Clowns laid eggs!

[Lotus]

My clown pair laid eggs for the first time today. While I know they won't make it, I'm still happy my little pair is all grown up.

 

[TRe]

very nice! even tho like you said they wont make it, if you decide you want to try breeding them all you have to do is setup another tank for them... sooo jealous!

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Nice lotus! Something I would love to see, in my tanks someday.

 

[Lotus]

They were tiny little guys/gals when we got them. I think they were both less than an inch. I think we got them more than a year ago--maybe even 18 months or two years ago.

 

[Lorna]

wow great job. Have you had any further luck with your cardinals?

 

[Lotus]

The male cardinal is still regularly holding eggs, but only for a few days. We haven't had any babies since the one set we raised I know the solution would be to put them in their own tank, but the nano we have is too shallow (and has no cover), and I just can't set up another tank right now. We may consider it in the future.

There are still a few clown eggs. They look like they're about to become wigglers.

 

[strout]

Congrats to you. Can you get a pic for us, I know they must be small though. If you were to have the parents in a tank by themselfs, would the babies live are would the parents eat them?

 

[zoalover34]

Congrats! What kind of clowns are they? Strout im pretty sure they would live with the parents (just my guess)

 

[Lotus]

They're just regular, tank-bred ocellaris.

 

[strout]

Any updates on the eggs, have they hatched yet?

 

[Lotus]

Well, there's still a few there, and they have eyes.

They're still attached to the rock. To be honest, I haven't gone to look up what the stages of development are.

They're hard enough to see, so I doubt I could take a pic that would be anything more than an blurry pic of a rock.