Green bellied BW Clown

[COReefermadness]

Last night I used a LED flashlight to watch the night life of my tank. When the clowns came to see what was up there bellies has a florescent green coloring. The only time this mark shows up is with the flashlight, is this normal?

 

[COReefermadness]

Nothing?

I do have a small pink and green bta in the tank (bought from a fellow reefer as a rainbow). The bta is hiding on the underside of a rock for about 4 weeks now and is significantly smaller like 1/4 the original size. The clowns want to demolish it and do rub there bellies on the bta. Could the coloring be dead cells of the bta? Could the bta itself be artificially colored?

I would like to address the issue, if the anemone and clown page isn't the right place please redirect me

Thanks in advance!

PS I would love to post pics but with a hiding anemone and clowns that only show green with a flashlight on them there is no good way to get a pic, i tried.

 

[phender]

Knowing what type of clown might help someone answer.

 

[COReefermadness]

Doh, thought i put that in there. Black and white tank raised, the green is only on the white part near there bellies/ anal fin. The green only shows up when a led flashlight is on them.

It was from a local breeder and the clowns parents may have been a snowflake and an onyx or some mix like that. I have used the light before and haven't seen this, I am thinking it is caused from rubbing on the anemone (whom has this color while closed up but is visible no matter what light is on it)? Would this indicate the anemone was artificially colored / dyed? It came from a local reefer who I was told was from a split.

 

[COReefermadness]

What other info would help?

 

[shifty51008]

Im wonderinf if there isnt some film algae on the glass that is making the flashlight have a green color to it.

 

[FTDelta]

Pics or there's no such thing as clownfish with green bellies. I agree with shifty's response though.

 

[Dapg8gt]

Also some clowns actually have a little color to the stripe kinda like a pearl.. It's not flamboyant but it's there if viewed in the right light.. Maybe your clown has an oceanic safety vest. =). I know my percula have a little refractive blue in the stipe..

I highly doubt the nem is rubbing off on the clown fwiw .

 

[COReefermadness]

There is no refractory neon florescent green from the glass. The Black and White clowns have about 45% White and only about 10% shows green. I moved the light in all directions and it only appears in the aforementioned area.

Hmmm interesting to know, thank you for sharing. Yes it is a faint color and is only from a direct light reflection. I keep thinking it is the nem cause it is the exact same color and only appeared after the nem was there. But I dont know if I ever used an led flashlight directly on the clown before (or looked so hard). I have had the fish for 2 years without notice.

Alright, I have a couple days off. I am going to to do my best to get pictures of this. If you have personal experience with clowns and have seen this know what it is please let me know. My main concern is the anemone was altered and if so I would like to address it with the persons responsible.

Thanks for the replies, anything helps and im more than willing to give all the info I got.

 

[COReefermadness]

You can kinda see it

You can kinda see it

My clowns hate the light and camera so it was difficult. The actual glowing has toned down a bit since I noticed it but it is still there. The pic is the best I could do after 2 days and shows a neon green color on the bottom of the middle stripe.

If its not dye from the anemone I really don't care. It just seems coincidental and wanted to inform the person I got it from if so, we both don't have a tolerance for dyeing live stock, why kill it?!. If its just a reflective band from regular clown fish stuff... neat. I used the light on my phone and it was also there just to make sure it wasn't that particular led.

 

[phender]

I seriously doubt that it is dye from the anemone. BTA's aren't normally dyed and there would be no reason to dye it green. Most of them are already green.

 

[FlipToast]

Green bellied BW Clown

Fish guts are green....anyone think of that? Lol.

 

[COReefermadness]

I am satisfied that its okay, just wanted to verify. Thank you for all your input. The nem was neonish green, but ive never had a gbta before to know. Fish guts are green? I've never opened them up before. What ever it is the clowns look happy so Im not worried.

 

[leveldrummer]

Fish guts are green....anyone think of that? Lol.

Thats my guess, the light is actually letting you see through their skin a little bit.

 

[COReefermadness]

Cool, never thought of that. I have gutted many freshwater lake fish to eat and its always been brown/red. I guess each fish is different.