Jan 3 2010 my clowns decided to TRY and lay eggs. I have had the onyx female for over a year now and she has been with the male platinum since june 26 2009. After being moved to 5 or so different tanks they finally settled in their last home, a 29 gal bc.
Late in the afternoon 1/3/2010 i see the male and female cleaning intensely. I mean really going to town. I said to my wife " they are going to lay eggs either tonight or tomorrow" Well 2 hours later right before the daylights kicked off they started "TRYING" to lay eggs. The male (platinum) had absolutely no idea what he was doing. He was going after the female as she attempted to lay the eggs. He was trying to suck out the eggs from her egg depositor. I found it funny.
After about 30 minutes, the female just gave up. No eggs, but she went through the actions as any egg laying female would.

We will give it a few months before they get the hang of it. I'll update as i go and they progress

Here are a couple pics i got of them

I am jealous they are gorgeous. You should not have to wait long before, they start it again.

Very elegant fish!!! Good luck

Ata boy glenn my love potion has rubbed off lol

she's got a nice suntan now too. Her tail and dorsal fins never looked darker

lol, maybe he was in the mood for some caviar

certainly is a interesting experience though, can't wait to see what the offspring would look like if they are successful at laying a nice batch of eggs for you.

me too. Thanks

Question if I may, when you place the clay pot in there, is it up on an angle with the bottom pointed down a little, or do you have it just sitting on it's side?

I ask because my female clown has finally taken to hosting an elegance coral and she is trying to encourage the larger male in the tank to do the same and I would like to see if adding a pot would help socialize them to it for an egg laying spot.

the pot is on its side, like a cave. I suggest you find something different for your clown to host. Some clowns can be very aggressive towards their host and can unknowingly damage it. Thats whan they host corals not anemones.

those are some great looking clowns you have, i cant wait to see what the offspring look like.

awesome glenn! it's just foreplay. lol

well they need to hurry up and get off

Let me know when they start breeding..

I love true percs and am a sucker for onyxs. My pair of true percs have been with me for 3 years now, and the male was only able to sleep in the anemone 6 months ago! (The femial had the RBTA all to herself for 2.5 years till it split multiple times and finally had room for the male too). Mine's never spawn because I only feed sparingly. What do you feed them and how fat they are?

i feed a homemade food mix, basically a ton of meat and veggies. I feed to saturation 3 times a day and do water changes every 3 days


i will

ok so lets make this interesting. Guess the lay date and hopefully the male wont eat the eggs.

Whoever guesses the date i will guarantee a free picasso or platinum from the first successfully raised batch (i have raised over 10,000 clowns with over 95% success rates). Since they are not on a schedule it should be quite interesting.

Here's how it will work. Just post up a date you think they will lay. I will give you a hint to help everyone out. They attempted to lay jan 3rd. so give them (hypothetically) 7 days for the eggs to hatch and 7 days to lay eggs again. That brings the lay date to jan 17th. Remember that they are not on a schedule so its inevitable.

if there is multiple names on the laying date i will draw a name from a hat and the winner will receive a free clown shipping included unless you are in the sticks and ups says $100 for shipping.

my prediction is jan 20th just for $hits and giggles

my vote is january 22nd


also i dont know anything about clown genetics but wont there be a few onyx, a few platinum, and some that are a combination of the 2?

My prediction: Feb. 5., good luck!

there will be true percs, some onyx colored, picasso, and few platinum. But we wont know the outcome until they are raised

mustang boy jan 22
jjw feb 05

ok i see. i cant wait to see what they look like cause im bettin the onyx colored picassos would look pretty sweet

Thanks for the info, I am gonna get one just a wee bit bigger than I currently have and put it in there..
I read somewhere that they can be rather rough when hosting.
So far so good though. I have been keeping an eye on her a lot and she seems to wait until he is fully expanded before doing into it, and when she does, she usually goes for a flap. She mostly undulates around it, or rubs her side up against it, and very rarely shakes her tail roughly in it.

I have to say though, that the elegance has seemed better at night with her in it. It doesn't deflate all the way any more.

But I am definately gonna take your advice to heart.

I can't wait to see of your babies. I wonder what they are gonna turn out like.

Jan 18th for me

mustang boy jan 22
jjw feb 05
mcluett jan 18
air51 jan 19 at 17:30
rrcg50 jan 27
badfish816 jan 15
badfinger jan 20
lowfi jan 21
christosclowns Jan 15 at 543 pm
juniorjose jan 22
neal jan 24
mbarton2010 jan 23
hlander jan 25
medicBMC jan 28
reeferfl jan 16
damsels r cool feb 1
bmac16 jan 16

Jan 19th at 1730.... lol

are your clowns related to eriks at all?

the male platinum is from eric it was from a previous spawn about a year ago. the female is wild

jan 27th would be my guess

my guess is January 15th.

i say jan 20th..

edit: cause i just moved it from 19th to 20th... since nobody on 20 yet

21st 21st wooooot! cmon baby, get busy...!

Thats a good day, its my wifes birthday

remember you can select the same date as someone else, but if that day wins you have to have a name drawing from a hat to determine the winner to be fair

I know....





Jk that's creepy...wish me luck on the clowns! Ill keep following anyhow.

Hey glenn well see if they lay the same day mine do, im thinking Jan 15th at 543 pm if i win i will give them away to whomever is on your list and you can raffle them off this way ut can give them another shot sound good

i say jan 22...

i will add another rule that i didnt state before. You can only pick a date once. If the date passes you are out of the running.


works for me

erik is a copycat...lol. i think we know something.

seems fair..........=)

I'll guess the 24th.

Neal

jan. 23rd

list is updated, no eggs yet

25th

hmm January 28th?

I've got a question? About how many eggs do they lay when they breed?

it really depends on their diet, water quality, experience, and age. When they first start out laying eggs it will be around 100-200. As they lay more nests they will lay more and more eggs. As they get older they will add more eggs to the nest. On average a healthy true perc will average 1000-1500 eggs. Some will lay more some will lay less

January 16

i bid one dollar....lol

If I guess NEVER

and I'm right....

do I win AND lose?

? ?

if you guessed never ill guarantee you lose

feb 1st

jan 16

the list is growing....
the female has started eating more so i dont suspect it will be long. Get your entries in