Local clown fish breeders?

[Etoimos]

Just wondering if/how many any clown breeders we have here in the state?

Thanks,

Keith

 

[Zooid]

I breed clowns when I get free time hehe

 

[Etoimos]

Thanks Zooid, I'll keep that in mind. How often and what types do you breed?

 

[Zooid]

I've bred black and white ocellaris, snowflakes, black ice snowflakes, onyx perc/picassos, and percularis.
I have mated pairs of those and a pair of ocellaris, a pair of picassos, and a black ice snowflake with a domino clown.
I need to raise the temps up so they start breeding again. The only juveniles that I have right now are black ice snowflakes,
some have regular markings, some are misbarred and some have a lot of white.

 

[Etoimos]

Thanks, my first choice would be black ice snowflakes, followed by snowflakes or picassos. As always, cost will be a concern. But, We will not even have a tank until about March, then 6 months for it to stabilize to add a nem. A few more months to add more nems if everything has gone well. Then finally adding the clowns. So, would be looking at around Nov/Dec of next year anyways. I just like to do my research and start looking at various plans in advance

Out of curiosity, how long is the breeding cycle? In other words, how long from when an order is placed could they be ready to take home? I know that's probably way over simplified or that it might not even work that way, just looking for a rough estimate.

 

[Zooid]

It's tough to tell.
When the fish start laying eggs, they spawn every two weeks and it would take 4+ months to get to a size that could handle a reef tank.

 

[Etoimos]

So a good start date to try and have them breeding would be 4-5 months before I wanted them. That's good to know.