I have a 46 gal bow front reef tank in which every thing is going good. I have had the percula clown fish in there for about a year. I was under the impression that if you keep to togather one will become a female and the other a male. How long does this take and is there anything I can do to get them to breed? Thanks, Jacob.
Breeding Clown fish
- Thread starter Jacob Abshire
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There are some good books out there on the subject of breeding clowns. I will try to look them up for you.
This is true that they will become a pair when they are sexually mature. The time frame for this to happen is not the same for all fish depending on the diet, health of the tank and the size of the tank. At a years time they should be able to breed, again depending on conditions.
To get them to breed they should not be in a comunity tank of course for obvious reasons. Water peramters should be stable with plenty of places for them to lay.
My first breeding of clowns and Damsels was back in around 1980. It was actually a fluke that it happened. But fun.
Here is a link for some further reading on this. The one thing that I dont agree with is the enemone.
http://www.netpets.org/fish/reference/saltref/brdclown.html
This is true that they will become a pair when they are sexually mature. The time frame for this to happen is not the same for all fish depending on the diet, health of the tank and the size of the tank. At a years time they should be able to breed, again depending on conditions.
To get them to breed they should not be in a comunity tank of course for obvious reasons. Water peramters should be stable with plenty of places for them to lay.
My first breeding of clowns and Damsels was back in around 1980. It was actually a fluke that it happened. But fun.
Here is a link for some further reading on this. The one thing that I dont agree with is the enemone.
http://www.netpets.org/fish/reference/saltref/brdclown.html
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