New fish today

wayner

wayner

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Ive mentioned in another thread that I wanted to get a black and white clown to go with my common clownfish. Well I seen one at a LFS a couple days ago for 49.99. Didnt want to spend the money on him but after thinking it over for 2 days I decided to go get it. So I get to the fish store and I ask the manager "how much is that fish" even though I knew how much it was lol. He said 19.99 I said great ill take it. Even though the sticker said 49.99. I guess today is my lucky day!

 
teresaq

teresaq

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I would check on base rock. google key largo rock. this is nice with lots of holes.
Are you sure that clown is the same species. Can you get a better pic. Looks like a clarkii
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Yeah....you don't need live if that is what you have (obviously) haha....add cheap base as TQ said ...place it uner and around your live and it will eventually become "live"too
 
deejeff442

deejeff442

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try craigslist.i have seen it for $3 a lb around here.i have gotten it on ebay but it was quite a while ago.i bought a 52 lb box.the rock was pretty good health wise but it had only one big rock and the rest was 4-6 inch .not big eneough for me.i like some 10-12 inch
 
wayner

wayner

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I wish I could get a better pic but the fish moves so much 99% of the pictures come out blurred. The tag on the fish was "black ocellaris"
 
wayner

wayner

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is there any prossability one clown can be a male and one can be a female and they mate?
I love how they are getting along so well.
 
aquaknight

aquaknight

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All clownfish start out as males. If you buy them young enough, which I believe you did, you'll get 2 males, and the more aggressive/larger fish, will eventually turn female. However the new black clown, is definitely not an Ocellaris, it's either a Clarkii, possibly a Sebae, or my guess would be a Saddleback (Amphiprion polymnus), based on the coloring on the caudal.
Since they both appear to be young/smaller, I bet even though they are different species, they will get along, one might turn female, however I doubt they would ever spawn (fish don't technically mate). I had a Cinnamon clown and a Pink Skunk clown pair up, but never showed signs of courting, or typical pre-spawning behavior.
 
wayner

wayner

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just got 12 pounds of baserock! Im getting there. How long before baserock starts to get good bacteria on it?
 
deejeff442

deejeff442

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pretty much instantly.the amount of good bacteria in a tank is equal to the bioload.if the bioload increses then the bacteria grows.if there becomes less bioload then the bacteria dies off.so lets say you have a tank with 4 fish for a year .dont think you have a ton of bacteria in there and can double the bioload like adding 5 or 6 fish.the tank might not be able to take the huge addition of bioload.so adding fish at a slow pace for the bacteria to grow is always important.
 
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