Nemo the Clownfish Laid Eggs at Sea Life Loch Lomond Aquarium

From: http://www.zandavisitor.com/newsarticle-2792-Nemo_the_Clownfish_Laid_Eggs_at_Sea_Life_Loch_Lomond_Aquarium
 

Nemo the Clownfish Laid Eggs at Sea Life Loch Lomond Aquarium

By Emma McDougal

 
Loch Lomond, Scotland - Aquarists at Sea Life Loch Lomond Aquarium got a surprise on New Years day when they spotted some tiny Clownfish eggs in their tank.
The dedicated team of aquarists that work everyday of the year, started at 8am on New Years day and were met in the centers entrance tank with some small clown fish eggs. It is thought that some of the small fish had been showing signs of mating during the festive period but the tank was clear of eggs on hogmanay.
 
Leigh Hotson Senior Aquarist at the centre said “Two of the clownfish had been showing displays of mating by chasing each other in and out of one the corals that we have in the tank, however this tank has been up an running for a while and nothing had ever came of it so we were really surprised to see the little eggs in the tank on New Years day”.
 
“We don’t know at the moment if the eggs have been fertilised but we should know if the next 15 – 20 days. But we are hopeful for the future” added Leigh.
The petite clownfish have become popular in aquariums since the launch of the popular Disney Pixar movie Finding Nemo. The Loch Lomond centre has a main Nemos Kingdom display in the third floor of the centre, but recently added a second tank at the centers reception desk.
 
“People love seeing the clownfish especially kids, so we decided to put a second tank in the queuing area to entertain the kids while they are waiting to get into the centre. It is one of our smallest displays but definitely one of the most popular” said Leigh.
 
It is hoped that the eggs will hatch in the next 15 – 20days. This could lead to a future breeding program in the centre. The centre has had successful breeding program in the past including, seahorses, rays and shark.
To view Sea Life Loch Lomond Aquarium's web page on Zoo and Aquarium Visitor, go to: http://www.zandavisitor.com/forumtopicdetail-2428-The_Loch_Lomond_Aquarium_SEA_LIFE_centre

Chad Penney - MBI Council
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Maybe I should contact them... their estimate of hatch time is way off.

http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage
"Making captive breeding easier."

Go for it!

Chad Penney - MBI Council
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I think they are a little off.  Go for it Tal.

Give them the ol' e-slap up side the head
 
If they'd bothered to visit www.fishtalpropagations.com  or searched our Hatch reports they'd know better!

Chad Penney - MBI Council
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Yeah, I sent them the link.

http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage
"Making captive breeding easier."

I'm a bit surprised that clownfish laying eggs is newsworthy in the general press.  They need to make a stop at some of our houses I suppose.  Maybe the MBI can get national newsmedia attention?

 
I was waiting for someone to point that out. I get these things come up in my newsfeeds. When I read it the first thing I thought was exactly that you stated. "Clownfish laying eggs is really that newsworthy" But maybe it's really boring in that town.
 

We can only hope and dream that we get some  mainstream media attention. It would be good for the club and really good to bring the CB issue out into the light!

Chad Penney - MBI Council
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Well, the Northern MN club is getting local news coverage in Bemidji, MN, just for having a frag swap.  So it IS possible   Time to start working on PR!

I guess. I know that when we were first putting together the MBI outline the mention of a press release was brought up. Perhaps that is what we need to do.  Create a press release and send it out to the various papers.

Chad Penney - MBI Council
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I added a plug for the MBI to my sig on MR yesterday.
That gives you 14,890 posts on MR plugging it!

I should sell sig space advertising, hmmmmm

You could sell them by impressions like on FB.

Chad Penney - MBI Council
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"Two of the clownfish had been showing displays of mating by chasing each other in and out of one the corals that we have in the tank"

That doesn't sound like mating behavior to me.  This person has no idea what they are talking about.  I sincerely doubt we'll be reading a follow up article on any surviving offspring.

Also, Nemo is a male's name.  I don't want to read about Nemo laying eggs.

LOL...Funny.. To the average person that article probably seems soooo cool.

To those of us that know better we are left scratching our heads thinking "Wow these people don't seem to have a clue what they are talking about"

You'd think they would have taken a little bit of time to research what they have going on before they went on record.

Chad Penney - MBI Council
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BTW, I never got a reply from them.  If we write up a press release I can probably get it in the Oakland Press.

http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage
"Making captive breeding easier."

Anyone feel like an author today?

Chad Penney - MBI Council
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