Euphyllia
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I bought 2 juvenile ocellaris clownfish from Aquarium Concepts. I've had them for 5 months or so and I'd say that they're about 7-8 months old as of now. When I bought them they were bright orange along with the rest of the 30 or more that they had in the sale tank with them. They were 1/2" or less when I bought them. I bought the smallest one they had, and the biggest one they had, and I'd say the overall size difference at that time was 1/4". They were too small to go into the tank because they would go right through the filter slats so I kept them in a
3.5" x 5" breeder box that had water flow from the main tank. It was like love at first sight, because the larger one only picked on the smaller one for the first day, and the smaller one does the shivering thingy now and then, but a lot more when I first got him. They are now probably a non-mated pair... so bonded pair... and the male is the exact same size as when I got him - about 1/2". The female is now a bit more than an inch.
Question
The male slowly turned darker and darker and now more than 3/4 of his total body is pitch black. The only parts that aren't black are this chest, face, and all of his fins except his tail fin, meaning the tail fin IS black. To me he's looking like a black ocellaris. I found a picture that looks almost exactly like him on the internet but just imagine the tail fin completely black.
As for the female, she has the coloration of an onyx perc, although the parts that are black on onyx percs are a super dark brown on her. IDK why an ocellaris and an onyx would pair up, which means that they either are both percs or ocellaris. My guess is ocellaris because that's what they were sold to me as. Therefore, if they are ocellaris, this means that they are any of these...
1. Semi-Semi-picasso clowns, so just picasso coloration without misbars.
2. Black ocellaris male and some sort of whacked out female ocellaris.
3. Both black ocellaris and the female's color is coming in slowly and may not be fully black.
I can't find any look-a-like pictures of the female which really says something. I'll try and post some pictures of my actual fish later but I'mm too lazy right now. What do you guys think? What kind of clown are they really? I know for one thing that this is definitely NOT the temporary colors that some clowns get. I really don't care what type they are, but I'm just curious.
I bought 2 juvenile ocellaris clownfish from Aquarium Concepts. I've had them for 5 months or so and I'd say that they're about 7-8 months old as of now. When I bought them they were bright orange along with the rest of the 30 or more that they had in the sale tank with them. They were 1/2" or less when I bought them. I bought the smallest one they had, and the biggest one they had, and I'd say the overall size difference at that time was 1/4". They were too small to go into the tank because they would go right through the filter slats so I kept them in a
3.5" x 5" breeder box that had water flow from the main tank. It was like love at first sight, because the larger one only picked on the smaller one for the first day, and the smaller one does the shivering thingy now and then, but a lot more when I first got him. They are now probably a non-mated pair... so bonded pair... and the male is the exact same size as when I got him - about 1/2". The female is now a bit more than an inch.
Question
The male slowly turned darker and darker and now more than 3/4 of his total body is pitch black. The only parts that aren't black are this chest, face, and all of his fins except his tail fin, meaning the tail fin IS black. To me he's looking like a black ocellaris. I found a picture that looks almost exactly like him on the internet but just imagine the tail fin completely black.
As for the female, she has the coloration of an onyx perc, although the parts that are black on onyx percs are a super dark brown on her. IDK why an ocellaris and an onyx would pair up, which means that they either are both percs or ocellaris. My guess is ocellaris because that's what they were sold to me as. Therefore, if they are ocellaris, this means that they are any of these...
1. Semi-Semi-picasso clowns, so just picasso coloration without misbars.
2. Black ocellaris male and some sort of whacked out female ocellaris.
3. Both black ocellaris and the female's color is coming in slowly and may not be fully black.
I can't find any look-a-like pictures of the female which really says something. I'll try and post some pictures of my actual fish later but I'mm too lazy right now. What do you guys think? What kind of clown are they really? I know for one thing that this is definitely NOT the temporary colors that some clowns get. I really don't care what type they are, but I'm just curious.
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