Clown ID (pic)

[JFristoe]

Hi guys and girls this is Joe. I recently converted to saltwater and bought my first clowns. They are supposed to be maroons but the 3rd clown I purchased is much darker than these. The front stipe doesn't look like a tomato from the pics i've seen though.

 

[MarinaP]

[welcome]

Adding another clown to two maroons is not really a good idea. Check out FAQ at the top of this forum.

 

[JFristoe]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8850064#post8850064 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MarinaP
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Adding another clown to two maroons is not really a good idea. Check out FAQ at the top of this forum.

I did after I purchased the three together and not seperate. Also are you saying they are maroons?

 

[MarinaP]

Those two in the pic are gold stripe maroons.

 

[JFristoe]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8850124#post8850124 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MarinaP
Those two in the pic are gold stripe maroons.

So the stripes change color as they age? I bought them for $14.99 each also (wasn't expecting them to be gold stipe).

 

[JamesJR]

goldstripe maroons have white stripes at first and then after about a year after hatching the stripes change color.

 

[ChunksInClemson]

James, how do you know that they're GS? The stripes look pretty small which usually goes with WS. The GS have wider bands.

PS-they also look tank raised.

 

[JamesJR]

It really depends on the size of the clowns. Their stripes are usually pretty small and not even developed until pretty late in their postmetamorphasis. I for one, really can't tell with any certainty looking at baby maroons and predicting which ones will have gold bars and which ones won't. Also, there is a good bit of variation with the maroon clowns and I don't think you could always use stripe width to tell which ones are going to be goldbar.

 

[ChunksInClemson]

so why did you say they are gold stripe?

 

[OrionN]

Don't put three Maroons together. Sooner or later one will be kill by the other two. Return the middle size one back to the store. You may end up withe a pair. It is often difficult to pair Maroon.

 

[JamesJR]

I didn't mean to imply that they were, but from the looks of it they probably are.