blue stripe clown?

[bugbdon]

hey everyone,
figured i'd ask this on this forum too......anybody have experiences with blue stripe clowns? anyone tank raise them??? i've looked and it seems as though they are hard to get ahold of. any advice?

 

[phender]

They are a very common clown in the wild, but they are terrible shippers and are very prone to coming down with brookynella. Most collectors/wholesalers don't deal with them because they are so delicate, but you can sometimes get them on a special order or if your LFS tranships.

They have been bred but the babies as smaller than most clowns and tend to be very difficult to raise to sellable size.

I have seen a couple cases where they lose most of their color in captivity. I have one that may be the ugliest clown in history.

 

[bugbdon]

ok well they don't sound like a good choice...i'll just stick with some clarkii's. thanks for the info

 

[blumarlin]

Phender, could you post a pic?