Disease Control

The disease is one of the obstacles that often arise in particular the maintenance of Clownfish. One of the obstacles faced in Clownfish hatchery activity is the emergence of the disease in the mother. In general, the disease caused by the body not only pathogens but by environmental factors, the carrying capacity of water and the remnants of feed is wasted. In general, a disease that often affects Clownfish is a disease caused by a protozoan that is Scatica. The symptoms of diseased fish are decreased appetite, there are white patches on the surface of the parent body and clustered on the surface of the water, calm movement not normal and always close to the surface of the water. Prevention of disease in fish is done with formalin immersion as much as 0.5 ml / liter of water and add fresh water as much as 10 ppm. Soaking is done for 5-10 minutes

Water Quality

In order for the parent to remain healthy during farming activities take place, it is necessary to water quality management for the survival of the parent. So the maintenance is done turn the water container with the water system running as much as 100% per day. Water changes aim to eliminate toxic substances. In addition, in order to maintain the water quality necessary clean well. Cleaning for every day (Monday-Saturday) in order to eliminate the remnants of food, and toxic impurities that can damage water quality and disrupt the activities of the parent Clownfish. Water quality monitoring is conducted every month

Artificial Feed

Artificial feed is a mixture of a variety of raw foods that come from animals and plants. The mixture is then processed by the addition of vitamins and mineral elements, so that the flavor and aroma of fish preferred color. Benefits of the use of artificial feed is no need to bother to get it. The types of artificial feed given in the form of ornamental fish Clownfish is pellet.

Artificial feed pellets are the easiest to use, directly given to the ornamental fish Clownfish without having to process it first. Therefore, the pellets are very suitable for use by hobbyists are busy or simply can not find the live feed.

Natural Food

Natural food is a living organism that can feed consumed by fish. Natural food is very good for the fish because of the nutrients contained in it is incomplete, includes proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals. Natural food is generally always move in the water, so as to attract the attention of fish for prey.

How to preserve the clown fish

During maintenance parent be given artificial feed (pellets). Pellet is given in compact form by nature slow sinking. In addition, the parent clownfish can also be given a feed supplement that is shrimp, blood worms fresh, squid or clam meat. Ornamental fish feeding clownfish do two (2) times a day, in the morning (07:30 PST) and in the afternoon (15:00 PST), according to dimensions, not too big.

Feeding should be stopped when the fish are no longer looks adoringly eating feed given. Each finish provides food, feed waste that settles in the bottom of container should be disposed of quickly menyiponnya. This is important, do not order food left to rot causing water conditions change. The initiative, water quality changes make quick fish stress and will make easy to catch a fish disease. For there are two alternative types of food that can be given, namely natural feed and artificial feed.

Food and Habits

Clownfish is an ornamental fish species that live in groups are benign, and when at the base only to find food. In nature, fish Clownfish consuming zooplankton, crustaceans and algae were found in their habitat. Nemo fish are also picking up crumbs or other dirt anemone so that the body can get rid of many types of parasites. While fish Clownfish themselves often brought food to the anemone.

Information from the fans of ornamental fish, aquarium fish Clownfish will not eat the pellets, which may be the lack of adaptation. During storage resulting cloudy white eyes and scales off. Clownfish fishing usually use anesthetic that causes white eyes and even blindness

Reproduction System

Clownfish are hermaphrodites protandri, namely the development reaches adult (mature gonads) androgynous types of male and female will turn and when the female dies, the male will replace females. To distinguish between male and female is usually done by differentiating size. Clownfish including monogoumus the fish tend to be promiscuous.
Clownfish typically spawn every year on the full moon during the morning. Clownfish Fish eggs can produce 300-700 eggs. Clownfish fertilization outside the body and put the eggs on the substrate. Clownfish in the wild usually attach their eggs on the reef, but in general these fish loved the egg attachment of relatively flat (flat) as in PVC, tile, stone and the like. At Clownfish will spawn males will clean the substrate where the female attaches the eggs then attach their eggs, after which Clownfish males fertilize and guard the eggs until they hatch. The eggs will hatch at day 7 to day 8.

Clown Fish

Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) is known to the public by nemo fish or clown fish. it is one of the marine ornamental fish that have high economic value in the international market. the unique color and shape of clownfish is the main attraction of the ornamental fishhobbyists to maintain and collect them.

Clown Fish (Amphiprion ocellaris)

clownfish is one of 34 species from the family Pomacentridae. clownfish very popuolaras ornamental fish in aquarium because the beauty of the color of his body is bright orange with a combination of three ornate white lines on the head, body and base of the tail, agile movement, have a petite body posture and not malignant. The amount of demand that relies on the natural catchment is not offset by the results of cultivation, resulting in uncontrolled exploitation and cause Clownfish categorized as protected and biota in the list / Appendix 1.

Classification of Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)

Kingdom    :    Animalia

Filum    :    Chordata

Kelas    :    Actinopterygii

Ordo    :    Perciformes

Famili    :    Pomacentridae

Genus    :    Amphiprion

Spesies    :    Amphiprion ocellaris

Marine ornamental fish clownfish (amphiprion ocellaris) or often called anemone fish is sea water ornamental fish that have high economic value. many people keep as ornamental fish in the aquarium. some of the reason that the fish is in demand as a display in the aquarium, it is because of the beauty of the body color clownfih possess basic body color black, red, bright orange, size small, agile movement and includes fish benign. there are 3 white stripes on the head, the middle of the body and the base of the tail. white line section has a body style that is different from the other two white lines. the outer side of the white line silhouettes decorated black

 

relatively large scales with a unique dorsal fins. color pattern in fish is often used as the basic for the identification, in addition to the teeth, head and body shape. the most interesting characteristic of clownfish is the body decorated with bright color according to the place of his life, the branches of the coral sea anemone. poisonous capsules on branches will make fish that touch it will wound or dead. however clownfish never injured by anemones, even those hiding behind those branches that make it safe from predarors

Clownfish can survive for a while to the sting tentacles before lame way wallows quickly on ornamental fish tnetacles can clownfish mucus smeared his entire body with anti-sting tentacles.  within an hour, a clownfish will be covering the entire body with the mucus anti sting. clownfish will soon lose immunity when separated from the anemone for a few hours. and to be immune return have to adapt and take as mentioned above. each type of clownfish have specific criteria in selecting anemone

anemone tentacles lined with mucus that has specific content to protect itself from stings by tentacles. mucus is utilized by clownfish to protect the body of the anemone tentacles sting. symbiotic mutualism between clownfish (amphiprion ocellaris) and sea plants from radianthus group, as only fish of genus amphiprion capable of living together and mutual benefit so-called anemonefish

Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)