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iDream
Aquarium Advice Addict
Preggers maybe? Looks like you have another clown in there, is this one a bit bigger than the other?
MississippiFishGuy
Aquarium Advice Activist
iDream said:
No the other on is the biggest but they are much bigger than the other two that are in the tank along with them.
iDream
Aquarium Advice Addict
You have 3 clowns? Are they all the same species? It may be a food you're feeding it. I know when I had a clarkii clown it started out bright yellow and began to turn brown because of the food I fed it, and the one's at the LFS stayed yellow
MississippiFishGuy
Aquarium Advice Activist
iDream said:
I have 4 but none of the others have changed color. And yes they are all false percula clowns. But I feed them different kinds of food.
Yeahitstrue
Aquarium Advice Regular
Its very easy to mistake a true perc juvenile for a false perc juvenile. You very well may have just gotten one true perc.
MississippiFishGuy
Aquarium Advice Activist
Yeahitstrue said:
So Petco may have sold me the wrong fish?
have the exact same situation going on. I only have 1 clown though. Looks exactly like yours and I recently noticed he is darker on the top half of his body. He also was getting along with everyone and now he will not let my blenny come out of the rock work. I would really like to get this figured out.
Henry405
Aquarium Advice FINatic
I have the same thing! I have 2 false perc and the smaller one is beginning to turn darker. At first I thought it was due to the lighting in the store was different from my lighting. I feed it the same pellets my LFS said they use so I don't think its the food.
I just went and took a closer look my smaller clown and the possibility of it being a true perc seems highly possible now. I chose it specifically because of its thicker black lines, but the lines seem to be fading a bit now.
I just went and took a closer look my smaller clown and the possibility of it being a true perc seems highly possible now. I chose it specifically because of its thicker black lines, but the lines seem to be fading a bit now.
MississippiFishGuy
Aquarium Advice Activist
So it's not the light or food. But when I bought the clown it was with another clown so I bought it to and it has yet to show these changes in behavior and appearance. Hay didn't we all add a blenny to our tanks if so could that possibly be it.
Is it really that surprizing?
iDream
Aquarium Advice Addict
That doesn't look like the black coloring of a percula. It certainly looks like an ocellaris
Fishbone13
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hey guy's,
I was always told that could only have 2 clownfish. Is it wise to have 4? I mean will they fight or will it be okay? I just lost one last night and I want to get another one once i figure out the problem that just popped up. If I could have more than 2 that would be awesome.
I was always told that could only have 2 clownfish. Is it wise to have 4? I mean will they fight or will it be okay? I just lost one last night and I want to get another one once i figure out the problem that just popped up. If I could have more than 2 that would be awesome.
carey
Aquarium Advice Addict
I have 4 in my 55g for now. I was very careful on which ones I added though. Oscellaris are the least aggressive I read so I have the b&w's and regular old misbarred oscellaris. So far they all hang together and even sleep all together.
I wouldn't go mixing percs and oscellaris or other clowns though. Could lead to aggression issues.
I wouldn't go mixing percs and oscellaris or other clowns though. Could lead to aggression issues.
iDream
Aquarium Advice Addict
If it's a smaller tank then the answer would be no, 2 would be all. Having 3 one will be killed off as the other 2 pair up and become aggressive towards it. But in a larger system, IMO a 6' tank where there it a lot of room and territory to occupy you could have 2 pairs of clowns.
People have done it in smaller systems, but I wouldn't recommend it, too much of a chance for problems and death for me
People have done it in smaller systems, but I wouldn't recommend it, too much of a chance for problems and death for me
Fishbone13
Aquarium Advice Freak
Thats awesome, How long has that set up worked for you?
carey
Aquarium Advice Addict
I added the last 2 clowns about 3 weeks ago. They are all juveniles so who knows what will happen. I also plan on a 125g upgrade later this year so i took that into consideration when I added them.
How big is your tank and what do you have in there now?
How big is your tank and what do you have in there now?
Fishbone13
Aquarium Advice Freak
I've got a 75 gal and one clown in it now as of last night. If I did want 4 total how would i go about add'n them? would I get the other 3 at the same time or would I add one to pair up with the one I have now then get the other 2?
carey
Aquarium Advice Addict
Oh I also forgot to add, I put them all in my 55g at the same time. I had a pair in a 29g so when I upgraded I wanted the other pair. This way therea re no territories formed and they can all start from scratch.
I dream is right though, there is always a chance that they will fight. Me, I was willing to take that chance based on the disposition of the first set of clowns I had. It's reallty all a crap shoot when you come down to it. Any fish can take a dislike to any other fish, recorded or not.
I dream is right though, there is always a chance that they will fight. Me, I was willing to take that chance based on the disposition of the first set of clowns I had. It's reallty all a crap shoot when you come down to it. Any fish can take a dislike to any other fish, recorded or not.
