Clarkii OR Blue Stripe - whats the difference?

[mattsilvester]

Well, day 3, the clowns and anemone are doing well

Here's some pics (poor quality I'm afraid) - first pic is the female, second pic is the male and the female below hosting in the new RBTA:

Didn't know what to do as regards q-tine so I just put them all into the q-tine tank.... got 4 NO tubes about over the RBTA and the tank is only 12" deep...... so it should be fine.

Cheers,

Matt

 

[criccio]

Funny how are those are the two stripe A. clarkii LargeAngels was talking about, very nice. I personally would pull the RBTA and let it establish itself in the display tank.

 

[mattsilvester]

Well I am sort of pseudo-quarantining both the 'nem and the fish. They were in the same system at the LFS..... along with other nem's, soft corals, and other fish etc.

So, from my understanding of ich, I wanted to check it out for a few days before risking introducing ich from the shipping water etc. to my display....... paranoid I know, but I have had a few very bad doses of ich recently and really want to emilinate as much risk as possible.

The new has detached itself from the shipping rock now which may have had potential ich cycts been incubating on that rock.

The thing is now is that if I wait until friday to do the transfer, then I will be off work and at home friday/saturday/sunday/monday, to observe it in teh display......

So, I am thinking of transferring the nem then, proficing ich doesn;t rear its head in the q-tine tank..... and letting the clowns in the q-tine tank for the usual 30 days...... just to be sure.

The other thing is that my dispaly tank has an emperor angel in it....... so the clowns would help deter any potential attacks from the angel.........

I really don't want to jump the gun with the q-tine, but sometimes there can be advantages.......

Thoughts?

 

[mattsilvester]

PS. The nem was double this size at the LFS...... it will just take time to settle I am sure

 

[mattsilvester]

PPS - I have started another thread about RBTA placement..... its directly realted to this thread, but a totally different topic so I started a new thread..... if any readers care to take a look it would be much appreciated

 

[Swanwillow]

hello, I'm bumping this thread with my own questions.

I'm seriously looking at getting a couple o clowns from the clarkii complex. But, after my last bout with clowns (cinnamons) I want something that is un-aggressive as to be timid. My tank is full of timid gobies!

I'm looking at blue zoo aquatics, the allardi and the tricinctus are the ones I'm looking at, since its now been said that the chrysopterus is a bit too... aggressive for my tastes... and no, the local LFS's STINK and I won't order through them.

anyone have opinions on the least-aggressive clown from the clarkii complex?

 

[traveller7]

I would not bet on any being "docile", especially once they get into breeding condition.

IME, allardi have been the most mellow.

 

[Swanwillow]

they ARE just pretty damsels...

 

[LargeAngels]

Tricinctus are the same, if not worse, than chrysopterus in terms of shipping/survival.

Like traveller7 stated "docile" is not a word to describe any clown one breeding starts.

My chrysopterus are pretty nasty. Tri's are not so bad. Allardi I can on speak about the pair I had 10 or so years ago. Wound up with a HUGE male and slightly smaller female. Once breeding started the male was too aggressive for the female.

 

[Swanwillow]

maybe I should ask this-on the aggressive scale, where are they compared to percs/ocelaris and cinnamon/tomatos?

 

[adtravels]

my female chrys wants to kill everything always, including me. She chases my anthias and flame hawkfish. However the only fish I have naver seen any aggression towards are my smaller fish, a yasha goby, a trimma goby, a green mandarin and an obique banded cardinal fish. my clarks were the same, I think very small gobies are not seen as a threat or competition and so as long as you are prepared for the clowns to be the boss of the tank, fish from the clarks complex would likely be fine

both of my perc pairs rarely stray 6 inches from their nem as an alternative