by far the easiest to breed, and there are a lot of books written on that subject. It can be done and there are some industry standard methods, but most saltwater fish do not breed in captivity

 

[Bomber]

ok thanks man..ya i was hoping to breed my clown fish that i will be getting very very soon!!!

 

[SkiFletch]

I THINK the author is Joyce Wilkerson (not sure about first name, but last name is right) entitled "Clownfishes" and is pretty much the clownfish bible. Check that out if you want to breed them

 

[crazyelece]

Agreed with Ski, that book is the best attempt by far and is a sure fire way to succeed. Be warned though that it is not as simple as freshwater and the difficulty is raising the fry. Not getting them to breed. If you are interested get the book, its worth having even if you decide not to breed clowns.

 

[alexrex20]

Agreed with Ski, that book is the best attempt by far and is a sure fire way to succeed. Be warned though that it is not as simple as freshwater and the difficulty is raising the fry. Not getting them to breed. If you are interested get the book, its worth having even if you decide not to breed clowns.

Just watch 'Finding Nemo' and you'll know exactly how hard it is to raise the fry.

 

[Bomber]

hey my pair of clowns are doing amazing! i love them !!

but i was reading some sights and it said that they bread on like clay pots, or tile?? is that true or will they host on anyhting? they are really atracted to 2 palces in my tank, on a nice flat rock with 2 large red mushrooms and a little cave.. will they host on/ by the mushroom or in the cave? or do they need somehting more? (not saying they will but i'am going to try..they never leve each other's side!!)

thanks!

 

[crazyelece]

I would say if they were to breed, they would lay the eggs near or in the cave. They only host to provide themselves with a security blanket. That isn't necessarily the same place as where they would lay the eggs. You don't need tile or clay, there isn't much of that in the wild now is there. They will clean a spot on the live rock and lay the eggs there. Then they will guard them until they hatch.

 

[Bomber]

"You don't need tile or clay, there isn't much of that in the wild now is there."

Ya i know that i foundit strange when i read it to..but ok thatks!

Also how many eggs do they lay? is it usualy a huge amount like 100, or only a few like as few as say 20, and what clour are the eggs?

 

[Chac]

is that true or will they host on anyhting?

What about the Nem you added

 

[Bomber]

clown fish don't go near thoese kind of nems...they will not host on it...

 

[Chac]

clown fish don't go near thoese kind of nems...they will not host on it...

How do you mean 'those type of nems' - what type of Nem do you own

 

[Opcn]

What exactly did you mean by the question "[ are salt water fish more difficult to breed than fresh water fish?]" I think that there isn't one set difficulty level for either, No aquarist will ever breed a beluga sturgeon because they litterally need a large lake, I'd say that thats about as difficult as it gets.

 

[crazyelece]

Its more like 100, and if I remember right I think the eggs are blackish. One of the LFS in the area has bred their own clowns for almost 20 years now and all I know is what I have gathered from them. Although I do have Wilkerson's book, I have yet to get the time to read it!

 

[Bomber]

i came home from school today and i saw some little brownish/blackish small round balls on a piece of live rock i had in my tank (this is one of the spots that the clowns haven't really left in a long time! (day or 2)
they were not there befor i went to school?? so could they be eggs??
there hard to see in the pic but just down form the small mushroom, and a little to the right you can see them?

cpould this possibly be eggs?