Clownfish Babies?

[Ken_Allen]

I've noticed my two clownfish have been following each other around and what looks to be making a "nest" in the sand by the glass. I read about them twitching some bit and I've seen them swim up and twitch. I have no anemones for them to lay their eggs in.

I've only had the clownfish about 3 weeks, is it enough time for them to adapt? When I first got them, they were really non-colorful and light orange. Now they're very colorful, dark orange and their white stripes really glow. I feed them once a day a nice meal of shrimp.

Another thing...if they lay the eggs in the sand are the crabs and shrimp going to eat them before I can get to them?

 

[cam191919]

clown fish are weird, i mean they're called clowns, they just swimm like that some times. normally they lay eggs on a flat shell at the base of the anemone.

 

[Catpicklesdog]

Clownfish will lay their eggs on a flat surface. One way to encourage them is to put a tile or half a flowerpot in the tank.

The ones we had at work laid their eggs in the corner of the tank on the glass.

This LINK might help you if you're interested in giving breeding a go?