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11/22/2004, 01:39 AM
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#153
11/22/2004, 11:20 AM
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awesome clowns!!! i have a marron but hes only about 6 months still growing.
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#154
11/24/2004, 12:51 AM
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I made a huge mistake in putting a bogregery (Atlantic Damsel fish)in my tank well its bout time i take him out because he is getting big quick.... I have a 55 gal. with 3 saddleback clowns and saddle back anemone. They seem to be chasing him still but he is getting bigger than them.. Anyone think he will kill my clowns? Should i really try to get him out?
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#156
11/24/2004, 12:56 AM
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1000 gal. isnt nuthin when you work at a Reef Aquariums store with over 3500gal. of all Reef and saltwater fish tanks.
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11/24/2004, 12:58 AM
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Yea i know that will happen. one has never really grown at all and is still 1/2 inch long.
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#162
12/13/2004, 04:24 PM
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Is that the natural host of an ocellaris clown... Nope Will ocellaris clowns usually host anything they can find... You bet The thing is is may have been happy hosting something else or just didn't feel the need until it matured.
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12/22/2004, 04:25 AM
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Since there is all but one other picture of this species in this forum... Are they really that uncommon? Ive had this girl for about a year now... obviously doing quite well in her 10" RBTA.
   Sorta been trying to post these pics all over, trying to find out if anyone really has any direct experience with them. I'm wondering if they have been sucesfully bred in captivaty? |
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#166
12/22/2004, 04:04 PM
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Thanks... good to know.
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#167
12/23/2004, 04:21 PM
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Can you tell me how to tell an ocellaris from a percula? (false from true?)
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12/23/2004, 10:43 PM
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The best way is to look at the eyes. True Percs have solid, bright orange circle around the black pupal. In Ocellaris the ring is "dusky" or a mottled orange.
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12/30/2004, 02:56 PM
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clownfish list & pictures
wood, thanks for the pics that is exactly what I have been looking for. Based on the pics in your list a clown that I was told was a tomatoe clown is a cinnamon clown. Are you sure you are correct? I was also told that there are two species of tomatoe clown fish and you only have one listed. Do you know of this other species? I hope you do because I am trying to find out what it is. You see, I am trying to breed clowns myself. I already had an adult tomatoe clown (but from looking at your pics she is not) and I just purchased a juvenile. The juvenile has two white stripes but otherwise looks just like the one you have in your pic. I purchased my clowns from two seperate dealers and each claim that they sold me a tomatoe clown. So I need some help to make sure I have the right fish so that I may get a spawn someday. If you can help I would appreciate it. Thanks
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01/13/2005, 09:45 AM
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Re: clownfish list & pictures
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As far as the two banded one goes it is most likely a juv. and it will lose the second stripe as it matures leaving only the head bar. If you are not looking to breed a true bloodline, clowns in the tomatoe complex with cross breed otherwise your best bet is to wait until you find a mate locally so you can id it instead of trusting the description of an online fish. Waiting will also give you time to fatten up the female and get her ready for a mate.
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01/18/2005, 07:55 AM
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Great pics, once I get my digital camera going I will add a few, hopefully a couple of Mcc pics too. I don't know if I understand this onyx clown thing entirely, but if onyx percs are entirely black, how can you tell the difference between onyx percs and black ocellaris. The reason I ask is that I recently purchased a pair of what were supposed to be N.T percs, the strange thing was the male was entirely orange and the female was completely black except for her face. They were full grown and appeared sexually mature. The LFS was adamant they were percs, some kind of special black percs, I didn't really believe it but I thought either way they were a nice and healthy pair so I purchased them. It has been less then two months and now the male is changing colour to black and the female's face is now going black. I have never counted there dorsal fin spines and am not entirely sure how many spines each species is supposed to have (conflicting accounts). When they started changing colour I just assumed they were black o clowns but after reading this thread I'm a bit confused. Here is a pic,
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showp...t=1&thecat=500 The main reason I ask is that the LFS also said that ocellaris and perc clowns have a different 'wriggle' in their swim, he pointed it out with another ocellaris pair and there seemed to be something in it. |
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#173
01/18/2005, 08:28 AM
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Mr Blue,
Looks like regular black ocellaris to me...and where they originated from would point to it as well. The black occis start out regular colored and get black as they grow in size, if you don't already know that. (BTW, I'll send you a PM re black occis) Blackest "onyx" perc I have seen is the male that I have. He is a PNG black perc and has almost all his fins black. "Regular" black percs have black between the white stripes; and onyx are supposed to just be fully black (between the white) as opposed to partially black Did I just confuse you more?  Here is a pic of my black, black perc... 
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#174
01/18/2005, 09:37 AM
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The black ocellaris came from the Northern Territory in Aus. Well, I am still a little confused, so onyx percs are entirely black and white, similar to black ocellaris or are they all black except for their faces. Where exactly are they supposed to come from? I did know black ocellaris got their color over time but I thought it was supposed happen in like the first year (don't quote me, couldn't find source), my pair are much older then that.
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#175
01/18/2005, 10:18 AM
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damn good!
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