MY Clowns laid eggs!!!!!

that's great- not the eating part but the fact that they laid eggs-

Do you plan to grow babies out or just let them be?

That is so cool meowzer, I think the white one's are infertile and the reds one's are fertilized, did they move them by any chance.  I wish mine would spawn.

 Is that in your big tank 225?

At least you know they are happy in your tank!.

Well if they eat them there won't be any color to them at all.  They should be an orange color.  If they ate them it might because they are frightened.  This is an instinct to retain the nutrients they expended to lay them before a predator can eat them.  If you stay away from the tank until they are done they are less likely to eat them.  Mine usually bite at the anemone to make a spot for the eggs underneath it.  After they are done the anemone relaxes back into place and the eggs are protected from predators, and photographers

Congrats! Now we just need to get them into an anemone!

If this is their first spawn, don't be surprised to see them eat quite a few. The first couple of spawns produce a lot of waste, and the female gets exhausted so to get quick nutrients back into her system, she will eat a lot of them, which in turn the male will do because men are followers, LOL

Mine spawn every 2 weeks, like two horny teenagers left home alone. They eat about 1/4-1/3 of the eggs throughout the week. Even the orange ones. They thin out the herd, I guess something about the egg looks bad to them. It's cool to watch the eggs progress throughout the week, even if you don't intend to raise the fry. Throughout the week, you'll see them, especially the male "mouth" the eggs to keep them free of algae, etc. It's pretty neat the way they care for them.

I don't breed mine most of the time either, but I do enjoy watching them care for them all week. Both mine eat eggs too. Don't be surprised if they eat the entire first few batches.

It often takes a few trial runs before they get the spawning thing done right where the eggs actually get fertilized.  They will eat any unfertilized, dying, or infected egg so it doesn't contaminate the rest.  If they ate all of the eggs then my guess is that their timing was off and none of them got fertilized.

are they true of false percs.?

they look like false percs.

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Originally Posted by clown-keeper99 

they look like false percs.

Ditto!

They are A. ocellaris

what is so wrong about calling them false percula clowns Bang guy?