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    Clown Help yet Again

    Hi All, Ilham in particular. Ive had this problem ever since my A. Occelaris started breeding again (after about a 5 month rest for an unknown reason), thats about 4 spawns. When they 1st started breeding I had no trouble with the eggs hatching, just no luck raising the fry. From these initial...
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    Clown Fry

    Hi Ilham & All, well to continue from my previous questions & replies, I dont have access to RO water etc & am still having great trouble getting ocean water. I do mix my water a 3-7 days in advance. My adults (A. Ocellaris) are very keen breeders & usually have eggs laid within 2 or 3 days of...
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    Ilham, sorry but Im stumped

    Update on Clown Fry HI again Ilham, yes I treat my tap water to remove chlorine etc, & I mix it up in a spare tank, leaving it sit for no less than 48hrs, but usually its mixed for a week before I use it. I dont have access to RO or DI water at the moment, I am still desperately trying to get...
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    Ilham, sorry but Im stumped

    Hi Ilham & all, Ive asked for your help with my A. Ocellaris before. I got them as a breeding pair & they did so successfully several times (though I wasnt so good with the fry but should have fixed that if infusoria grow in salt water), then they stopped for numerous months. They have had 3...
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    Clown Eggs Deaths

    Hi Ilham & Rod, thanks for that, the fry tank is cleaned every time but you are the 1st to tell me how to sterilise a tank safely, something I have been asking for some time. Next lot (which I dont think will be long after I return the pot as the adults are already 'courting') I will give the...
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    Clown Eggs Deaths

    Hi, about a month ago I was asking for ideas as to why my A. Occelaris had stopped breeding, even though they were going through the motions twice a day. Well they have since laid 2 lots of eggs, the 2nd lot with 2 new fish in the tank. I have gone through the exact same process of removing...
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    Clown Spawning Help Needed

    Clown Spawning Hi Ilham & Mike, thanks for your ideas. 2 nights ago I noticed that one of their afternoon practice runs finally worked & she had laid a below average number of eggs. I guess it was probably stress, with the rock being added. No rocks have fallen, the tank is very stable &...
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    Clown Spawning Help Needed

    Clown Spawning Hi Mike, it is a 2 tank system, both are just under the average 3' tank (so they could fit on the metal stands I have) and are slightly taller than usual. One sits above the other & all up are some 7'+ high. I have esitmated the total volume, including the sump, to be about 280...
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    Clown Spawning Help Needed

    Hi, about 6 months ago I got a breeding pair of A. Ocellaris that surprisingly started breeding within 2 weeks. They kept breeding for a few months, when things changed. Winter hit & even with 600W of heater, the temp did drop a few degrees C. Also my 'guru' who hasnt finished off my system yet...
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    Algae Eaters

    Hi, I have a problem with re/brown algae. Id read that it may turn green after a while but it hasnt. It is ugly & I think it may be responsible for trace elements of ammonia, nitrate etc. Either way, I want it gone & dont think the fish enjoy big clouds of it through their water every week. I...
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    Clown Fry

    Thanks Thanks everyone. Its now day 9 so I guess tomorrow will decide their fate. There are 5 left, all but 1 are now eating artemia, & the one that isnt is trying, or maybe I just havent seen it eat. Im in Sydney unfortunately, Im just not prepared to pay over $100 for eggs that wouldnt even...
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    Clown Fry

    Thanks for that, I prepared some new water for them & used some today. There is about 6 left that I can see, which is OK as I dont know if I could even sell all of them. Unfortunately, rotifers will have to wait for a while, the price for them here is rediculous & I can honestly live with the...
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    Clown Fry

    Hi, my A. Ocellaris laid their 2nd lot of eggs (with me) and they hatched 7 days ago. I got sick of the male eating so many one day I moved the pot with the eggs to the fry tank, without the eggs leaving the water, & filled the tank with the adults water. They began hatching that night &...
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    Feeding Clown fry

    Thankyou for that, I guess its not important but always good to know.
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    Feeding Clown fry

    Hi all, since my last post I had almost all my clown eggs eaten, except for about 20. I recovered 13 fry but all I had for them was baby brine shrimp, which were too big for them. I also had some plankton tabs which I crumbled up but was unsure if they ate it. They all died within 4 days. The...
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    Ive no idea if these are true or false clowns, if anyone can advise me the correct name, scientific preferably, Id much appreciate it.
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    Clown behavious odd

    Clown behaviour Thanks Ilham, I must admit I was surprised they bred so quick also. They are apparently experienced so who knows. Fish always surprise me. I used a ceramic pot which is the same as their old mating ground, so it shouldnt have been too big a difference for them. It got put in...
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    Clown behavious odd

    Clown troubles Hi Steve, its not the dancing behaviour I am worried about, it is the darting & the laying on their side then shuddering (away from the other most times) Im concerned about, unless this is the dancing. They seem to have cleaned away maybe 10% of the eggs, the rest have become...
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    Clown behavious odd

    Hi, 2 weeks ago I got a breeding pair of clowns, not sure if True or False, she is black, he is typical 'Nemo' colour. It was a sudden chance buy so my tank wasnt perfect, ammonia was a bit high, temp around 30c They started to behave odd, rubbing chin gently on ground, odd spasms throughout...
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