"Paul Aspinall" wrote in message ...
I would like to know opinions on anything that may be suitable
for a newbie Marine breeder.

General consensus is that clownfish are the easiest to breed.
They readily spawn in marine aquariums, even comunity tanks,
their larvae is relatively easy to care for and many people have
done it before so there is a lot of literature on the subject.

In fact, I am currently feeding 9-days old larvae of maroon
clownfish in the phase of metamorphosis. Most of the fish
now look like adult fish with two whitish/bluish stripes on
their sides and they swim with undulating fashion like adults.
Then only thing beside the size they differ from adults is
the coloration which is almost completely black while adults
are maroon with golden stripes.

Out of about 650 eggs more than 120 larvae survived first week.
This high survival ratio in my first atempt to breed them
is a proof how easy is to breed clowns. Of course this is not
the end, they are not the adults yet, but the most difficult
time is behind us, I hope ;-)