Lightning Maroon. Eggs Eaten. Spawn #1, done.

May 9, 2012 TheLightningProject 13 comments

OK, this honestly was not a surprise in the least. They ate the eggs….by 5 PM, the last ones were gone. First nests on clownfish have a reputation for being shoddy.

Time to pump ’em full of food, treat ’em good, and wait for round 2.

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#1 | Written by richie about 13 years ago.

Hey Matt,
sorry to hear they’ve been munched up! how many times do u think they will do this?
- #2 | Written by Matt Pedersen about 13 years ago.
  
  Best case scenario – we’ll get a spawn in 14-21 days that’s big and quality. Worst case scenario, we’ll wait six months while they “think about it” some more. Likely scenario? I don’t know that they’ll eat the eggs again, *maybe* one more time. The male is known fertile, so if there’s a fertility issue, it would be on the female. Who knows how the recent antibiotic treatment may have affected things as well (and remember, there’s big doses of B-Vitamins that come along with the Maracyn and Maracyn II…the coral colors all changed for the *better* (in my opinion) following the treatment).
#3 | Written by amit ray about 13 years ago.

if a male is proven fertile,will it always fertilize the egg…?
i am asking you from a novice point of view….
- #4 | Written by Matt Pedersen about 13 years ago.
  
  Amit – indeed, the male could have a bad day and fail to fertilize, but generally speaking, we’d assume he’s fertile and normally going to do a good job based on his track record.
#5 | Written by Brandon about 13 years ago.

Congrats Matt! Good luck with round two.
-jedi82knight
#6 | Written by Edward about 13 years ago.

Would be very interested to know what exactly triggered the spawn. the medication, massive water changes that you may or may not have done following the meds, temp change, the egg switcharoo. Though it is more then likely some variable thing that we may never know. Not a scientist here just spitballing but maybe somone on here or yourself could take an egg from the next spawn and put it under a microscope. Perhaps you will be able to make sure she is fertile. At any rate they did get one heck of a healthy meal.
- #7 | Written by Matt Pedersen about 13 years ago.
  
  Edward, indeed, we will never know for certain as there were MANY variables. But in my honest opinion, I’m convinced it was the “double down”. Mitch May was the one who brought it to my attention, but other folks like Chad Vossen have since mentioned the same basic technique working for them too. And we thought we knew EVERYTHING there was to know about breeding clowns. Nope…still new discoveries to be made.
#8 | Written by James Lawrence about 13 years ago.

She is looking spectacular. If the eggs were infertile, would they not have turned white pretty quickly?
- #9 | Written by Matt Pedersen about 13 years ago.
  
  James – perhaps, but it does take a little time, and infertile eggs are much easier to identify in a larger overall group of mainly fertile eggs – if the whole group was infertile, I’m not sure the color change would be as noticeable (it tends to start with the eggs simply becoming more “opaque” than “translucent”, by which point the parents are already eating them). And they could’ve been fertile too, and just eaten anyways.
#10 | Written by William about 13 years ago.

Sorry to hear that even though it was rather expected. Better luck with the next batch.
#11 | Written by Andy about 13 years ago.

Congratulations, Matt! Good luck, man.
#12 | Written by Ted about 13 years ago.

Everyone is going to be on their toes when the first harvested batch gets to meta! Can’t wait to see if this trait gets passed along!
#13 | Written by Rob about 13 years ago.

AN inch to the left! Isn’t that always the way?
Sorry they ate the eggs. I have been watching you for sometime. Keep it up man you will get them. Maybe someday because of your efforts I will be able to get one of those awesome fish and do so without having to have someone take it from the wild.
I can’t get my Gold Stripe Maroons to breed so kudos on a job well done! Looking forward to seeing the offspring. I hope you get some pretty ones. Unfortuantely, fish don’t breed true to color. That’s why you can’t take two champion koi and breed them and get great offspring every time. I hope they do throw some special patterns though!

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