reefdude37
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I was wandering if I could get a pair of True Percula Clownfish for my 10 gallon. I really like the color, would it hurt anything to put them in my tank? If i cant what other kind of clownfish have the black band?
True Percula Clownfish
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reefdude37
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Thats awsome, when i set up my new 10 gallon(I have all the equpment, just need lr and RODI water) I will add a pair of True Percs. Bigarn, hows your 10 gallon doin? do you mind posting a pic of it? I had to take mine down, but Hopefully I will start another 10 gallon up soon!
reefdude37
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very nice, how much do you think a pair would be? can you get mated pairs?
swishy
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I have a pair in a 10gal, they do great....They are even preparing a laying site
I got one wild caught for $25 and then about a year later i got a really small tank raised one for $15....they paired up right away...it is a little risky doing it that way, that they may not pair up.
Here is a pick of the two, Roland is the larger one, and Issabel is the smaller (the later is the female, she was a male when i bought her but she morphed when I got the smaller one) :happyfish
I got one wild caught for $25 and then about a year later i got a really small tank raised one for $15....they paired up right away...it is a little risky doing it that way, that they may not pair up.
Here is a pick of the two, Roland is the larger one, and Issabel is the smaller (the later is the female, she was a male when i bought her but she morphed when I got the smaller one) :happyfish
swishy
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Yep these two love eachother....they never leave eachothers side, they swim like this all day and sleep next to eachother, it is very cute....they are my babies! :happyfish
I am pretty sure they are close to spawning, they obsses over keeping a patch of rock under the mushrroms they like clean and htey do a lot of the shivering behavior.... I feel bad that i have to move the tank in two weeks, im probally going to disrupt the whole thing
I am pretty sure they are close to spawning, they obsses over keeping a patch of rock under the mushrroms they like clean and htey do a lot of the shivering behavior.... I feel bad that i have to move the tank in two weeks, im probally going to disrupt the whole thing
maroonytun
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Where I live you can get a mated pair of true percs for $100. These mated pairs are from their own facility and have been sucsessfully bred, they are a major breeder in clownfish.
nanomantis
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a mated pair of true percs will cost you atleast $100 probably more...
garrett042
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that tank is cool and so are the fish
swishy
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They were sold to me as perculas...the larger was a wild caught and the smaller was a tank raised...I actually think the tank raised very well is an ocellaris. I have done a lot or research and I am almost positive the larger darker one is a Perc. I have read of them cross breeding which explaines them liking eachother.
But it is so hard to tell...the only for sure way I read about was to count the rays on the dorsal fun, which is imposible on a moving fish.
Also you can't always trust what the people at the pet store say...i was sold star polups and xenia once!
Here are a couple more pics, maybe they will be easier to identify. :happyfish
The first one is Roland, had her for two years, the tag on the tank said wild caught percula
The second one is Issabel, had him for 6 months, tag said true ocellaris, sales man said true percula.
But it is so hard to tell...the only for sure way I read about was to count the rays on the dorsal fun, which is imposible on a moving fish.
Also you can't always trust what the people at the pet store say...i was sold star polups and xenia once!
Here are a couple more pics, maybe they will be easier to identify. :happyfish
The first one is Roland, had her for two years, the tag on the tank said wild caught percula
The second one is Issabel, had him for 6 months, tag said true ocellaris, sales man said true percula.
reefdude37
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Yea becuase I thought that True Perculas Have a Black stripe on thier side
swishy
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Oh well....Shouldnt have listend to the LFS people....No big deal, i lovethe little guys no matter what they are....I was figureing that the black bands widend with age, then since one is over two years old and still no black bands i began to wonder. Besides Ocellaris are easyer to breed and that would be cool if they did. :happyfish Thanks for the info everybody.