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Congrats on getting the little fella fattened up. I've always had trouble trying to get clowns to recover once they get that thin.
Aussie clarkii clowns
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Thanks, yeah, I think the blackworms really did the trick.
Their permanent home is still undecided, but they are both doing great in my what used to be QT tank.... The male has almost no trace of the pinched forehead 
Notice though that the male's pelvic fins ended up turning all black, even with no merten's nem.
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PIMPALA
In Memoriam
not sure why...
but as soon as I saw this pic:
the first thing that came to mind was:
lol anyway, awesome pic, and nice clowns!
but as soon as I saw this pic:
the first thing that came to mind was:
lol anyway, awesome pic, and nice clowns!
Obviously the male is completely recovered from the pinched forehead issue...
Thank you. I can't believe how quickly time flies. The clowns are still doing great in their own tank
Under Ecoxotic blue/magenta LED's.... the magenta LED's just make them look amazing!
Yes, I did exchange the melanistic male clown for a new one. I found a male that looks exactly like my original, which I think may have been replaced sometime during the exchange of owners :-/
Yes, I did exchange the melanistic male clown for a new one. I found a male that looks exactly like my original, which I think may have been replaced sometime during the exchange of owners :-/
Yuri Barros
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Really cool fishes............
The big difference between this variety.........I mean Coral Sea........(founded in SouthEast PNG/Great Barrier/and Solomons)............and the variety of the Original Description..............founded in Indian Ocean (Maldives/SriLanka/Andaman Sea)..............is about the soft part of the Dorsal Fin...........
In the Original Clark.........Amphiprion clarkii (Bennett, 1830).........the soft part of the Dorsal Fin is Black...........bordered by a thin white line...........
And in the Variety of Coral Sea............the soft part of the Dorsal Fin is Yellow..........
Even in Melanistic fishes.........hosted in Stichodactyla mertensii.........the soft part of the dorsal fin is Yellow...........
In this variety.........a white caudal peduncle is present...........as well as in the Indian Ocean variety.................
But in New Caledonia/Vanuatu variety.........the white band of the caudal peduncle is absent..........and the black mantle is retracted............giving the apparence of "veil tail "...........this is the name given of Vanuatu/NC variety........
There are 5 varieties of this kind of Clark.........all of them have Yellow Tail..........with no sexual Dichromatism..........Males and Females have Yellow tail.........
1- Arabian sea - Persian Gulf/Oman Gulf
Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZPspAXKlJc
2- India/Maldives/Andaman Sea
Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBWD5KXECBk
3- West Australia (ABCC)- Ningaloo Reef
Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvtLyNQXRwI
4- Coral Sea (PNG/GBR/Solomons)
Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRfVBFFFg1E
5 - Vanuatu / New Caledonia
Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpTMqf8Mjic
You got # 4..................
The big difference between this variety.........I mean Coral Sea........(founded in SouthEast PNG/Great Barrier/and Solomons)............and the variety of the Original Description..............founded in Indian Ocean (Maldives/SriLanka/Andaman Sea)..............is about the soft part of the Dorsal Fin...........
In the Original Clark.........Amphiprion clarkii (Bennett, 1830).........the soft part of the Dorsal Fin is Black...........bordered by a thin white line...........
And in the Variety of Coral Sea............the soft part of the Dorsal Fin is Yellow..........
Even in Melanistic fishes.........hosted in Stichodactyla mertensii.........the soft part of the dorsal fin is Yellow...........
In this variety.........a white caudal peduncle is present...........as well as in the Indian Ocean variety.................
But in New Caledonia/Vanuatu variety.........the white band of the caudal peduncle is absent..........and the black mantle is retracted............giving the apparence of "veil tail "...........this is the name given of Vanuatu/NC variety........
There are 5 varieties of this kind of Clark.........all of them have Yellow Tail..........with no sexual Dichromatism..........Males and Females have Yellow tail.........
1- Arabian sea - Persian Gulf/Oman Gulf
Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZPspAXKlJc
2- India/Maldives/Andaman Sea
Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBWD5KXECBk
3- West Australia (ABCC)- Ningaloo Reef
Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvtLyNQXRwI
4- Coral Sea (PNG/GBR/Solomons)
Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRfVBFFFg1E
5 - Vanuatu / New Caledonia
Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpTMqf8Mjic
You got # 4..................
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Yuri Barros
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Yellow Pelvic and Anal fins in Clark´s.............. of all varieties...........means that they are hosted in Entacmaea quadricolor............or Heteractis crispa.......
When these fishes are hosted in Stichodactyla mertensii...........their Pelvic and Anal fins turn Black.........
The snout in most of the cases turns grayish..........
These are Melanistics........from Indian Ocean variety.......from Original Description.............compare with the video #2 hosted in BTAs.........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-_pF4YIbOY
They belongs to the same population (Indian Ocean)............but fishes hosted in Stichodactyla mertensii..........have black Pelvic and Anal fins........
When these fishes are hosted in Stichodactyla mertensii...........their Pelvic and Anal fins turn Black.........
The snout in most of the cases turns grayish..........
These are Melanistics........from Indian Ocean variety.......from Original Description.............compare with the video #2 hosted in BTAs.........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-_pF4YIbOY
They belongs to the same population (Indian Ocean)............but fishes hosted in Stichodactyla mertensii..........have black Pelvic and Anal fins........
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Yuri Barros
Member
In Coral Sea variety............they will keep the Yellow Triangle.........at the tip of the soft part of the Dorsal Fin...........
Even in Melanistics............
Just like we see the pic above...........
About the Anemones :
Heteractis magnifica belongs to the same Family of Stichodactyla mertensii..............and Stichodactyla haddoni.............
The Family Sthicodactylidae.......
There is a tendency to the Melanism..........
I think that the forehead will become darker...........and maybe the Pelvic and Anal fins too.......
Maybe the snout will remain colored............??? And not turn to pale gray.........as happens in Merten´s.........
Bright Yellow color in Clark´s are seen in Entacmaea quadricolor..........Family Actiniidae..........including forehead and the snout.........
Look these Mad Dog pictures.........of Melanistics from Madang - PNG..........
http://www.messersmith.name/wordpre...s_anemonefish_amphiprion_clarkii_IMG_4282.jpg
http://www.messersmith.name/wordpre...s_anemonefish_amphiprion_clarkii_IMG_3980.jpg
Note that the Yellow Triangle is constant in the population.........
CoralsAddiction
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Just as a side note sustainable aquatics raises black clarkii clowns as shown in the picture. They look like black clowns from New Guinea. I have a pair and they are awesome.
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