false perc... can i add a chocolate ocelleris?

[blitz99]

would one false perc and one chocolate oc do ok together and pair up? or would they battle it out? i figure both are false percs (ocelleris), just different colors, right?
if i could get away with this i could keep my nice orange fish and get one "different" clown.

 

[sula]

By "chocolate" do you mean the black & white ocellaris? If so, then yes they pair up just like any other ocellaris clowns - just make sure the new guy is smaller/a juvenile and you should be fine.
I have the exact same combination

 

[jason57]

thats funny, i was just about to start a new thread about this. Thats good that they will pair up.

 

[jason57]

another question, if i get a false black percula and a regular false percula, what are the chances that they will mate? because i dont really want to have to deal with more fish

 

[sula]

You're worried that they'll produce too many fish? Don't worry, if they start spawning the young will only survive if you take some pretty extraordinary efforts to raise them.

 

[blitz99]

i would be willing to take those steps, but what would the offspring look like? black and white or regular? or both?
i love my regular clown, but i love the black and whites too... this will be perfect having BOTH!!! now, if i could only paint up a damsel to look like a maroon gold stripe i'd be set.

 

[sula]

I have no personal experience with this, but my understanding is that you'd typically end up with about half one color and half the other.

 

[snailheave]

Originally Posted by Blitz99
i would be willing to take those steps, but what would the offspring look like? black and white or regular? or both?
just look at lenny kravitz or halle berry