black ocellaris clownfish question

[nathan1986]

Bought a black ocellaris from faois a few months ago. I was curious if his orange face will turn black as he matures?

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[GaG8tor]

I think I've read that their faces will stay orange. I have a small one that's probably 3 months old. His color is really coming in now but his face is still orange. I just moved him into a bare bottom 20L with my regular ocellarris. They've been doing the dance so hoping for some babies one day.

 

[cnreef]

I've had one for about 3-4 years and his face is still orange

 

[Postal]

It just depends. Some have faces that never darken all the way. Others turn jet black over time. The black ocellaris I got from FAOIS turned an incredible deep black.

 

[nathan1986]

It just depends. Some have faces that never darken all the way. Others turn jet black over time. The black ocellaris I got from FAOIS turned an incredible deep black.

Mine is from faois as well. Hopefully the face on mine turns all black. I really like how they look when they don't have the orange faces


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[aquapod_noob]

I've had mine for almost 2 years from FAOIS and his lips are still orange

 

[nathan1986]

I guess it all depends on the fish.

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[rogergolf66]

Mine is adult and has orange face

 

[Postal]

I think a lot depends on where they came from. The blacks from ORA tend to keep some orange while those from Sustainable Aquatics are more likely to be full black. My guess would be that SA has broodstock that is closer to the original wild caught Darwin fish (that aren't collected anymore)

 

[ClownMan727]

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Here is Roger's. Loving life in his clam!!!

 

[rogergolf66]

Thx for posting pic. Got the clowns out of the display so they don't host the clam anymore. Thx sonic for catching them for me

 

[ClownMan727]

What tank did they go to?

 

[rogergolf66]

What tank did they go to?

Frag tank so same water