February 20, 2006

Third crop

A third crop of eggs laid tonight...

Posted by Mike at 12:43 AM

February 12, 2006

More eggs

The clownfish had another batch of eggs. It's been about 3 days so we'll see what happens. It looks like not as many as the first batch, but still a dozen or so left.

Posted by Mike at 11:17 PM

February 09, 2006

Horny Clowns

The clownfish had babies last weekend. The eggs were bright orange, then turned brown/silvery after a few days. After about 2 days of their eyes becoming a very reflective silver color and resembling tiny (4-5mm) fish, about a week old, they hatched one night but all disappeared by the next morning, either swept away by the overflow or eaten. I had set up a nursery tank in a 10gal, but they didn't hatch in the expected 2-3 hours after the lights went out so I went to bed.
Last night they laid another batch of eggs in the same place on the rock next to the frog spawn. Hopefully this time I'll have better luck saving a few.

Posted by Mike at 07:17 PM