Clown spawn! 56K warning.

mogurnda

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The clowns continue to do their thing, but usually is an unphotogenic cave and when I'm at work. Got home last night about 715, and there they were. Shot 2 minutes of movie (which I may post some day) and a ton of stills. Here are a few:

This pic shows the female, with her ovipositor extended. It's the tube sticking out from the bottom of her middle stripe.

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Here's the male, with his breeding tube extended. Kind of at the front part of the bottom of his middle stripe.

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She goes along the rock, depositing eggs....

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He feritilizes them.

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The happy couple.

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where i used to work, some guy came in like every few weeks with about 30 baby clowns like that, he said they spawn every 2 weeks, he makes a fortune selling them to the local fish store! kids want their nemos!!!!!moms are willing to pay!!!!
 
Are they cichlids? And can they breed in 20 gallons? I might be interestid if possible.
 
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