Breeding Clowns...

[yimmy]

I have 2 ocellaris clowns which have been in the tank for about 3 weeks. One has declared dominance and one is bigger than the other. My LFS buys clowns off of hobbyist to sell them. They will buy a clown off you for like 10$ and sell it for 30. So my question is how often to they lay eggs, how many usually hatch and also what sort of supplies do you need to breed them(tank and what not). It's something I've been interested in but don't know much about. Thanks
Jimmy

 

[lank]

hey we have 2 clowns i thought about that to b/c our clowns lay eggs about every week or when ever they get eatin ya they will lay there eggs gard them and they will disapper then they will lay more eggs this goes on and on so i dont know if they get eatin or they hatch but i havnt seen any baby clowns yet so good luck if u can get them to hatch

 

[thegrog]

I recommend getting the book entitled Clownfishes by Joyce Wilkerson. It outlines the entire breeding process from start to end. Very easy read too.
Raising baby clowns is not exactly easy as they require special foods at different stages of development. It's not complicated, just time consuming.