you need water circulation over the eggs, when they turn white like that it means they are dead, when the male hovers over the eggs he is fanning them with his pectoral fins. an airstone placed near the eggs, NOT RIGHT NEXT to them but near them should stop this. they NEED continuos water...
I leave them in the parent tank untill hatch night, varies from 5-7 days depending on species, normally when the eye spots show., for more info, read Clownfishes by Joyce D. Wilkerson, or conditioning,spawninig and rearing of marine fish by Hoff.
I know, i was just giving a suggestion, the seperate tank will work just fine as long as the parameters are kept the same as the parent tank and he does regular water changes:D, It is hard raising the fry at first and takes a lot of practice to get it right,even the pros dont have a high...
This is an open call to all basement breeders trying to step up to the buisiness level, I want to start a small coalition of breeders in NY and the surrounding area. anybody interested:?:
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I use a protein skimmer in the sump of my system, the overflows of my system have a very small micron screen over them and the return pump has a ball valve for each tank so i can turn down the flow to nothing when fry are in and max it out when it is empty to keep it clean, the protien skimmer...
what kind of lighting do you use?, do you use a sump with protien skimmer,or do water changes?, also WHAT do you feed them?, sounds familiar to a few dieoff stories I heard on the rare clown forum. this info could help get an answer to your problem