My new Arrival! A. Nigripes

[JER-Z]

I just found this guy this morning...Went in for frag plugs, but could not leave without this guy...

He is just a tiny little guy but looks very healthy...Here he is acclimating...

 

[maroonytunes]

Sweet, that is an awesome clown

 

[Flighty]

Nice.

Aren't they one of the tough ones to acclimate to tank living?

 

[JER-Z]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7583899#post7583899 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Flighty
Nice.

Aren't they one of the tough ones to acclimate to tank living?

From what I know...Alot of them come in w/ Brook. But if you can them treated quickly or get a healthy specimen they do fine. The LFS has had a pair in a display tank for several years now. They have had this guy in quarantine for a while and he has not shown any signs of disease.

 

[stykthyn]

nice

 

[ricordiaking]

Nice looking fish, all you need now is a mate for him.

 

[Azurel]

He looks just like my little one,
That is my favorite clownfish.....I got a pair about a month ago after 2-3 years of looking....I'm sure yours will do great, mine have acclimated and taken over my reef tank.They are the only fish in it now so they seem to be happy. I have been told they are tough toget happy....Good luck with yours.

 

[JER-Z]

thanks for the compliments...i would like to get a mate for him someday...I'll definitely be on the lookout...I expect him to eventually become boss of the tank, right now he is just a little guy just hanging out in one particular corner...

 

[bluerug]

Sweet clown.

 

[stykthyn]

my LFS has been getting more and more of them labeled from the wholesaler as maldive pink skunk. try that name and see if you can get more hits

 

[Azurel]

They also go under the name Rose skunk clownfish......

 

[marc price]

i paid $30 at t.f.p. for a farm raised a. nigripes about 3 years ago , but have since sold it's anemone and dont plan on replacing it any time soon . you can have it if you want it . i'm in philadelphia .

 

[JER-Z]

marc,

your farm raised nigripes definitely sparks my interest. How is his temperment? I was looking for a juvie specimen, an adult w/ a bad attitude could wipe this guy out in a second...He is about the size of a quarter if not less.

 

[marc price]

it was about 3/4" when i got it , went for a true percula an saw a tank of about 15 of these (couldn't resist ) . it's the best tempered clownfish i've ever had . and i've had some nasty c.f. . it gets right next to the purple tang and gently fans it with it's tail . do you have an anemone ? it's never really been the same since it's anemone has been removed . if i get another anemone i'd keep it but the t. clams are getting large and limiting the room for one . it took to an h. crispa which i sold back to the lfs when i got a rbta . i grew to hate the rbta it (they when it split) where glorified overgrown aptasia anemones .

 

[travisurfer]

i heard nigripes are just really skittish when introduced to tanks just like all of the skunks are. i beleive thats the main problem with them acclimating. (from the wild at least)

 

[Kathy55g]

Marc's older one is female by now. If yours is still juvenile, the pairing may work, but I would not delay. Left alone, clownfish turn female, and two females will fight to the death.

 

[Flighty]

Are they in the skunk complex? I have read different things, but not sure if the complexes are really meaningful anyway. I heard they get quite aggressive later unlike most skunks.

 

[Azurel]

Actually I think I have read some where they have been placed in the Tomato complex. I know my pair have been in my tank for little over a month and they are still skittish. I don't know if it ever goes away, so far it hasn't. I'm not sure what having an anemone will do to their behavior, but I plan on getting one here in the next week or two. I did not know there are tank bred nigripes, that would be cool if they began to reproduce them enough to supply the hobby.

 

[JER-Z]

An anemone is likely to make them territorial. The pair in the display tank at the LFS are hosted by a RBTA and will attack your hand if you get too close. They don't bother the other fish, just hands lol.

the thing that concerns me w/ adding a mature mate is my 2 picassos sharing the tank...

right now all three are living in harmony...no agression, the baby nigripes has been accepted into the clown clique like an adopted foster kid.

I am unsure of what I want to do now. If these three can live together in harmony, I don't want to upset the peace by adding a mature female nigripes.

 

[marc price]

i wouldn't call this one skiddish but it's not agressive either . it is full grown , been in my tank close to four years . are you talking about picasso triggerfishes , 2 in a 65 ( imo ) is alot of fish . If well fed they'll grow to 10" in a few years . you may be better off with one clownfish .