Breeding Clownfish question

[dschertz]

Does anyone know or tried to breed a regular Ocellaris and a Black and white Ocellaris and if so what are the results, thanks.

 

[wontonflip]

We've had a couple of people here dive into breeding. Bifferwine is one:

https://www.livingreefs.com/biffy-breeds-tomato-clowns-t22893.html

She took a break cuz they stopped laying eggs after she moved stuff around...but they started up laying eggs again :)

Wes also recently took the plunge:

https://www.livingreefs.com/wesleys-10-gallon-larvae-tank-t34271.html

Are yours already laying eggs? Or just getting into the mind set of making a setup?

 

[dschertz]

just wondering if you can do it, we have one now and want to add a black and white and see what happens.

 

[wontonflip]

Yeah I think only certain breeds of clowns will mate successfully :) I think there was a discussion about this in another thread....

 

[little_fish]

Those will breed because they are the same species, just different color morphs. But breeding clowns is much more difficult than tossing two fish in a tank. It can take them years to pair up and they begin laying eggs. Plus raising the fry can be really difficult because they need their own tank that will require multiple daily feedings of mildly difficult foods you have to culture, and daily or bi-daily water changes.