I can wait to see the babies and eggs soon! Keep us updated!

watching for updates

well the good news is that i have seen the eggs change color so thats a good thing. They are still eating eggs so i dont know how long it iwll take them to stop. Next week i will be using different parents to take care of the eggs. And i have the wyoming whites laying as well ill keep ya updated im still around just a bit quite thats all its always quite before a big storm

we have fertilization eggs have changed colors i will post pix as soon as i can i will finally have snowflake babies clutch was small but oh well

sweet keep us posted

i will be posting pictures soon

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You will finally have snowflake babies I thought you said you use to breed snowflakes all the time anyways congrats on finally having some eggs when do they hatch how many will be snowflake

I did have snowflakes babies before when i lost my male about two years ago i havent had any since I was getting out of 100 to to hundred eggs 25 to 50 snowflakes some extreme some not so extreme. Right now there is about 100 or so eggs give or take its their second time laying so im sure the spawns will just get larger. The pictures are blurrry i will get better ones asap as they develope eyes. Hope he lets them go to full term hes doing a great job right now on day 3
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this wyoming whote has just layed for the second time pictured below i hope he fertilizies next week so we can get some cool baboes out of him





Dont mean to get off topic but i snapped a pic of these two tonight had to share lol

These guys shpuld of hatched by now where are the pictures!!!!!!!

what are these considered they are awesome

what a stunning looking fish

spartans!

I love that all of donis reef clowns have spartan helmets!!!!!

well i hatched about 20 or so and they are eating great well see in a couple days when they start forming stripes how they look

Just a question what does donis reef have to do with me or my clowns. This thread has nothing to do with her fish. Maybe you think that my fish are from her your very wrong. These fish are wild caught offspring just to give ya a heads up.

what up erik. hopefully you get some nice barring out of those guys

It was just a statement.if you want spartan clowns goto donisreef.com since people like them. No need to get your panties all ruffeled. How are the snowflake babies doing?I heard occellaris bar up faster than picassos you should post some pics we want to see them!!!!!!

its all good, anyway the snowflakes have dropped down to 8 i lost the other 9. They just layed 2 days ago and there about 150 or so eggs that are all fertilizied so this batch will hatch in 4 days or so. Ill keep ya posted

Sweet how are the onyx and picasso clowns going I bet you jhave a #### load of them now!!!!!!!!!!

no actually i have had the worst vibrio virus in the world. It was horrible. I ran into problems with bad microalgae dont even ask it was brutal. Im building a whole new grow out cuz everything was infested and i didnt feel like bleaching so im going with acrylic tanks brand new. Its always somehting. Another thing i found out is that the blue bucket of salt from oceanic has .50 ammonia when diluted and i was getting die offs so im working kinks out. When it rains it pours. Right now i have no babies at all. I have lost 8 batches in a row and im waiting for new nano from reed mariculture cuz the three i had were bad and caused serious problems. But randy reed is great and hes covering everything and getting me out new stuff. I hope it gets better

How did you cure it that's serious stuff don't your parents have it

No the parents are perfect because they are on two different systems and i never croos contaminate water. I pretty much starting the growout form scratch all over again. Its the only option so these things happen. Just like people we get sick sometimes we can cure it sometimes it is a life long illness that kills us. I dunno seems like clownfish die allot easier but im trying so well see

Ok well here is an update for those interested. I have 5 snowflake pairs laying right now and all of them are fertile. I wll be hatching around 300 eggs this weekend from pair 2. The original male and the second male who were eating the eggs are fertile and have stopped so hopefully I will have some wicked looking fish in the next month. I hope everyone is still interested as i will be giving the first pair away for free in a drawing those who are interested start speaking you piece. i hope i get to talk with all of you. This year will be a great year for clownfish considering the fact that i figured out the lil problems I ran into and now i have more eggs and babies that i know what to do with as it looks. Ill ttyl see ya

Can i be on the free drawing, very interested once again. how you been Erik?

me 2

wow. do you have any pictures of your entire setup?

glad to hear you're getting back on track again.


when are you going to release babies from this pair?

k cool i will be starting a list shortly right now i have around 1200 or so babis in grow out and allot moree coming uup I will post pictures when there patterns are developing. Back on track baby. And as far as my extreme picassos about relasing babies from thm good question thy are almost 2 yeears old i expect them to spawn this winter well see

#1 for snowflakes please. what are you planning pricing wise?

price i dont know yet what do yall think

are these tmc marine, proaquatix or ora in origin?

My last 2 pair was from proaquatix and were 250/pair

they are tmc origin and ora origin couple pairs are mixed nine from pro aquatics

sweet, first on list please. pricing wise what are you looking at? Ive been waiting forever to switch out my picassos for snowflakes

Great thread! Always remember, success is the only byproduct of failure. Way to not give up!!!
Slap me on the list for a pair of Grade "A" Picasso's (Snowflakes aren't my style).

Great Job!!

Awesome thread. I've got two clowns myself that I bought separately on the same day last week.

They've been super close already and I think they're preparing to mate? The male has been waving his tale at the ground and the female has been clearing away tiny pebbles in one corner. She never had touched the bottom beforehand. My male has also been turning on his side and looking like he's having seizures around her. How long is the process usually from this behavior to laying eggs? Should I put a pot in the bottom or will they be fine on sand?

Wish i had the tank space to ask to be on that list. :\

I'd love to be in on the drawing. Also, how exactly do you make sure that the pair someone buys stays together? Is there some secret to making them become a mated pair?

Let me know what pricing you're thinking about too. I might be in the market soon.

theyre hermaphrodites, as long as you get two males you have a pretty decent chance of a pair as long as one doesnt kill the other.

woohoo babies!! where's da pics? I'd like to be included in the drawing. Following along for pricing

Good to know - are there things you can do to maximize your chances of a mated pair?

Put me in for the free pair by raffle or however your doing it.
I'm not in the market to buy a pair, they are too expensive for me so i will never be able to own them :-p

+!!!!!!!!!!!!

600 for those at my lfs 700 for the platinums. Go figure they've been there for a while, rediculous. good luck wth those babies

I could give a free pair a good home
I've gone through the whole process up to rearing before but would love to see it through with a nice pair - I actually put my name in the hat to be Joyce Wilkerson's assistant for a special anemonefish exhibit but the National Aquarium never got her... too bad ...

Get them while they are still small. Also, if you have the ability, get one slightly larger than the other.

good deal..

any of the Snowflakes paired up with a Black Occy? that would be an interesting mix... Black snowflakes...

Throw me into the raffle! Also I have a friend thats in the market for a pair of snowflakes and picassos, just cant seem to find any , so if the batch turns out well i'll send him your way

Thank you for all your comments. The list has been started. So as soon as i see patterning i will post pix. Thy are very tiny yet i do sem som extreme crazy head bands coming in with allot of white. As far as the black occ with a snowflak thats in the making im just awaiting them to spawn could b tomorrow could be next month i dont know but i do hav three black Occ females with snowflakes. As far as pricing gos im definetly not going to sell thm for an outrageous amoutn of money. I dont car if other breders get pissed i will sell them for what i would pay for them as a hobbyist and i havent figured that out yet. Im guessing from 100 to 150 a fish 250 a pair i think that is very fair. I owuld love to get input from your point of you what a good price would be cuz then again your the market and i can tell you one thing everyone has a tast for a certain type of clownfish. Picassos are awesome, platinums and wyoming whits are to but snoflakes have something about them to me they are def up there with the rarity. What i like is that they have their own distinct markings. Meaning the pattrn is very similar in all of theem so it stays dominant. Well se what happens so far so good and i have a thousand or so picassos in growout. I iwll post pix when the time is right thanks all s ya

wow, a thousand baby picassos! definitely looking forward to those pictures.



hopefully my picassos are amongst that thousand.

Set up some sort of auction. The better the pattern, the higher the price. Price is based on demand.
True capitalism at work.