Twitchy Clowns...

[sstanle4]

Did they lay eggs?

 

[David S]

mine do,every 14 days or so.

 

[rdnelson99]

mine do,every 14 days or so.

Wow!!! I had read before that if they did once they would again but didn't know it would be every two weeks!!!! LOL Randi little critters aren't they.

 

[David S]

yep,like clockwork,i've 50 5 month old fry going to my local lfs this month.

 

[sstanle4]

Omg! How much do you spend on food? And how much do you sell them for?

 

[Strawman]

For them to reproduce everything has to be just right. I am not sure what everything entails but I am sure it include nutrients water quality salinity etc etc

 

[sstanle4]

Ok is it hard work taking care of newborns and will they always lay the eggs every 2 weeks? I mean thats a little much to me lol

 

[Strawman]

You don't have make sure the fry survive everytime. You can just leave them be and let nature do the rest. Odds aren't good anywill survive but they may.

 

[rdnelson99]

Just curios. Does the LFS buy them from you or give store credit? If so, how much?

 

[Strawman]

Very store dependent. If its chain store they aren't likely to take them nor would I personally subject a living creature to those living conditions

 

[sstanle4]

It can take a while,I think mine were doing it for over 6 weeks.

ok I think that they have made up there mind about who is the male and female but the male keeps chasing the female all over the tank and maybe one or two times a day the female will twich a little bit. What does this mean because right after she twitchs the male will twich a good bit almost right after she does

 

[sstanle4]

also when he chases her he will nip at her fins. Please help us we really want to start breeding soon

 

[David S]

just leave them to it,they'll be fine.If you are hoping to breed you need a few other tanks,fotifer tank and baby brineshrimp breeder.

 

[sstanle4]

We have all right now we r just waiting on them to start laying the eggs

 

[Ewatson249]

You will probably find that He is a She! The biggest and strongest is the female.

 

[sstanle4]

But he is the smaller one. He is only about 1.5 inches and she is about 2.25 inches

 

[SHARPiE]

I've only just seen this thread -
My clowns have twitched since I first got them two years ago:

Twitching Clowns - Two juvenile clowns dancing and twiching together. Aquarium Advice Gallery

It's interesting in this picture they are very different in colour.
They are now both a shade of orange in-between the colours in the photo.

I wonder if that had something to do with pairing off?

 

[sstanle4]

are both of your's false/true perculas?

 

[SHARPiE]

The clown that was lighter is a false percula (tank bred), the darker is the true percula (wild).
(You now can't tell them apart except from size, the true percula is the male. However if you look close enough and they stay still, the false perc's dorsal fins are taller)
Got them from different stores a couple of months apart.

 

[Ewatson249]

But he is the smaller one. He is only about 1.5 inches and she is about 2.25 inches

If the smaller one is chasing the big one and the big one is doing the twitching then your probably going to have a hard time pairing them. It should be the other way round! Is it possible you have two females? Or are they both males that are considerably different ages? If the latter, the big one would turn into the female not the small one. Your clowns are breaking all the rules!