Please join the Clownfish Workshop in progress. Below is the first post in the series:
Hi all. "mojoreef" (mike) has asked that I should do a workshop on these wonderful family of fishes. I I am excited to be able to do a workshop on something that is commonly seen in this wonderful hobby--fishes from the family Amphiprionidae and of course, the Premnas--otherwise known as anemonefishes or clownfishes.
From this point onwards, I will refer to them as clownfish, as they are normally referred to as that. I will ask that during this workshop, to please refrain your question until i have finished discussion of a topic. I will signify this by posting a new post, with "***Topic Finished***". In my opinion, this will keep the thread clean, and will allow people to ask questions after all is presented.
So in the next couple of weeks, I will discuss some main topics regarding this group of fish, mainly,
1. Selection of Species
2. Sexing of Clownfish (Gender Determination)
3. Purchasing/Buying Clownfish
4. Differences between Tank-Raised and Wild Clownfish
5. Forming Your Own Pair
6. Defining Clownfish Lingo (i.e. via a Webster's approach)
7. Creating the 'right' environment
8. Feeding Your Clownfish; Conditioning Your Clownfish
9. Seducing/Encouraging Clownfish to Spawn
10. Discussion on Myths about Clownfish
11. Discussion on Caring for Baby Clownfish (fry)
12. (Acclimation - Diseases - etc) - will be towards the end because this is
common with all marine fish, with some diseases prone to infect/injure
clownfish
.....possibly a lot more...
Best,
Ilham
Hi all. "mojoreef" (mike) has asked that I should do a workshop on these wonderful family of fishes. I I am excited to be able to do a workshop on something that is commonly seen in this wonderful hobby--fishes from the family Amphiprionidae and of course, the Premnas--otherwise known as anemonefishes or clownfishes.
From this point onwards, I will refer to them as clownfish, as they are normally referred to as that. I will ask that during this workshop, to please refrain your question until i have finished discussion of a topic. I will signify this by posting a new post, with "***Topic Finished***". In my opinion, this will keep the thread clean, and will allow people to ask questions after all is presented.
So in the next couple of weeks, I will discuss some main topics regarding this group of fish, mainly,
1. Selection of Species
2. Sexing of Clownfish (Gender Determination)
3. Purchasing/Buying Clownfish
4. Differences between Tank-Raised and Wild Clownfish
5. Forming Your Own Pair
6. Defining Clownfish Lingo (i.e. via a Webster's approach)
7. Creating the 'right' environment
8. Feeding Your Clownfish; Conditioning Your Clownfish
9. Seducing/Encouraging Clownfish to Spawn
10. Discussion on Myths about Clownfish
11. Discussion on Caring for Baby Clownfish (fry)
12. (Acclimation - Diseases - etc) - will be towards the end because this is
common with all marine fish, with some diseases prone to infect/injure
clownfish
.....possibly a lot more...
Best,
Ilham
