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I have a ~3.5-4in ruby headed fairy wrasse who is in great health. Just completing TTM. I'm not keeping him because I just got a sebae nem and want to add some clarkiis too and am concerned that my tank is getting overstocked.

http://m.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+1378+3482&pcatid=3482

I also have 2 heads of a toxic green frogspawn that have broke off and would like to give away.

Must take both together, and must be available to pickup this weekend (Friday-Sunday). Location Palo Alto. To supporting members.

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Gablami said:
I have a ~3.5-4in ruby headed fairy wrasse who is in great health. Just completing TTM. I'm not keeping him because I just got a sebae nem and want to add some clarkiis too and am concerned that my tank is getting overstocked.

http://m.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+1378+3482&pcatid=3482

I also have 2 heads of a toxic green frogspawn that have broke off and would like to give away.

Must take both together, and must be available to pickup this weekend (Friday-Sunday). Location Palo Alto. To supporting members.

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I'm interested.


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Pix of the H.malu? Its a sand dweller so don't put it on the rocks. It will just move down till it hits sand. Did you buy it from AC?

Clarkiis get BIG!
 
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Pix of the H.malu? Its a sand dweller so don't put it on the rocks. It will just move down till it hits sand. Did you buy it from AC?

Clarkiis get BIG!
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Yeah unfortunately clarkiis get big and they're kinda fugly. But I am need of some symbiosis!

No it was included as a freebie with an online order.

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How long has it been in the sand? I"m not 100% its a H.malu. Looks more like a H.crispa. Tentacles don't look stubby enough for me and more tentacles than what is normal for a H.malu.

Where did you get it from?

Could have gotten a M. doreensis and A. perideraion (pink skunks which only grow out to 4"), A. ocellaris will occasionally accept it as host (mine did).
 
It's been in the tank about a week. Was a freebie from aquasd auction. When I asked what it was, I was told Sebae but wouldn't be surprised if it were something else. Like you said, it doesn't look like other photos on the net. So I need help IDing it. Does this photo help?
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That looks more like a H.crispa. H.malu has a thinner more delicate column. Sebae is commonly used interchangeably between the 2.

If it is a H.crispa, that opens the door for other clownfish.

Here is a list that it naturally hosts.

  • Clark's Clown fish Amphiprion clarkii
  • Pink Skunk Clownfish A. perideraion
  • Saddleback Clownfish A. polymnus
  • Three-Band Clownfish A. tricinctus
  • Orange-fin Clownfish A. chrysopterus
  • Barrier Reef Clownfish A. akindynos
  • Two-Band Clownfish A. bicinctus
  • Red Saddleback Clownfish A. ephippium
  • Wide-Band Clownfish A. latezonatus
  • White-Bonnet Clownfish A. leucokranos
  • Red and Black Clownfish A. melanopus
  • Oman Clownfish A. omanensis
  • Orange Skunk Clownfish A. sandaracinos
Some are pretty nice and some are much rarer.
 
Man, glad I posted about the nem. Thanks Vincent! Now...to find a small pair of these other clowns...

The H crispa photos seem to have longer tentacles. Do they elongate as the nem matures? But yes, definitely an H crispa.


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AC has A.polymnus and maybe bicintus or tricintus. But both bicintus and tricintus are in the clarkii family so they will get big and mean.

The A.polymnus at AC are these

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Not these

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A.sandaracinos are pretty if you can find them.

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Holy grail in that family are the A.leucokranos

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Pickup planned with living water, but if it falls through you're next :).

Yeah, cool fish. Look kinda like koi. I also got a solar fairy which is similar.


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So just to throw a wrench in the works, some on RC think it maybe a M.doreensis (LTA) instead.

Can you take a picture of it under whites?


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