My rose ate my stubby!!!
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WaffleWalffle22
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Clowns rub the mucus of nems on them so they can go in undetected. You forced your clowns in and one got stung by the nem. It might be best to remove the other two.
MarineBioHSU
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Must be talking about the "stubby clowns" which arise from a mutation removing a few verterbrae from the spine, making them look stubby...hence the name.
WayneL333
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WayneL333
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That's what I figured happened but the clowns had plenty of swimming space. It's not like I stuffed them in. I got a pair of snowflakes to bond with a rbta using the same method.
trueblackpercula
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Wow....Dont no what to say...
Josh_Canada
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maybe it died unrelated and the anemone just did it's thing....
Josh_Canada
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wait a second! if you said male, this must be the smallest one? the small 'male' third wheel is usually killed off, especially in a small area such as this.
Gill_bucket
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I am going to cry the day I see a "black Moore" clown fish :-(
THEDLO
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thought these where ocellaris mutations, if so they should be no issue with having more then 2, the "3rd wheel" just never mates.
WaffleWalffle22
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JMa4290
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How soon till we start seeing these?
New stubby tattoo clownfish! Special rare double top secret breed! Only $500 each!
BAHAHAHAHAA i love the idea but yea idk wat to say to that!
this is me
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The problem is you had three clowns trapped in a container with an anemone in the tank. One of the clowns(now dead) was most likely bullied to death or half dead and the anemone ate it.
Now there's two....
Now there's two....
MelloW33
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I believe so. There are some people out there that like them I guess.
BonsaiNut
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It just goes to show you that if you market anything the right way, people will buy it.
Next up: rare "bulldog" clowns.
It is better for breeders, certainly. If they can market culls as somehow being desirable, all the more money for them! Imagine, however, if they one day outlaw collecting from the wild - what a horrific breeding pool we will have to work from.
I will say this. I am personally starting to questions ORA's commitment to quality. I wonder where they draw the line in terms of breeding mutations or allowing culls into the market? Do they even care if their clowns look like clowns? Has ORA become the embodiment of the greedy breeder: "If it swims, it sells."? That "Black Moore" clown looks like crap - I certainly wouldn't want to put my name on that.
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WayneL333
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It looks like I opened a whole can of worms regarding the ethics of selective breeding. I just want to know what happened to my stubby. I was thinking it might have died of other causes and the rbta just scavenged it. I don't think the other two stubbies killed it as they all seem to be getting along peacefully and weren't exhibiting any agressive territorial behaviors.
As for the ethics of selective breeding, I really don't see what the big deal is. They've been doing it with cats, dogs, horses, cows, etc. for hundreds of years.
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