Orange skunks

[msmith619]

Anyone have Orange skunks (single vertical stripe)? The LFS has 3, 2 have paired. I was thinking of starting my 125 reef with them as my 1st fish. Anyone have information on keeping them? Will they host my Green BTA or Long tentacle?
Mike

 

[scottallert]

usually there called pink skunks but its a common name so people call them w/e they want,
they dont require anything special except food, they will host those anenomes.

 

[ocellaris123]

Orange skunks have a single horizontal stripe running from the tip of their nose to their tail. They are cool fish and ime can be shy at first. They may or may not take to your anemone.

 

[chasekwe]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15116051#post15116051 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by scottallert
usually there called pink skunks but its a common name so people call them w/e they want,
they dont require anything special except food, they will host those anenomes.

Orange skunks and Pink skunks are 2 different species of fish. I can't say to whether or not the common names are used interchangably but they are not the same fish.

 

[adtravels]

Hmm funny one
Orange skunk A. sandaracinos stripe extends to lip most vibrantly coloured (looks like lipstick), no gill bars mostly found with mertens anemone indo/malaysia.

Yellow (indian)skunk A. allakopsis yellow/pink from thailand (andaman mostly and malaysia puls indian ocean (africa)) the dullest of the three, found mostly in Magnifica's and mertens.

Pink skunk A. peridion (sorry spelling) Gill bars, found gulf of thailand and east of there, phillipenes etc, common gill bars present mostly found in Magnifica, gigantea and Crispa anemones.