All pink skunk clown owners

[wicked_NaCl_h2o]

Does your pink skunk ever try to feed your anemone. My pink skunk doesn't feed my anemone. I am wondering if mine is one of the few or are they all like that? This question has probably been asked before..the search isn't working.

 

[Toddrtrex]

My pair has never done it, and I have had them for over a year and a half now.
When I feed my LTA directly they won't try to steal it however. My clarkii pair ( in another tank ) will do it all the time.

 

[wicked_NaCl_h2o]

sigh..maybe I should have got a clarkii insted. I have heard so many good things about them. My lfs has two clarkii's right now but I chose the pink skunk insted. I wonder if pink skunks and clarkii's would get along in the same 120 tank..nah I probably would end up with them fighting over my only anemone. I really like that pink skunk..it is soo cute but it won't feed the anemone. I had to put my ocellaris pair in my 24 gallon because the female wouldn't stop bullying the pink skunk. Is your pair wild caught or tank bred?

 

[Toddrtrex]

My clarkiis are pretty cool, and I have had them for about 6 years, I believe that they were tank raised, but I am not 100% sure. While it is cool that they will feed my anemones, I don't count on it. I still feed the anemones in that tank directly. And they only do it with really big pieces of food. But, mine are pretty mean at times and I wouldn't put them together with a skunk.

I really like my skunks, they are starting to do their little mating dance, it is really neat to watch, and to hear -- they "bark" at each other.

 

[marc price]

never had a pink skunk however my tank breed blackfoot skunk (a. nigripes), almost never feeds her anemone(s). it's more like she's making a deposit at the bank. the anemone almost never manages to eat before her return visit. she ranks number one on the aquariums most wanted list for multiple robbery offenses.

 

[Flighty]

I have about 40 of pink skunks right now and some feed their anemones and some don't. It really comes down more to indvidual than the breed or how they were raised. I have some tank breed ones that dilligently feed their xenia before themselves. It doesn't matter to them that xenia is a filter feeder, they still place mysis in the feathers over and over. Others from the same clutch will dodge their parents to pull mysis OUT of their anemone.

Whatever they do, just feed the anemone yourself and don't worry about the clowns.

 

[davocean]

I've found there's good and bad trade offs w/ fifferent clowns, like the skunks may not be the best at feeding their nem, but they are the most passive IMO.
Clarki's seem to be great at taking care of nems, but can be aggro w/ other fish, same w/ the maroons.
I think the best chance for having more than one pair is pinks and occs.
My female maroon didn't feed her nem except for the stuff she didn't want herself, shrimp moltings, nori, both of which my nem doesn't really seem to care for either.
However, the new male is awesome at feeding nems mysis b4 eating for himself.
You may have the same luck if you add a male, but you know, no gaurantee.

 

[wicked_NaCl_h2o]

I feed my anemone, I just wish my pink skunk would too..see I rather the pink skunk try to feed it then to take the anemones food away.. I have to keep my pink skunk away from the anemone while it is eating. I was trying to feed the anemone raw shrimp and the clown plucked it away from the anemones mouth like he was saying..whats this weird thing you have hanging out of your mouth? Here let me get rid of that for you...lol which is actually quite frustrating..I had to put one of those aquarium fish catching nets in front of the anemone.. so the clown would stay away untill the anemone was done eating. At least it some what stays away from the anemone when ever I am feeding it silversides. I guess the dead fish freaks the skunk out a bit..shrugs..anyways thats why I was asking you all if your pink skunk feeds your anemone.

 

[wicked_NaCl_h2o]

hey Toddrtrex..they bark??:lmao: oh and Flighty I would like to see a picture of your 40 pink skunks.

 

[Flighty]

Well, this is the only picture I have of all of them (but 1247 of them are still eggs )
<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/FlightyMail/ClownJunk/photo#5009631804764608290"><img src="http://lh5.google.com/FlightyMail/RYXJlZJ-VyI/AAAAAAAACU4/OFcDu9wtRjs/s144/DSC03985.JPG" /></a>

This photo has at least 7 of them
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/FlightyMail/BabyClownColor/photo#5078519428105611586"><img src="http://lh5.google.com/FlightyMail/RnqGg0EnqUI/AAAAAAAACxs/dGDj-NneUEA/s400/DSC06662.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/FlightyMail/BabyClownColor">baby clown color</a></td></tr></table>

You may need to click to see the photos

 

[davocean]

How cool!
No aggro between them?
Send a FTS!

 

[Flighty]

I don't really have a FTS worth posting and the lights are off for the night. There is a terrible lights off FTS in the folder if you click on the second picture.

 

[Flighty]

As for aggression, the mated pair stay pretty close to their anemone since they usually have eggs. The babies have lots of xenia to dissapear into and there are enough that no one fish gets picked on. The 2 most dominant of the babies sometimes are allowed in the anemone and unlike other breeds of clowns I don't see the little ones badgering each other.