Clownfishfan
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That's a good idea ! If after a while they don't take to maybe I will try it! But what should do with it later......
A.Theillei ,anybody tried it?
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WDLV
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The point of my mentioning the clarkii trick was that if you have a fish in an anemone, others will observe this and follow. I think there's a pretty good chance your male sandy will jump right in a BTA. If so, the ocellaris will claim it as her territory. I don't think you will need the clarkii. If you do, it either becomes a sump fish that gets fat and happy off scraps or you give/sell it to another hobbyist or trade it to the LFS as store credit.
Clownfishfan
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Really ,I thought it would be the occelaris that would go in first?guess we will find out in a few months....
How is your sickly theillei doing?
How is your sickly theillei doing?
Clownfishfan
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Great to hear! I was worried you were going to loose it!
so i was...
Just thinking if it was sandy x occy I would think these fish would be much more common i in a place like Phuket, Thailand. im not as informed as you but I dont recall hearing of any from there.
anemone reef is mostly all occy and pacifica from what i can tell.
Just thinking if it was sandy x occy I would think these fish would be much more common i in a place like Phuket, Thailand. im not as informed as you but I dont recall hearing of any from there.
anemone reef is mostly all occy and pacifica from what i can tell.
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Clownfishfan
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I think all theillei that have been traced back to collection came from Cebu.
Winwood
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I was wondering why you were giving him a deaf ear on that? :lmao:
Now it all makes sense.
Clownfishfan
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Is there any particular way I should introduce the occy to the skunk? I was planning on dividing the tank with plastic screening and cut a hole in it so the skunk can go back and forth.
Winwood
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I think that along with idea that a Cebu ocellaris would likely have more of a propensity to reproduce with another species.
velvetelvis
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The LFS where I got my nigripes has a lone sandy being hosted by a GBTA with an orange column. The contrast is really beautiful.
Clownfishfan
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After doing some googleing I found out that pink skunk clownfish can coexist with percs/occys in aquariums with out tearing into each other and wondered are orange skunks the same way? This could also explain why there are more leucs if pink skunks are one of the parents?
If they are similar is it possible that I could keep a occy pair and an orange skunk pair in the same tank and possibly have the orange skunk male fertilize some eggs from the occy's... But then again that's a small if.
O yea my tank is a 125 gal,just thought I would mention it before someone asks...
If they are similar is it possible that I could keep a occy pair and an orange skunk pair in the same tank and possibly have the orange skunk male fertilize some eggs from the occy's... But then again that's a small if.
O yea my tank is a 125 gal,just thought I would mention it before someone asks...
WDLV
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I have mixed a lot of species in the same tank but I wouldn't recommend doing it with a pair that you intend to breed. My pink skunks ripped my latezonatus pair a new one when they started settling in to start spawning. When a pair is ready to spawn they will get really aggressive.
velvetelvis
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I've never bred clowns, but I'm guessing that the ocellaris pair wouldn't allow the male skunk anywhere near them to fertilize the female's eggs as they're spawning. From what I've read, the female lays eggs and the male swims right over them and fertilizes them...any other male who tried to interfere would undoubtedly be attacked, perhaps by both of them. He'd be an invader in their territory.
Todd has often described how aggro his pink skunks became once they began spawning, to illustrate how clownfish behave after sexual maturity. I'd never expect such timid fish to become so ferocious!
WDLV
Skunk Hybrid Freak
I have heard an exception to this with a Marroon pair and a Sandy pair spawning in the same tank... but lets keep in mind that this is an extreme exception to the rule.
Todd Gardner with the 2000 gallon anemone tank or ToddRex with much smaller tanks? I know my Latz were twice the size of the skunks. I was very surprised. I thought it was the tangs at first, then I hid about 20' away and observed what was really going on. The pink female was coming over to the latz's anemone and giving them a thrashing. That pink pair was sold shortly thereafter.
The pinks were in the RBTAs on the far right. The Latz were in the crispa toward the center. The latz were obviously much larger. Yet you can see her in the first pic here returning from her guilty act.
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velvetelvis
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Spawning in the same tank, I can believe...but fertilizing each other's eggs? Interesting.
I meant Toddrtrex. Should have been more specific.
I meant Toddrtrex. Should have been more specific.
Clownfishfan
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Yea it's a rare occurrence but has happened.
Pretty latz!
Pretty latz!
