Feb/Mar Profile: Clownfish

[reefrunner69]

Um, how did your clown get stolen??

[OUfishman]

He was a really nice and freindly clown. When ever someone walked in the room hed go up to the side of the tank to look at them then hed go up to the top, prob cause he thought he was gonna get fed. You could reach in and grab him with out any fuss. Well we had a huge holloween party, cause thats how we do it at OU, and someone grabbed him and put him in one of my old bags from a pervious purchase and walked out with out anyone noticing him (or so he thought). I found out who it was but he had already killed the poor thing. Needless to say the kid paid for his mistake.

[melissfish]

Hi im a real newbie to the marine set up. I would like to know what snails or shrimp (cleaner shrimp are a favorite) or crabs i can put with my clownfish, its a [acronym:b2b1792de3="Fish only"]FO[/acronym:b2b1792de3] tank at the moment also is there any plants i can grow without fuss and with just basic lighting, How can i tell if im buying an established M/F pair? Thanks in advance.

[Xenos]

I love Amphiprion sandaracinos ( skunk clown) they are my favorite. I would agree they are the least aggressive, I use to think the Ocellaris was the least aggressive but they are still a close second

[Natterjak]

Our two [acronym:3ed405a199="Tank Raised"]TR[/acronym:3ed405a199] percula clowns were hosting in anemones at the [acronym:3ed405a199="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:3ed405a199], but since our tank is new, we didn't want to get an anemone. I'd read somewhere that clay pots work well, so we bought a little one and placed it on our live rock. They ignored it for a few days, but then both of them starting swimming in and around it. One of them actually would hover over it and turn on his side and start moving like he was trying to rub against it. It's not uncommon now to see them just laying in the bottom of it, although they still seem to prefer sleeping up by my overflow at night.

[sleepy1711]

My maroon clown is a menace, he just knocks all my corals off the rocks, it gets kinda annoying. Is there anyway i could make him stop this. [acronym:ee39aaad9c="By the way"]BTW[/acronym:ee39aaad9c] he is hosting a big rose anamone.

[excited_newby]

Is a false percula the same as a tank raised percula? I think that I am going to get a pair when my tank is up and running, but I am not sure what and if there is a difference between the two. Anyways I think that it is wonderful that one of the most beautiful fish there is is possibly the easiest.

[dansemacabre]

No, a "false percula" is a different clownfish, Amphiprion ocellaris, that looks like a "true percula." A true percula is Amphiprion Percula. The Ocellaris, or "false percula" is a lighter orange, little to no black on the stripes. The Percula clown is a deep but vibrant orange, with black bands in between its white stripes. So, you can have both tank-raised false or tank-raised true, they're two different species of fish. Hope this helps, I can't wait to get my true perculas, but they'll have to wait several months...after my cycle, they're going in last, as they'll be the most aggressive. I love them though, they're so cool.

[Sparky]

Based on the description above I think I have one true and one false percula clown. I have a bubble anemone that the lighter color ones is attached to but the darker one won't even go by it.

The colors are a bit different on them. They are both orange with 3 white stripes.
The lighter color one has black striping along the white bands, and the other doesn't have as much.

Also I notice when then swim, the lighter color one swims with the bottom fins down and the other hlds them up against his body. They get along fine with each other and the other fish in the tank.

I was wondering if I should purchase another anemone for the other clown, he seems so lonely sometimes. Is it possible for them to "share" an anemone? They don't fight over it. If the one goes to it , the other clown will just "nudge" him away, nothing really aggressive, just kinda of like pushes him away.

Sparky

[nurseshark]

Hello. I currently have a 44 gallon corner aquarium, I have a clean up crew of 1 emerald crab, 1 arrow crab, 1 cleaner shrimp, 2 peppermint shrimp, and 3 hermit crabs. I also have a juvenile brittle starfish and a very small white star that came with my [acronym:736233a1af="Live rock"]LR[/acronym:736233a1af]. I was looking at adding 2 clowns, 2 cardinalfish ,a small puffer and much later an anemone. Was wondering if I should get the clowns first? Thanks for any info. Tank was set-up 3-2-04.