Maroon Clown Questions?

[Bud's Reef]

I have recently picked up a few Marron Clowns that are supposed to be Yellow-striped. They are very small but I don't know how old. All three have very white stripes with no sign of yellow. I was told the yellow color comes later. Is this true?

One of them also has a problem swimming and it can't hold itself horizontal. It eats normally and all the fins seem to be working, but if it stops swimming it sinks to the bottom with its tail down. Has anyone ever seen this? Is there anything that can be done for it? It has been this way from the beginning and I have had it for several months.

 

[davocean]

Yellow does come more as they age, how old for yellow may vary.
Strongly urge to keep only 2, so I'd probably pull the fragile one.

 

[Bud's Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11354634#post11354634 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by davocean
Yellow does come more as they age, how old for yellow may vary.
Strongly urge to keep only 2, so I'd probably pull the fragile one.

Thanks, the smallest of the three went into a tank that already had a female. I got three at the same time from the same tank so I could be reasonably sure that at least one would still either be sexless or a male after the QT period. The other two which includes the one that can't float are in a different tank.