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12/10/2003, 06:16 PM
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Clownfish & Anemones FAQ
Pairing Your Clownfish
Sexing Clownfish Anemone FAQ The Breeder's Registry 2003 Anemone Survey Results Finding Nemo Article My Clowns just laid eggs ... now what??? QT Procedures for Clownfish Feeding Clownfishes Keeping clownfish: multiple clowns and mixing species Spawning Clowns FAQ Clowns You Cannot Buy and Why Not
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06/14/2004, 10:13 AM
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ACRONYMS
Descriptors: WC = Wild caught. This is a fish or other animal that has been collected in the wild. CB = Captive bred. This is a fish or other animal that has been spawned, hatched (if applicable), and reared in a captive, closed and controlled system. CR = Captive raised/reared. This is a fish or other animal that has been collected in the wild in a larval or very young juvenile phase of its life and then reared or raised to a saleable size in a captive, controlled system. To the best of my knowledge no species of clownfish is CR. TR = Tank Raised. This is an old term that is often misused, misunderstood and has been phased out of the documents that defines these terms, the CITES and USFWS definitions. To some people this term is equal to CB, to others it equals CR, to others it is somewhere in between or means something entirely different. This is why the organizations that govern the import/export of animals have abandoned this term. My people in the hobby, LFS, wholesalers still use this term. If it matters to you rather your animal is actually CB or not, you should ask them to define what they mean by "TR". Clownfish: AKA = Akallopisos Skunk AKI = Akindynos - Barrier Reef Clown ALL = Allardi BIC = Bicinctus - Two-Band Clown CHR = Chrysopterus Blueline or Orange-Fin Clown CLK = Clarkii EPM = Ephippium – Fireclown 'gaster = Chrysogaster - Mauritian Clown GSM = Gold Stripe Maroon Clownfish latz = Latezonatus - Wide-Band Clown leuco = Leucokranos - White-Bonnet Clown MEL = Melanopus OCL = Ocellaris (False Percula) O's= A. Ocellaris OSK = Sandaracinos - Orange Skunk PER = Percula (True Percula) POL = Polymnus - Saddleback Clown PSK = Perideraion - Pink Skunk RUB = Rubrocinctus - Australian Clown TOM = Frenatus - Tomato Clown TRI = Tricinctus - Three-Band Clown WSM= White stripe maroon Clownfish Anemone: BTA- Bubble-Tip Anemone GBTA-Green Bubble Tip Anemone RBTA- Rose Bubble Tip Anemone Organizations: CITES - Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wildlife Fauna and Flora USFWS - United States Fish and Wildlife Service Food Terms: BBS = Baby brine shrimp. This term is often used to describe any stage of brine shrimp up to the adult stage. Often you will see "newly hatched BBS". Rots = Rotifers. These are small plankton that are the traditional first food for clownfish larva. Phyto = Phytoplankton. These are small plant cells that are used to feed plankton and other filter feeding animals. For example rots are fed phyto. General Terms: ABs= AntiBiotics Bath = Longer duration (30 min to 2 hrs) usually in SW Dip = Short duration (30 sec. to 5min, up to 15min) usually in FW DS = Display Tank Feeds = Prepared diets (i.e. Purina Puppy Chow) Foods = Live, frozen or dried organisms Form = Formalin FW = Fresh Water Hosting = the clownfish going into an anemone (though I have always thought that it should be the anemone hosting the clownfish) HT = Hospital Tank (A QT becomes a HT when treatment occurs) LR or LR tank = Larval Rearing Tank Meds = Medications QT = Quarantine Tank Rapid Breathing = an increase in the pumping action of the fish's gills SW = Salt Water
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