my new Ocellaris clowns - pics

[pufferpoison]

ok well i have been waiting for over 3 months for some tank breed ocellaris clowns and nothing, well i was at the lfs the other day and they got in 5 wild caught clowns, one was doing really bad, upside down and shooting straight up and all. So i picked 2 that looked good. The manager was getting ready to scoop the dying one out and throw him in the trash, i asked if i could try to rescue him and he dumped him in the bag.

I live less than 5 minutes away from LFS and when i got home the sick one died. The other two seemed alright after an hour drip, dropped them in. One died within 3 hours, the other passed away withing the night. Went back to LFS and basically 4 of the 5 he got in died. My water has no ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, phosphate, copper etc.... good water values all over.

today he received 12 tank breed clowns, bought 2 of them and they are awesome, the first bach woudn't eat nothing, these hogs have eaten like 3 times today.

here's my pics;

so the color is a little different, do you think they are both ocellaris clowns?

 

[reefnetworth]

yes, tank raised perculla clowns. sounds like the wild caught were cyanide caught. sorry to hear that. cyanide shuts down the liver and kidneys soon after capture. usually in a couple of days to weeks. its sad that it still happens, but it does. REEF-ON!!!

 

[mcrbar910]

Congrats on the new fish that are doing good I got tank raised o's too, and mine adjusted right in also. I have had mine 1 1/2 weeks. One of mine also is brighter than the other They are so fun to watch.

 

[dantodd]

They look like very nice ocellaris (they don't look like percula as one of your responders suggested they are.)

I know it was frustrating waiting for 3 months but your tank will thank and fish will thank you. Giving the tank those 3 months to stabilize will keep you on the way to much more success than if you had just dumped the fish in right at the end of the cycle.