Orange Fijian Pink skunk Clowns

[Toddrtrex]

Those look great! That is exactly what I would like to find for my larger tank once it is up and running. Are they aggressive or passive?

I can only speak for my pink skunk pair --- they started off pretty passive, that all changed when they started spawning. Now they are just as aggressive as any other clown that I have had. I have more then 1 dwarf angel in that tank, and when adding the other angel I had more issues from the clowns then I did from the existing angel.

 

[ocellaris123]

Those look great! That is exactly what I would like to find for my larger tank once it is up and running. Are they aggressive or passive?

Thanks, they share their home with no other fish so I cant really tell you if they are passive or not, but I would imagine once they mature they may give other fish a hard time, especially if they spawn

 

[t4zalews]

cool fish..I've always liked skunks

 

[flameangel88]

Ocellaris--that's a great looking pair plus a great price to boot. How's the pair doing?

I recently got a pair from BZA that's collected from Fiji along with a 5" Purple Long Tentacle Anemone. The pair never leave more than 3" from each other and sleeps right next to each other under that the tentacles.

here's a vid of them 9 hours after acclimating into their new home
video

this was just earlier

 

[Toddrtrex]

Nice looking pair.

I couldn't watch the video, but is that picture correct? LTAs are sand dwelling anemones, and won't be happy in a bare bottom tank.

 

[ocellaris123]

Very very nice looking pair flameangel. Unfortunately the pair is no longer alive

 

[flameangel88]

Very very nice looking pair flameangel. Unfortunately the pair is no longer alive

Thanks. Very sorry to hear that.

 

[flameangel88]

Nice looking pair.

I couldn't watch the video, but is that picture correct? LTAs are sand dwelling anemones, and won't be happy in a bare bottom tank.

Thanks for the info. I may have to move them to the other tank with a sand bed. That's probably why the LTA moved around the first couple of days till it finally attached to the rock and hasn't moved since.

As far as the picture the color is true if that's what you meant. Click on the word "video" and it should take you right to photobucket website, let me know if you still have problem seeing it.

 

[Toddrtrex]

Thanks for the info. I may have to move them to the other tank with a sand bed. That's probably why the LTA moved around the first couple of days till it finally attached to the rock and hasn't moved since.

As far as the picture the color is true if that's what you meant. Click on the word "video" and it should take you right to photobucket website, let me know if you still have problem seeing it.

I thought the colors were right, just meant is there still no sand in the tank.

 

[garygb]

Nice video, beautiful pink skunks. Like Todd said, you're going to need to provide a place for the LTA to bury into. In a bare bottom tank like yours, placing a tupperware container with an inch of sand in it and then once the anemone attaches to the bottom adding 4 or 5 more inches of sand works well.

Another example of clowns quickly going to natural hosts (i.e., A. perideraion and LTAs) and reluctanly or never going to unnatural hosts (ocellaris123's skunks not taking to the BTA). Crispa, mags, LTAs and gigs are pink skunks natural hosts.

 

[flameangel88]

Thanks for the info. Tupperware idea is the easiest for me to implement so I'll work on that when I get home.

Thanks again for all the replies.

 

[flameangel88]

I was only able to put 2" of sand in that section and once it settles in I'll work on putting another 2". The tupperware was a but too big to fit and I didn't want to move the rock works so just ended up pouring the sand out. If it goes all over then I'll vacuum it back out and get a smaller container.

This is about an hour after putting the san in

Question--does a RBTA require sand to bury in? Thanks.

 

[garygb]

The LTA is trying to dig in. Needs a deep sand bed. It won't stay put in a one or two inch pile of sand on the tank bottom. I hope you can find a way to make a container DSB work. And no, RBTAs do not bury in the sand at all. They attach in cave/crevice/underside of overhangs in the liverock. Pinks aren't natural symbionts with RBTAs and so whether they will ever go to one is a crap shoot. I personally don't like to have unnatural host anemone species with clowns, but in captive systems it happens all the time.

 

[flameangel88]

Gary--thanks for the info.

I got a smaller container that's 3.75" deep and just finished filling it more than halfway. I'll add more sand once the LTA settles in.

Here's a short video

About the RBTA--this explains why my RBTA (in another tank) is attached to a rock on the top and right next to a powerhead.

 

[garygb]

Such a nice pair of pinks and LTA. A couple of things, you might want to decrease water flow a bit until the LTA digs in. Also, once the LTA digs in and attached to the bottom of the container, gently go ahead and add sand all the way up to the top. After a little time passes and the anemone is settled, you can put a few pieces of strategically placed liverock in front of the container to conceal it.

And yeah, that's why your BTA is attached to a rock. That's their natural substrate.