new clown

[motojoe1988]

This is 1 of my 2 clown fish i picked up today. sorry dont have a pic of the other one same color just was not around at the moment. and i think they paired up the other clown is smaller so i think theyl pair pretty quickly they already side by side.

 

[phender]

Did you catch him in a wiggle or does he have a serious hump on his back? If that is its actual shape, that my be the most deformed clown I have ever seen. Is the other one like that too?

 

[motojoe1988]

actually the lfs said this is a stubby clown if i remover correctly they said it has 1 less chromozone if that sounds right. there both compact little clowns..

 

[motojoe1988]

both clowns

 

[CoralReeferGal]

Hate to bust your bubble, but from what I've heard (and just now looked up and read) about them, it's a deformity. I think your LFS was just trying to make an extra buck on someone who didn't (no offense) know what they were looking at or talking about That, or hopefully I'm wrong.

"Occasionally we will discover dwarf fish in the production tanks. We call them "Stubbies." These perfectly healthy but admittedly deformed fish usually don't reach full size. Many people consider them as defective. It is thought that these fish are born lacking the usual number of vertebrate in the spine, giving them a short body." (http://www.orafarm.com/clownfish_species.html) From what I've read, most people cull them, and won't even attempt to sell them, let alone breed deformed fish.

 

[Seagars]

short bus?

 

[G4546]

that my be the most deformed clown i have ever seen.

+1

 

[motojoe1988]

well i guess if there not defective ill just keep my retards! haha they look pretty cool on person and there diffrent.

 

[Toxic45]

well i guess if there not defective ill just keep my retards! haha they look pretty cool on person and there diffrent.

That's the spirit!

^My clownfish, Leto, agrees. Different's good, normal is boring.

 

[motojoe1988]

thanks toxic45!

i think these 2 clowns are cool looking i don't care if they ride the short bus...

 

[mikelee35]

I've never seen a pair look like that, they are "interesting" looking, a fish only a mother could love! HAHA

 

[phender]

Sorry, but they make me a little bit sick to my stomach.

 

[aj2494]

I just hope they don't do that to them on purpose like they do a lot of freshwater fish. There are so many dyed and tattooed and worse variations of freshwater fish. I'm glad that hasn't really made it into saltwater yet.

 

[Yomidr19]

short bus?

lol