Howdy Folks,
Was cleaning out my filter sock today (calm down, I only use them for a day or two after cleaning day, I'm not housing a nitrate factory) and at the bottom of my cleaning bucket I found hundreds of tiny orange balls. After turning the filter sock inside out, hundreds more were lining the sock.
I'm guessing they are clownfish eggs. I cleaned my tank later in the evening after the lights had gone out, so I probably just siphoned them away without noticing a little red patch on a rock. The only inhabitants of my tank are my clownfish pair, and my goby/shrimp pair (and I don't exactly need a PhD to figure out who's the culprit).
I'm guessing the eggs didn't survive my pre-clean overnight hot (fresh) water soak. I feel a bit like a murderer right now. Had I known the sock was full of em, I might have tried to set up a makeshift quarantine tank.
A few things:
1. What the heck do you do when the eggs hatch?
2. I'm headed on vacation in three weeks, and trusting my roommate to feed the tank while I am gone. What the heck should I instruct my roommate to do if little clownfish appear in my tank while I'm gone?
3. Is there any way I can instruct my clowns to keep their fins off of eachother in my absence?
Was cleaning out my filter sock today (calm down, I only use them for a day or two after cleaning day, I'm not housing a nitrate factory) and at the bottom of my cleaning bucket I found hundreds of tiny orange balls. After turning the filter sock inside out, hundreds more were lining the sock.
I'm guessing they are clownfish eggs. I cleaned my tank later in the evening after the lights had gone out, so I probably just siphoned them away without noticing a little red patch on a rock. The only inhabitants of my tank are my clownfish pair, and my goby/shrimp pair (and I don't exactly need a PhD to figure out who's the culprit).
I'm guessing the eggs didn't survive my pre-clean overnight hot (fresh) water soak. I feel a bit like a murderer right now. Had I known the sock was full of em, I might have tried to set up a makeshift quarantine tank.
A few things:
1. What the heck do you do when the eggs hatch?
2. I'm headed on vacation in three weeks, and trusting my roommate to feed the tank while I am gone. What the heck should I instruct my roommate to do if little clownfish appear in my tank while I'm gone?
3. Is there any way I can instruct my clowns to keep their fins off of eachother in my absence?
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