so I have heard that others clowns spawn every few weeks, since mine have started laying eggs, they have had a new clutch almost every week, as soon as the old batch is gone, a new batch is there, I can see the females belly swollen with new eggs, waiting for the old batch to be gone, so my question is, is this in anyway unhealthy for the fish? I can only imagine what kind of work it takes the body to produce eggs, so should I be feeding special food, or is this perfectly norman beahavior to spawn every week?
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lucky. ive had a black pair for 2 years and nothing. i recently had another pair and added another bigger one for a few months and also nothing. i thought the second pair for sure. they were in a bare tank with live rock and no cleanup crew. i did notice them shaky shaky around each other. but never noticed any egg depots
7+ years with my clowns and nothing here either.. I've done everything I could to do encourage them... You know -- constant Barry White, TV left on for them on TMN "afterhours"... Nothing.
Just stick with what they are eating, it's all natural for them.. And - free food source every couple weeks. Whatever THEY don't eat, the rest of the fish will.
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yeah I not complaining I think the spawing is awesome, I just know like when birds start laying eggs, you need to increase their calcium intake because it takes a lot for them to produce the eggs, just want to make sure there isnt a dietarty supplement that I should be adding, my clowns are awesome and I would hate to lose them especially since they are wild caught beautiful onyx clowns, I had them for 2 years now, and just want to make sure I am doing the best thing for them