Breeding clowns

[NikonNurse]

After 4 years...I guess they like each other....I have clown eggs underneath a flat rock and at the base of the anenome. One is protector, one is "fanner". Now what? If they hatch...I assume the cleaners and the filters eat them. Is there something I can do? Or is it like nemo...survival of the fittest...

[aquasena1]

... or survival of none. Our clown pair lays eggs on the overflow right next to the lower drain slots. After a year I've not seen anything that resembles a baby fish :-(

[NikonNurse]

I hate to just let them die...(that human nature thing) I was forced to watch Nemo a million times and I boohoo thinking about it.

Wahhh, I'm a murderer.

[aquasena1]

If you listen to the experts they will tell you that only somewhere between 1 & 10 out of every 10,000 eggs laid in the ocean ever make it to adult creatures. With those odds you have a ways to go to be more of a murderer than Mother Nature.

My record with baby seahorses is saving 7 out of 840 at a cost of over $1,000 and probably 500 hours of my time. The first 2 seahorses account for most of the time, expense and losses 798/800. I do learn from my mistakes and saved 5 out of 40 last year.

There is an article in the Summer 2007 Reef Hobbyist Magazine that details a hatching and grow-out set-up for under $150.

[Prater]

If you can remove the rock with the eggs intact and move them to a different tank you have a slim chance. The problems are getting the food they need ready in time.