Juvenile Percula Care

[nygel]

I recently got a true percula juvenile and was wondering if I should know anything specific. Its probably a half an inch or so, the back stripe hasnt appeared yet. I took out my clown goby cuz it scared it out of the tank almost so I have my clown goby in a jar. (dunno what to do with it yet) Also, could I put a mature true perc. in there with it? Or would this be a problem? I heard you should feed the juve's alot.... true?
ok, thanks.

 

[nygel]

buh!

 

[bang guy]

If it were me I would spot feed it a couple times a day. For 1/2" Clownfish I'd feed chopped up Mysis Shrimp. It will grow fast.
A mature Percula will get along fine with a 1/2" Perc. The mature fish may ignore it or chase it once in a while but it's not going to hurt it. My guess is that it will quickly bond with it and protect it from the Clown Goby

 

[nygel]

thanks, I was hoping you would answer! I got rid of the clown goby btw(friend took it.) Is it bad if its already hosting something? (frogspawn) I didn't know if it was so small that this could hurt it or not. thanks again.

 

[larryndana]

will they host at any age?

 

[nygel]

Mine is already hosting in my frogspawn, but I thought frogspawns have a tiny tiny sting to them,but didnt know if that sting was more dangerous to a younger specimen.

 

[bang guy]

Originally Posted by larryndana
will they host at any age?
This is a very young Ocellaris in a 1/2" Tulip Anemone. In the wild young Clownfish must find a host or they are quickly eaten. An adult pair of Clownfish will normally ignore small immature Clowns and allow them to live with them until they mature.

 

[larryndana]

thanks, nice pic.

 

[bang guy]

This picture depicts what I was discussing. Here's a mated pair of Ocellaris and about a dozen immature Clownfish. The Clownfish were ejected from the Anemone one by one as they matured.

 

[nygel]

I couldn't get a pic of it hosting. But I got some pics to share. The frogspawn is usually a good 2-3x that size, but the clown has been bothering it alot.

 

[bang guy]

Well, that's the problem. There's a giant hand in your tank!

 

[larryndana]

how many fish do you breed now, bang guy? just clowns and cardnals?
oh, great pics, both of you.