Maroon Clown ?'s

stayloki

stayloki

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I've had my maroon clown, Durza, for about 2 months. He was sold in the store as a maroon, but I bought him because when the light hit him just right in the tank he looked like he might be a gold stripe, which was what my boyfriend & I really wanted [plus he was so damn cute and we couldn't resist
] Anyway, he's grown about 1/2 an inch since we've had him and every now n then his first stripe has flecks of yellow in it. My question is, can this be conculsive proof that he really is a gold stripe, or can maroons sometimes do this and trick us hopeful wishers into thinking they're a gold stripe??
Here's a picture of him!
You can't see the gold we sometimes see, I just thought I'd post a nice shot of him.. =)
 
coraljunky

coraljunky

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Male maroons take a long time before it showed true colors. I've been told it can take atleast 1 year before any change at all.
 
bigpete

bigpete

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Originally Posted by StayLoki
I've had my maroon clown, Durza, for about 2 months. He was sold in the store as a maroon, but I bought him because when the light hit him just right in the tank he looked like he might be a gold stripe, which was what my boyfriend & I really wanted [plus he was so damn cute and we couldn't resist
] Anyway, he's grown about 1/2 an inch since we've had him and every now n then his first stripe has flecks of yellow in it. My question is, can this be conculsive proof that he really is a gold stripe, or can maroons sometimes do this and trick us hopeful wishers into thinking they're a gold stripe??
Here's a picture of him!
You can't see the gold we sometimes see, I just thought I'd post a nice shot of him.. =)

Thats going to become a beautiful GB maroon! I bought my GB when he was only 2 inches, and had almost NO yellow. Now he's appx. 3 1/2 inches (4 months later) and has fully developed color. The two biggest indications that tell me thats a GB is the darkening of the dorsal, pelvic, and caudual fins. The second obvious indicator would be the increasingly yellowing of the bars.
 
ynotme4886

ynotme4886

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This is what yours should look like when it matures. Its not a great pic. This is my male maroon clownfish and he is very yellow/ gold in the stripe area although looking at him i noticed that all his stripes are outlined in white. Anyway here is what I have and I will try to get a better pic of him.
 
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