Reefbaby
03-16-2007, 03:30 AM
Hey TR - I've been watching my clown fish for two years now, waiting for them to finally start breeding. They were super tiny little things when I bought them 2 1/2 years ago. I'm almost positive that they have laid clutches of eggs before, since I've often seen the female completely fat and then a couple of days later normal size again; however, I was never lucky enough to actually see the eggs. They have hosted in my Euphyllia divisa now for the past two years. Since this coral now has about 16 heads on it (!!), it's quite difficult to see anything underneath it when the coral is fully expanded. Well, last night I was doing the old "sneaking around the tank in the dark with my flashlight" thing, I was lucky enough to glimpse something moving about at the base of the Euphyllia stalk. Since the coral was completely closed, and I just happened to sweep over that area with my flashlight, I noticed the eggs. There's about 50-60 eggs stuck to the coral and I can already see the eyes! I was pretty excited, needless to say!
Unfortunately, this lot will probably serve to feed others in the tank, since I have no way of removing them and trying to get them to survive. But, now that I know they're breeding and they're not eating the clutches, I'm looking forward to trying it out when I've moved into the new system and have more space to try out things like this.
Do you guys know if there's any chance of rotifer production in a well-established tank?
Unfortunately, this lot will probably serve to feed others in the tank, since I have no way of removing them and trying to get them to survive. But, now that I know they're breeding and they're not eating the clutches, I'm looking forward to trying it out when I've moved into the new system and have more space to try out things like this.
Do you guys know if there's any chance of rotifer production in a well-established tank?