Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!

shrimpdady

shrimpdady

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Last night I started a thread because the Sebae Clownfish I bought last night tried to go into my BTA 5 minutes after I put him in the tank, but the BTA closed up and stayed that way all night not letting the Sebae get to him.
When I came home from lunch, my Sebae Clown was happily rubbing and loving on the BTA who was now fully open.
Not to rub it in, but my clownfish went into my BTA almost instantly.
LOL
After doing some research, I have learned that the Sebae Clownfish will almost always host a BTA. Thomas, correct me if I'm wrong.
I did not see the Sebae Clownfish listed on your sticky. Is there a reason for this?
Anyway, here are some pics. I am so excited.
I wish everyone the best of luck with their anemone & clownfish. It is truly a wonderful feeling to see this relationship between two creatures in my aquarium.


 
viper_930

viper_930

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Good to heard! Not all clowns stay in anemones like yours.
BTW your clown is a black A. polymnus, not a sebae.
 
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thomas712

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Unfortunately my first post in the sticky was shortened, due to it being over 5000 characters, I had the updated lists from Joyce Wilkerson in there but it got cut.
 
shrimpdady

shrimpdady

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Originally Posted by ViPeR_930
Good to heard! Not all clowns stay in anemones like yours.
BTW your clown is a black A. polymnus, not a sebae.

Sorry, but you are incorrect. A. polymnus is a brown saddleback clownfish.
What I have is a Sebae Clownfish.
The pic on the left is A. Plymnus and the pic on the right is A. Sebae

 
halo_frk03

halo_frk03

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Originally Posted by ShrimpDady
Sorry, but you are incorrect. A. polymnus is a brown saddleback clownfish.
What I have is a Sebae Clownfish.
The pic on the left is A. Plymnus and the pic on the right is A. Sebae
nope.... ur clown is not a sebae.. sebaes have yellow tails,... urs is a black saddleback
 
shrimpdady

shrimpdady

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Saddlebacks do not have two vertical white stripes that wrap around the entire body. They have a "saddle" type marking.
But through researching pictures, I have found that Sebae Clownfish sometimes do not have yellow tails.
Not trying to be argumentative, but this is what I have learned through my research.
But if you can prove otherwise, I will gladly retract my position that I have a Sebae.
 
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thomas712

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Amphiprion sebae Sebae anemonefish
Amphiprion sebae Bleeker, 1853
Family: Pomacentridae (Damselfishes) picture (Amseb_u0.jpg) by Field, R. Point map
Order: Perciformes (perch-likes)
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name: Sebae anemonefish
Max. size: 16.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 9710)
Environment: reef-associated; non-migratory; marine; depth range 2 – 25 m
Climate: tropical; 24°N - 11°S
Importance: aquarium: commercial
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months(Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution: Gazetteer Indian Ocean: Arabian Peninsula, India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Andaman Islands, and Sumatra and Java in Indonesia.
Morphology: Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 17; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 13 – 14. Often all yellow or has a yellow band. In Bali, they are mostly black (Ref. 48636). Biology: Found in coastal waters and lagoons. It grows rather large (Ref. 48636). Associated with the anemone Stichodactyla
Amphiprion polymnus Saddleback clownfish
Amphiprion polymnus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Family: Pomacentridae (Damselfishes) picture (Ampol_u6.jpg) by Cook, D.C. AquaMaps | Point map
Order: Perciformes (perch-likes)
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name: Saddleback clownfish
Max. size: 13.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 9710)
Environment: reef-associated; non-migratory; marine; depth range 2 – 30 m
Climate: tropical; 30°N - 25°S
Importance: fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months(Preliminary K or Fecundity)
Distribution: Gazetteer Western Pacific: Ryukyu Islands, China, Viet Nam, Taiwan, Gulf of Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia (Northern Territory, Gulf of Carpentaria), New Guinea, New Britain, and Solomon Islands.
Morphology: Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 18; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 12 – 14. Distinguished by the third white band on the tail that is missing or as a saddle-like marking in A. sebae. Some geographical variations and in PNG often with much orange ventrally (Ref. 48636).
Biology: Inhabits silty lagoons and harbors. Monogamous (Ref. 55367). A protandrous hermaphrodite (Ref. 32166). Associated with the anemones: Heteractis crispa and Stichodactyla haddoni (Ref. 5911). Has been reared in captivity (Ref. 35420,
 
oxbeard

oxbeard

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Okay, now I am successfully confused about this clown. This looks exactly like the one I bought recently that immediately began hosting my LTA (Yeaaa!!)
When I bought it, it was being sold as a B&W Oscellarus. Just thought it must be some variant with yellow fins. Anyway, by no surprise found out that wasn't the case. But I'm still confused as to whether it is a B&W Saddleback or now a Sebae. Doesn't really look like a Sebae to me, but I am still relatively green in SW. Why so much confusion anyway?
 
shrimpdady

shrimpdady

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Hmmmmmm.......That does look alot like my clown, though I could not find any pics. that looked like that. :notsure: :notsure:
It seems that I may have been mistaken.
I hate admitting when I am wong.

You're great, I suck.
 
namas05

namas05

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Do a search for black Polymus clowns you will find pictures.
I have just been looking into these myself so I found lots of info on the web.
Wanted to make sure I know the fish beofre I buy the fish.
But whatyou have is indeed a black polymus clown.
Sebae / saddle back does it really matter.
You know it is a black polymus now.
 
clown123

clown123

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its a BLACK SADDLEBACK ive had 2 n these other ppl have also probably had em i think they would now! just gettin it str8t.
 
phender

phender

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You are correct that sometimes sebaes have black tails, but in those instances the tail is either completely black or has some yellow trim. If tail has white trim then it is polymnus.
Here is a pic of a black tailed sebae with its yellow tailed mate.(Both had yellow tails when I bought them)
The second pic is a different pair with more yellow.
BTW: your fish is very nice.
*The pics weren't working so they were removed*
 
shrimpdady

shrimpdady

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I was looking in a book that a friend of mine has and is there a possibility that this is a barrier reef clown?
The guy at my LFS said thats what he believes it is.
He said they get them in every once in a while.
He also said that it was illegal to collect wild specimens and that the ones that they buy are tank bred and raised.
 
shrimpdady

shrimpdady

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Well I guess I have a saddle clown.
Thanks for correcting me.
I appreciate everyones response. You guys actually might just possibly maybe know what you're talking about.
 
g13

g13

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Your clown is a .......
black polymnus
black saddleback
and I've seen it soild as True black percula.
One of the coolest looking clowns, if you ask me.....
 
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