Studies on captive breeding and larval rearing of clown fish [a¹], <i style="">Amphiprion sebae </i>(Bleeker, 1853) using estuarine water

Abstract

An attempt was made to study the captive breeding and larval rearing of <i style="">Amphiprion sebae </i>by using estuarine water. Sub-adults of the anemone fish [a²], <i style="">A. sebae</i> were procured from the traders with the size range of 4-6cm and acclimatized to captive condition. After 2 months of acclimatization [a³], pair was formed. At the end of 4^th month, the fishes were spawned. After 6-8 days of incubation hatching took place and the larvae metamorphosed in 15-18 days. Rotifer, <i style="">Brachionus</i> <i style="">plicatilis</i> and <i style="">Artemia</i> nauplii were fed to the larvae gave a maximum survival rate. Total larval survival in the present study was 55%. The babies reached the marketable size in 3 months.