Picasso's and SnowFlakes clownfish club...
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Just Clownin Around
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Ora grade A about 2 years ago
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Just Clownin Around
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snocassos 3/27/2009
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I got a pair of black ice clowns(I think) from divers den. they are snowflakes but the snowflake part on both of them is lined with a little black. I will have to see what happens by the time they are fully mature. With the stuff I feed 'em, they should be 3 1/2" and ready to spawn in about two months. I feed blood worms(65% protein) and a mix of ocean nutrition and instant ocean (with dried brine shrimp chunks) flakes.I stop feeding blood worms wen they are full size, they no longer need the extra protein to grow. and learning, I will let you know when my snowflakes spawn, I can get wysiwyg pics for a few buyers, but the rest I will be selling to an lfs in bulk. I'm going to keep the four best looking ones, so after that you have free reign to pick and choose, and I will give you a price based on the color, grade, and patterning.
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BLK94RS
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So, after seeing all of your guys amazing Picasso's, I decided to get a couple. There is a local breeder in my area who sells to most of the LFS, so after going from store to store, I found the ones I wanted. They have very unique patters. They are about 1.25" or & appear to be very young. They have been in my tank since Tuesday. On Tuesday they swam side by side & got a long great. Yesterday, they started pestering each other...biting each others pectoral fins, locking lips, and being very aggressive towards each other. They are both pretty beat up. The slightly larger one has noticeable abrasions around its mouth (from locking lips) that are starting to swell, the smaller one has a gash out of its side where the larger one locked onto it. Today, they are just chilling in the back corner behind one of my return lines, and seem to me much more peaceful towards each other.
Does this sound like normal behavior for a couple very young clowns who have only been in a tank for a couple days? Do you think their wounds will heal? I really hate loosing fish, so its a bit tough to see them beat up like they are.
Does this sound like normal behavior for a couple very young clowns who have only been in a tank for a couple days? Do you think their wounds will heal? I really hate loosing fish, so its a bit tough to see them beat up like they are.
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Yes, the slightely larger one will become the female, and the fighting will not stop, but the male will heal and should be fine with the fm.
They should breed in a few months, youll know theyre almost there when the fm is around 3 1/2". They start at a young age, but they wont be laying for some time.
Troylee
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Nice!!!!^ are those picassos??? I'm really a dummy on clowns besides nemo lol... Just got done watching it with my baby girl she has watched it over 500 times!!!! Can't wait for a second one lol...* ducks from bullets*
oceancube
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wow everyone has really nice clowns, awsome to see that everyones getting hands on them now easily rather than before it was super rare,,,lol in a couple more months i think it'll be regular to see a picasso clown in a reef tank!!!! congrats to all!!!!
oceancube
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New camera equals new pictures:
^^^^ thats a picasso!!
mnat
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Thank you guys for the kind words, the male is the top one and is an ORA grade A that was added after our first one was lost in a powerhead mishap. The second one is a female probably a Grade B ORA that was bought first.
amazing clowns! whats the age?
same here reefer831, he can come over for a play date lol!
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