Another Maroon Hybrid (Wild)

[CoralsAddiction]

I was on a trip to Sacramento yesterday and stopped by one of the local fish stores. There was a clownfish there that I felt confident was a hybrid. After a brief google search I came across an article by Jake Adams from 11/28/12 documenting a Maroon/Tomato hybrid collected in the Philippines.
Notice the clown in the photos has a slightly oval shaped body. I also think its eyes are slightly darker than regular maroon clowns.

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[CoralsAddiction]

And here's my current pair of white stripe maroon clowns for comparison. Picture was taken this morning before the lights came on.

 

[ocellaris123]

Thats a nice pair of wsm you have! How do they treat the anemone? I had to recently get rid of my GSM pair because they were ripping my green bta to shreds

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Thats a nice pair of wsm you have! How do they treat the anemone? I had to recently get rid of my GSM pair because they were ripping my green bta to shreds

They are actually nice to their host. I made sure I got a BTA that was a decent size. They tend to overfeed the anemone when I drop slightly larger pieces of LRS food in the tank. Other than that they are okay.
Having had the pair for about 3 weeks I think WSM is my second favorite type of clown only behind Wild Onyx clowns.

 

[ocellaris123]

They are actually nice to their host. I made sure I got a BTA that was a decent size. They tend to overfeed the anemone when I drop slightly larger pieces of LRS food in the tank. Other than that they are okay.
Having had the pair for about 3 weeks I think WSM is my second favorite type of clown only behind Wild Onyx clowns.

Awesome, the anemone which they hosted was 3 times the maroons size but they still terrorized it. For some reason they did not exhibit the same destructive behavior on my rose anemones or another type of green bubble tip anemone, only a particular green bta.

Are you planning on breeding the pair of maroons?

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Are you planning on breeding the pair of maroons?

I'd like to but it's highly unlikely. Out of all CB clowns I've seen, Maroons appear to be the most deformed. Their super aggressive behavior towards similarly sized brothers has probably a lot to do with it. I might give it a try but if all I get is culls then that will be the end of it.

 

[ocellaris123]

I'd like to but it's highly unlikely. Out of all CB clowns I've seen, Maroons appear to be the most deformed. Their super aggressive behavior towards similarly sized brothers has probably a lot to do with it. I might give it a try but if all I get is culls then that will be the end of it.

Yeah, I have never once seen a perfect Captive bred maroons. Hopefully you dont run into those issues if you try. I have a pair of tomatoes which I hope to breed one day.

 

[Planetmacro]

Interesting fish. I agree it may be a hybrid.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

How can a hatchery send a clown out like this? Is it just because it's Petco?