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quick ocellaris clown question

post #1 of 4
2/1/11 at 6:16pm
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a little blurry, but i got little occ clowns about 3 weeks ago. is this color variation normal? hes a pretty dark brownish color. if so will he stay like this or start to orange out.

nemo

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post #2 of 4
2/1/11 at 6:20pm

i have a female ocellaris clown that i bought about ten months ago and she is still that color. Healthy and as bossy as can be! :-)

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post #3 of 4
2/1/11 at 6:48pm

It's called hyper-melanization. It's normal. From my experience, the female is usually slightly darker in color.

 

Are you positive it's an ocellaris and not a percula, I can't tell from the picture.

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post #4 of 4
2/1/11 at 7:00pm
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yup just about positive.  They are tank bred occ clowns...the male is the one that is much much darker.  He is almost half the size of the orange female(cant really tell from the picture though)

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