Female tomato and 3 male Sunburst (I think...)

[lclark209]

Before you guys go crazy...these fish are not in my tank.
They're actually in my LFS's SUMP. And I have no question, just an interesting thing I've witnessed...wish I had gotten some pics. I might have to go snap a couple. =)
Anyway. The female is about 4" and the 3 males are about 2.5 to 3". And they're spawning. All 3 males are fertilizing and taking care of the eggs. From all the comments and bad things I hear about more than 2 clowns in a tank...I find this pretty amazing. There's also a pink skunk in the same sump. Looks to be a 55g sump.

Okay maybe I do have a question. The lady at the LFS called the males, sunburst clowns. After doing a search I can't find even a picture. They are super bright oarnge-ish red around the edges and almost black in the center of their bodies. And they have no stripes. Anyone know what kind of clown they are?

 

[Mabyboi]

I need to see pictures of these sunburst clowns. You MUST go back.

 

[lclark209]

LOL figured I might get this reaction. I will stop by there later today and get a pic. Hopefully the eggs haven't hatched.
What's funny is a couple weeks ago the lady at LFS told me about these 4 spawning and I laughed it off like yeah right. Then went in yesterday and there were eggs. All the males jockeying to get their turn to fuss over them. And proud momma floating above them. Wonder what the babies would look like....

 

[Mabyboi]

Depending on what they look like you may need to ship them to me......... Just sayin

 

[lclark209]

While I've never seen them anywhere else, they can't be rare. I'm pretty sure they only want 20 a piece for them. And they've been in this sump for at least a year...

 

[BonsaiNut]

LOL! They forgot to call them super-uber-special sunburst clowns! Then they could have charged $200 each for them!

 

[Johanv]

Please take a pics or better a video!

 

[mborn]

Amphiprion ephippium perhaps?

 

[lclark209]

Amphiprion ephippium perhaps?

Most definitely!

 

[lclark209]

Ready for pics?

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[phender]

Yep, Amphiprion ephippium (aka Fire clowns)

 

[BonsaiNut]

Yep, Amphiprion ephippium (aka Fire clowns)

+1

They're in the tomato complex. They tend to be a little smaller than the big tomatoes, in my experience.

 

[rssjsb]

+1

They're in the tomato complex. They tend to be a little smaller than the big tomatoes, in my experience.

But just as mean?

 

[Ron Reefman]

Everbody in that family is mean. I have a female cinnamon that drove out the 3 juvenile tomatos after she took the biggest one of the 4 as her mate.

 

[rssjsb]

Everbody in that family is mean. I have a female cinnamon that drove out the 3 juvenile tomatos after she took the biggest one of the 4 as her mate.

I know families like that.:lol2:

 

[BonsaiNut]

All clowns are mean. However maroons and tomatoes can break skin.

 

[Cubbies]

YeP! Fire clowns. They are one of my favorite clowns. The red they have is just amazing. Very aggresive. I'm amazed all of them are interacting in there being what they are!