Ever seen this clown?

[salty tank]

I just bought two saddle back clowns for $30 a piece. I have never seen these before. They are black with white stripes. Their pectoral fin and face is bright yellow. They are beauts.
Does anybody have these becuase i have never seen em at stores or over the internet.

 

[carshark]

Originally Posted by salty tank
I just bought two saddle back clowns for $30 a piece. I have never seen these before. They are black with white stripes. Their pectoral fin and face is bright yellow. They are beauts.
Does anybody have these becuase i have never seen em at stores or over the internet.

could be a sebae clown, and at that price, that quite possibly could be it. I love those guys great looking clowns... like this??

 

[salty tank]

No thats not it. Thats somewhat like what i have. Only the face and pectoral fins are yellow and mine have 3 white stripes.

 

[carshark]

I have seen sebaes like what you are describing. its very possible, the only thing i can think of. i havent seen any saddlebacks with three stripes but im sure they are out there.
speg, bang guy, and oceana are about the three i know of that are real fluent in clowns..

 

[salty tank]

Both of em are from the ocean. They both were put into their own tank so now they are a pair. The only problem is is that they had their own anemone and they were attached to it and then i bought em and put them in my tank without their anemone. Could this cause stress to them.
They are hanging around on the bottom of the tank together and they never seem to swim in the live rock (through the caves and stuff)

 

[suprbeagle]

I've had my pair of black variant A. polymnus for a year. They are my favorite pair of clowns. Congrats on your find.
As for the anemone, this is a species of clowns that can be very skittish. Throw in a flower pot or piece of PVC so that they have some cover. They are prone to jumping if startled so you may want to put some egg crate on top of your tank if it's an open tank.

 

[carshark]

its not uncommon for clowns to do that, especially in the beginning. some even mention that behavior like swimming in the front of the tank and never really resting it appears. but they seem to last and do well. My clowns never seemed to rest or sleep, they always swam in place. Im sure they will be fine without "their" anemone. but it is funny how clowns really do think that it is their anemone

 

[speg]

Found a pic for you.... you can guess where I got it
I see these for sale at a lfs pretty often.
I am sorry to say that if THESE are the clowns you got at 30 dollars a piece... thats kinda high =c( but who can put a price on such a sexy fish? (obviously the fish stores).

 

[salty tank]

that looks nothing like mine.
suprbeagle, that is exactly what mine is.

 

[speg]

Ah a black and white saddle then.