New Chrysopterus!

[Winwood]

Shot of verreculae. It's a shame this part of the anemone is seldom revealed.

 

[OrionN]

Astaxanthin intensify the recolor in Ocellaris and Percula fry. Have you try feeding food with astaxanthin to see if this help?

 

[Ron Popeil]

i have tried foods heavy in that and it has not recovered any additional yellow color.

 

[Reefvette]

Food

Food

There was a study done on the guy content of clownfish and it was very very high in algea. They paper assumed that it was from cleaning nesting sites.

I have always had good luck keeping darker colors in fish by feeding high in algea , most spirulina and using Hikira Mega Marine Algea.

 

[Winwood]

Astaxanthin intensify the recolor in Ocellaris and Percula fry. Have you try feeding food with astaxanthin to see if this help?

Minh, I have gone as far as buy pure astaxanthin powder and made my own food with it in the past. It didn't seem to improve the color on the chrys I had back then.

 

[SDguy]

The color loss observed in this thread happens awfully fast. Could it really be diet related, in such a short time frame?

 

[Ron Popeil]

what other fish lose color in captivity?

 

[SDguy]

what other fish lose color in captivity?

Good question... even those fish people often list as dying from malnutrition (moorish idols, rock beaties, etc) don't seem to fade at all...

 

[Winwood]

The color loss observed in this thread happens awfully fast. Could it really be diet related, in such a short time frame?

Peter, this is what makes me think it is some other external factor. When they first started to fade, the female would shift back and forth between vibrant colors to drab ones. I wonder if its more of a mood thing.

 

[Ron Popeil]

i know they can change colors, but i have never seen this fish change from drab to vibrant on a whim.

 

[Winwood]

I have. Mine did when I first introduced the crispa. When the female was wallering in the anemone she would turn drab. Then when I fed the tank, after a few seconds of chasing down food, she would bounce back to her vibrant colors.

 

[SDguy]

Peter, this is what makes me think it is some other external factor. When they first started to fade, the female would shift back and forth between vibrant colors to drab ones. I wonder if its more of a mood thing.

I agree... any sort of deficiency that I've come across has been chronic and long term... not what you see with these time lines. Honestly, this is the reason a bought my stunning pair of clarkii clowns... no fading

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p5/SDreefguy/Clown Cube 10-17-10/06.jpg

 

[Winwood]

Yeah I remember those. They were very nice looking clowns. With these I'm temped to set up a seperate tank for breeding and start looking for a yellow tail pair. They don't seem to suffer from this type of color loss.

 

[SDguy]

Have you thought about bicinctus? I've heard wild ones have been coming in again.

 

[Winwood]

Yeah, I love bicinctus but don't want to have to pay the 200 dollars a fish like what BZ is charging for them. If I were to come across a good looking pair for a reasonable amount of money I would spring for them.

 

[SDguy]

Yeah, that's a bit pricey. I had the opportunity for $125 a piece, but don't have a tank for them.

 

[Winwood]

That's about the top end I'd pay for some. Were they nice? What size?

 

[Winwood]

Unnecessary photo update. Here's momma in the guest house.

Here's the mert. It's opening up nicely. Oh and gave up on the plusrite bulb it was making me gag every time I looked at my tank.

 

[Winwood]

Just a quick thought, could lack of predation play a role in color loss. Many animals exhibit bright colors to ward off predators. Could this be going on with these clownfish?

 

[Winwood]

Well my pair and anemones got a new home. Here they are enjoying their new environment.
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