30 days they will be ready

question are you removing the flower pot before they hatch or are you snagging the larva after they hatch

OMG how cute!! l love clowns...

I didn't realize Rod was not selling Onyx anymore. I have 2 baby Onyx clowns from him. What happened?
When my 8 gallon BioCube cracked after my move I had to put them in the RSM with my big Ocellaris. That was the end of November and so far all three of them hang together. I'm ready to seperate them if they start to beat up on one but so far they are a big happy family. Knock on wood!

Don i remove the pot pn the 7th day and incubate. ILL post some pix when I do. And as far as Rods goes I have no Idea never followed his clowns sorry and thank you for the compliment

Nice to know there is another source out there. They are really awesome fish. But mine like to nip my hand/arm when it's in the tank. My ocellaris is as nice as can be but the Onyx can be little sh*ts! But I love them anyway.

It's amazing how the eggs are bright orange at first then turn a darker red. Very cool.

Great Clowns

Thanks Eric

Hate for my post to beat an old drum but, I got my fish the other day after paying $30.00 for shipping and when I got the box I saw the REAL Cost. I guess you are ALL for profit .....

actual shipping cost $32.35 you are going to make millions

... stupid MOFIB. They are just a bunch of tools.

Thanks again Eric and I am sure you will call when you read this

LOL your a donkey brian the shipping wa 32 dollars i lost 2 dollars. lmao but its all good im glad you like em man see ya buddy

Im new over here and because this is my first post, I guess it may not count but Ive been talking to Erik on the phone for the past month. He's a super cool guy to deal with. I got a pair for a friend and a pair for myself. Erik did a GREAT job packing the fish and the water was spot on as far as the temp. These little guys are buck wild! I can't wait to watch them grow!!



forgot the pix





Thanks again Erik!!

BTW, I was charged 65 to ship and shipping came out to $78. Erik let it slide... hows that for a guy thats out for the $$$??

I an they look amazing wow. lol my lil guys are pimps cant wait to see them grow thank you

Ok here are updates the clowns are 13 days old and doing great. I have about 200 that are 6 days old getting ready to go through meta. I will be posting pix of incubating the eggs tomorrow or tonight. Theres about a good 500 or so eggs that I iwll aerate till they hatch and I will take pictures showing all of this

when you take the eggs out of the tank, do the clowns bite the hell out of your hands?

Nope not at all I fed them out of my hands WHEN THEY WERE BABIES. I have never seen her even attempt to attack me or the male for that matter. They actually just turn around and wack sand at my hand ferociusly lol. My other pairs are like piranahas I wear gloves when i go into their tanks lol

Erik, incredible fish... I had a mated pair a couple years ago... long story. anyways, I think i noticed you live in tampa, or around that area. I'm actually in Orlando. I'm in the midst of starting up a tank and hopefully by the time i am done this current batch will be up to go out. Would it be possible to pick them up? I may be interested in more than a pair. LMK if this would be possible thanx. Would love to see the set up.

Absolutely i can give you my number and you can check out anything youd like. Pm me

i was wondering are you still going to be breeding/selling these clowns by next month up till march? ill be starting my tank cycle next week and am going to wait atlest till march before i put any fish in there and would like these to be my first if that is possible.

ill be breeding these till she stops laying lol which i dont think will be anytime soon. I iwll def be breeding these way past march so yes you will be able to put these in your tank. Thank you very much for your interest

Aeration of eggs











Fry Hatch with rotifer and green water This is two days old

















This is a different batch at about 7 days





and here is a ten day shot of one that i put in my lil pico







Enjoy

Erik, how old are the ones I got from you?

What do you feed the fry when they first hatch?

Scott if you got the same size as mine. i would says 2 months or so.

That's about what I was thinking. I was trying to figure it out by the thread but gave up.

Sorry scott yeah right around two months give or take a week. I want pictures lol how are they doing they should be eating like pigs the more you feed them the more they grow. And as far as what I feed the larvae they eat live rotifers up to about day nine and at day 4 i start introducing very fine coral food powder. Its called coral frenzy and i also do crushed flake and crushed otihime b2. I have never fed my clowns live brine at all. The book says to do it but i have done without it and went against what was said. lol oh well they do fine and healthy. I do feed decapsulated artemia or baby brine though

Erik, I've been feeding them daphnia and cyclopeeze and some fine crushed flake. The bigger one is probably big enough for mysis but I don't think I want to try it just yet.

sweet they will take mysis just cut it with a knife a lil smaller. Take a piece and dice it up theyll take it. How they lookin though

Not much different than when I got them. I'll try to get a picture when I get home. It's gonna be hard, they love darting in and out of my Hammer coral. Food will bring them out though.

out of curiosity, how many out of what you raise do you have to cull in order to get rid of any deformed fish? I've seen a lot of TR clowns make it through to the stores with messed up lips and gill operculums and just wondered.

Nice set up and pics. Once you set up your sponsorship store/site you should add links for info on how to do what you're doing. It can only help the wild fish we dont catch and keep.

GL!

he feeds them rotifiers

also can you give me a quote on how much it will cost me to get a pair with shipping?

San Antonio, TX.

about a estimate of how much that will cost. tanks almost ready so might be getting these in feb or march still lol.

Welk generally i cull lets say I have 100 clowns about a tenth to a qaurter need to be culled. Sometimes it is less. I must say though that allot of people have said it is just genetic. I find that when they are fed gut loaded rotifer and water qaulity is great that there is only like 3 or 4 out of a hundred. Maybe its just a coincidence i dont know. And shipping to texas is around 36 dollars so ud be looking at like 100 shipped

Well she layed another clutch four days ago. She is a machine the day i pull her pot she lays two days later. Its awesome what an animal lol every nine days so updated pix are coming

New pics of the Babies... The bigger of the 2 practically swims up into the turkey baster as the food is coming out.

Erik, I sent you a Private Mail as well...




Also a video....Not sure how to flip this right side up? Any suggestions?

Very nice. It looks like they are just starting to get their black coat in.

star thats awesome lol i love the turkey baster and yes the black def looks like its coming in awesome

well here is the updates. I have about 40 in growout and i lost the last batch on day 8 of metamorphasis. Im very upset there was an amonia spike in the ten gallon rearing tank i dripped water to fast and to much and it stirred everything to fast. But the good news is 400 hatched last night so lets see if I can fix the problem. God I hate sponge filters lol

I iwll be posting the winner for a pair of onyx on moinday so those of you who have been following the thread and commenting and of course on the list will be in the drawing. The pair will be freeeeeeeeeeee monday night I iwll post the winner see ya guysand gals

You are totally awsome!

DUDE I need some send me a pm!

i give in. i need one.
socal people, unite.
we need to split shipping.

I'm with you....I already have 2 and want more..

Pics...Apparently, 1 of these guys is a bit camera shy

they look great man im thrilled to see pix hey don and scott when you got time post some pix i wanna see lol i miss the little guys they are filled with tons of personality

put me in for the drawing bro I have posted on your snowflakes and how are those going by the way?

I'll try today, lights aren't on yet.

My Sunpod should be here today.

ok guys i know this is off the topic but I had to post pix of the toys Im so excited lol I want to share





And of course the zr1 625 hp so sawesome again off the topic but had to share

nice chopper.

Wow Erik, nice bike. Doesn't look real comfortable but I guess that is not really what it was designed for. I ride a Harley.

its got air ride and its ok long trips it sux but around the beaches its awesome lol. try carrying a box of clownfish on that thing lol

100 hrs a week workin your butt off sometimes you can spoil yourself lol

you know what scott I almost got a harley and i decided last minute between comfort or show and i went with show. Not that harleys aint nice i stuck wit the chopper now im thinkin im gonna prob get the harley to lmao if i can afford it lol

I would like in!

Nice Bike & Car....Nice that you can drive the bike anytime down there. I'm itching to get back out there.

Hey Christo, You should race my dads beemer

Hey, are you located in Florida? Im very interested in a pair of clowns, and it would be cool if i could drive there...

Let me know...Thanks

yes I am in tampa florida you can meet up with me if youd like thats fine. And about racing the beemer unless he has sick aftermarket i doubt hed catch up its the new zr1 ls9 supercharged motor