Blue/gold striped maroon?

Nikky.Werr

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Hi all, I bought this beautiful Maroon Clownfish at my LFS yesterday. I can't exactly see a cheek spine so it might not be a pure Maroon but a hybrid (I've seen a few Ocellaris x Maroon specimens) but then again you can't really tell much in the pictures (the spine cheek that is). Anyways, I wondered if it was just me or do these stripes look kind of blueish to you? And also most Maroon Clownfish I've seen have thinner stripes, is this striping width normal in a pure Maroon Clownfish?
Thanks for taking the time to browse through my thread, I appreciate any and all answers! Have a great day :)

Oh umm, I know these aren't the best pictures but my QT is a 20 gallon rubbermaid tub so it's opaque on all sides obviously and now that I look at the pictures as I'm about to upload them the stripes seem to go from a blue to yellow tinge... maybe it's just me, I'll let you guys be the judges.
 

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Looks like an ordinary maroon clown to me. Lighting often plays "tricks" on the white bands of clownfish and sometimes will give off a blueish hue.
 
Looks like an ordinary maroon clown to me. Lighting often plays "tricks" on the white bands of clownfish and sometimes will give off a blueish hue.

Thanks for such a quick reply. Yeah I've thought lighting could be a factor as well, specially given the photos I just took. A few look white and others look blue/yellow tinged. Do you think the stripes are too wide for a Maroon though? The last maroon I saw at my LFS had the thinnest stripes which I thought was the norm. This is a picture I took of the first Maroon at my LFS so you see what I mean.
This is the one I wanted to purchase, it had been at my LFS for a week and when I had enough money to buy it and went back its stomach had exploded, yes exploded, and one eye was bulging out, poor thing :( it was dead but "they hadn't noticed" or cared to take him out it seems.
 

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One of my GSM clownfish always looks blue
 

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The white band on the body looks almost like that of a percula or ocellaris.

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