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Need help choosing a new clown fish for my reef tank.

post #1 of 11
12/16/11 at 9:27am
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My wife has been incredibly picky about clownfish. She only has a final say about the corals in the tank(I pick the fish), but I'd like something beyond the generic "nemo/marlin" fish as well. She has already expressed her "disgust" about perculas and other orange and whites (like picassos and snowflakes), and I will not have a maroon or a tomato beating my other fish to death. I have a black background in my tank or I'd love to have another saddleback. Any suggestions?

 

Tank: 75 gal w/ 106 lbs of liverock and corals

Mates: 3x Blue Chromis

1 Lyretail Chromis

Royal Gramma

Sixline Wrasse

Aurora Goby

Crabs, starfish, snails, conch's.

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post #2 of 11
12/16/11 at 10:06am

 

 

Amphiprion akallopisos would look good in front of a black background.

 

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post #3 of 11
12/16/11 at 10:12am
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I love it! What's its temperment? Does it have a special diet? How hardy is it?

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post #4 of 11
12/16/11 at 10:37am

Also a skunk clown, I've seen them in a shade of pink.

skunk clown.bmp

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post #5 of 11
12/16/11 at 10:39am


 

 

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Originally Posted by adonis311 View Post

I love it! What's its temperment? Does it have a special diet? How hardy is it?



All care is consistent with a Percula.  They seem to be a bit more shy and are a bit more difficult to breed.

 

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post #6 of 11
12/16/11 at 10:56am
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Shy is ok. Percs tend to be a bit overbearing once they establish themselves anyway. I like it. Thanks! I'll start my pre-fish buying research now.

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post #7 of 11
12/17/11 at 8:28pm

rare + expensive, but beautiful:

Mccullochi clownfish

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post #8 of 11
12/24/11 at 12:45pm
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JP. Found one of those. $115 for one small. That's almost my entire years fish budget haha.

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post #9 of 11
12/24/11 at 9:02pm

Haha.... $115 is actually a really good price for them. I know that a breeding pair of them sold for $5000 a few years back!

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post #10 of 11
12/25/11 at 11:52am

skunks are cute... or tomato or cinnamons (though they are a bit meaner)

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post #11 of 11
12/27/11 at 8:59am

I'm getting a new pair for my red sea max since my old pair died during the transition into a new tank and I'm going with either 2 picasso clowns or 2 onyx clowns

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