clown id please
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zephyrlily
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They both look like Ocellaris, this thread will help:
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/show...ight=ocellaris
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/show...ight=ocellaris
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thomas712
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Originally posted by ViPeR_930
Ocellaris :yes: Definitely
Agreed :yes:
snailheave
Active Member
i have absolutely no idea :happy:
i still have doubt whether mine are onyx or darwin percs. i only tell them apart by behaviors and size.
i still have doubt whether mine are onyx or darwin percs. i only tell them apart by behaviors and size.
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jacob_poly
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The one on the left is definitely an ocellaris...the other one I cant say for sure. Leaning towards ocellaris though....
debbie
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reefeel, the smaller one is definatley alot more brighter orange than the other one. The pics don't do them justice at all. Their markings are identical though but the only difference is the brighter orange.
When you say they are ocellaris is this not a type of perc?
There is "true" perc and "false" percs do they not both fall into the catagory of "ocellaris percs"?
This is confusing, I am just wanting to understand it better. When I got them at the store they are just sold as Percula clowns.
Debbie
When you say they are ocellaris is this not a type of perc?
There is "true" perc and "false" percs do they not both fall into the catagory of "ocellaris percs"?
This is confusing, I am just wanting to understand it better. When I got them at the store they are just sold as Percula clowns.
Debbie
debbie
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Thank you all for your replies. This clears things up a bit for me now. I would say that both mine are the ocellaris as I have never seen any of our stores here have the True Percs and if they did they would not be selling them for 19.99 CDN This is what we pay for our clowns here, the maroons being a bit higher though in price.
Either way I just love these little fish, I am so glad that I got rid of my tomato clown as much as I love it and the camelback shrimp for sure, I don't miss that critter at all :yes:
I would like to know something though, since putting these two new clowns in my tank they had a hay day eating all my pods. I thought they were going to burst the first day. I only see the odd one now and boy do they ever keep them cleaned up, constantly picking at the rock crevices. I don't see the pods swimming around anymore like I did. I had thousands of them before.
They are two good tank cleaners these two fish, my tomato never ate a one of these pods and the same for my shrimp. I guess it is okay that they clean these things up hey?
Debbie :cheer:
Either way I just love these little fish, I am so glad that I got rid of my tomato clown as much as I love it and the camelback shrimp for sure, I don't miss that critter at all :yes:
I would like to know something though, since putting these two new clowns in my tank they had a hay day eating all my pods. I thought they were going to burst the first day. I only see the odd one now and boy do they ever keep them cleaned up, constantly picking at the rock crevices. I don't see the pods swimming around anymore like I did. I had thousands of them before.
They are two good tank cleaners these two fish, my tomato never ate a one of these pods and the same for my shrimp. I guess it is okay that they clean these things up hey?
Debbie :cheer:
snailheave
Active Member
i don't think that dorsal spine id method is rock solid.
i took pictures of my percula and counted 11
i took pictures of my percula and counted 11