Think my clown fish are mating

[prince26]

So recently I been seeing my clown fish shaking around my other fish. I only have two clown fish in my 55gal tank. I also have in there...
1-cleaner shrimp
1-coral shrimp
5-very very small dwarf hermits crabs
5-turbo snails
1-emerald crab
1-algae blennie
1-sand shifting sea star
2-Nassarius Snail
3-Turban Snail
If so and they are mating,what I have in my tank now will that be a problem or no?
Set up is....
Cascade filtration
Cascade power head
Skimmer
Aqua sun light source
2-300 watt heater.
All my readings are 0 and PH is 8.2
Temp 76-78.
55lb Fiji live sand
55lb Fiji rock
5lb carrabian live rock
Thanks.

 

[snakeblitz33]

If they are acting lovey-dovey and swimming in little circles, then sure... If they are mature clowns and are well fed and have been in the tank together for awhile, then that's a natural process.
Watch for little tiny orange eggs.
If you want to try to hatch a few, you should start reading now!
I suggest putting a piece of slate in your tank - if the clowns are going to mate, the female will more than likely lay her eggs on the slate than any other surface.
Good luck!

 

[prince26]

If they are acting lovey-dovey and swimming in little circles, then sure... If they are mature clowns and are well fed and have been in the tank together for awhile, then that's a natural process.
Watch for little tiny orange eggs.
If you want to try to hatch a few, you should start reading now!
I suggest putting a piece of slate in your tank - if the clowns are going to mate, the female will more than likely lay her eggs on the slate than any other surface.
Good luck!
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Ok thank you very much for the information.

 

[al&burke]

If they are ready to spawn they will start cleaning an area on your live rock. Like Seth said read up on taking care of the fry. You should let them go through a few spawns before you try to get the eggs out before they hatch. My clowns are hosted by a hammer coral and they always laid eggs at the base of it. much like they would with an anemone. Once I new where they were laying eggs then I added a piece of slate, sure enough they laid eggs and I got my first batch of clownfish larvae/fry. You really need to get some rotifers going if you are going to try to save them, I had them growing at least a month before I got my first batch. I have two batches of clownfish fry, I completely lost a batch a few weeks ago. My fourth attempt will hopefully be successful wednesday night. Good luck.