ShadowReef
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My question is pretty much what the title suggests 
Largest Clown and it's most common host?
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Jeremy Blaze
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Maroon is the largest clown, as far as I know.
As for the host, do you mean the most common host in nature, or most common host found in the hobby?
Probably the Bulb tip anemone is the most common.
As for the host, do you mean the most common host in nature, or most common host found in the hobby?
Probably the Bulb tip anemone is the most common.
ShadowReef
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Thanks, that's what I came up with in my researching too. I just wanted to be sure. From what I have read the maroons can get up to around 6". Now I need to determine growth rate. The idea is to house a pair of maroon clowns with a dwarf lion, but if the lion, adult size of 6.5 to 7 inches grows too much faster or the clown stays small... I do NOT want the lion to be having clown for dinner. As of yet I have no fish and no tank, I'm still in the planning stage due to my current location in the world.
Jeremy Blaze
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The lion will probably grow much faster than the clowns, at least based on my experience.
hmmmm.
so the main issue is that if you go for a COUPLE of clowns the male will stay small (max 2")...anyway easy to deal with for a lion (even if's a dwarf!!)
A good idea will be to let the clowns settle in the tank and after this put the lion thru!!
BTW...I think clarkii will be a little more defensive against the lion!!
so the main issue is that if you go for a COUPLE of clowns the male will stay small (max 2")...anyway easy to deal with for a lion (even if's a dwarf!!)
A good idea will be to let the clowns settle in the tank and after this put the lion thru!!
BTW...I think clarkii will be a little more defensive against the lion!!
a. polymnus largest i have seen or heard of here in thailand you can get wild adults, two thick white, complete bars on black with yellow caudal fin Biggest one I saw was 6.5 inches the truth host in carpets mostly occasionally lta's
awsome fish.
awsome fish.
phender
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If you are looking for clowns where both male and female can/will get big, you should look at the clarki complex. Both members of an adult chrysopterus pair can be 5-6 inches long. Males and females in clarki pairs are often both around 4-5 inches.
Clarki complex clowns also have the advantage of not being very picky about which anemone they choose as a host.
FWIW: I have also seen some reeeeally big saddleback clowns. They tend to not be so cute when they get big, IMHO.
Clarki complex clowns also have the advantage of not being very picky about which anemone they choose as a host.
FWIW: I have also seen some reeeeally big saddleback clowns. They tend to not be so cute when they get big, IMHO.
I have just set up a 50 gallon breeding tank for clowns at my work its cycling at the moment.
I will try to get some pics of the a. polymnus here when I am next at the market.
You also get a. frenatus that are 5.5 inches long and 4 inches deep. with a really mean look on them (forgive the anthropomorhism)
Absolubt monsters!!
I will try to get some pics of the a. polymnus here when I am next at the market.
You also get a. frenatus that are 5.5 inches long and 4 inches deep. with a really mean look on them (forgive the anthropomorhism)
Absolubt monsters!!
ShadowReef
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Great, looking forward to seeing pictures. I'll also spend some more time looking into the Clarkii.
Jeremy Blaze
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Here is my female clarki. She is about 3.5" and is over 6 years old. The smallest tank I have ever had her in was a 54 corner, she has spent most of her life in a 125, and has always had her mate with her.
She is very fat, but not very large imo. Oh, and she was yellow when I first got her.
She is very fat, but not very large imo. Oh, and she was yellow when I first got her.
ricordiaking
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That clarkii is nice and fat, I had a Latz about 7", but the book answer would say GSM or WSM.
ShadowReef
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Well, whenever possible I try to avoid wild caught specimens
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