percs or oc's

nlknight

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i can't tell the diffrence, any thoughts?

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thank, ~nikki
 
Juck is right...they are Ocellaris not Percula. Percs have more of a fatter dark bands around their white stripes. Yes 100 percent sure.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8067031#post8067031 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 55semireef
Juck is right...they are Ocellaris not Percula. Percs have more of a fatter dark bands around their white stripes. Yes 100 percent sure.
I thought you could tell by the eyes?
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8067031#post8067031 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 55semireef
Juck is right...they are Ocellaris not Percula. Percs have more of a fatter dark bands around their white stripes. Yes 100 percent sure.

Actually it is not uncommon for perculas to have almost no black around their white. They just don't make it to the LFS very often because....well what would be the point? :)

I do agree with the other guys on the ocellaris ID though, with one question. Is the fish in the 2nd pic in one of the other pics as well?
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8067140#post8067140 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by phender
Actually it is not uncommon for perculas to have almost no black around their white. They just don't make it to the LFS very often because....well what would be the point? :)

I do agree with the other guys on the ocellaris ID though, with one question. Is the fish in the 2nd pic in one of the other pics as well?

Well I don't know the facts on LFS clownfish so I will have no commment on that. :)
 
percs or oc's

i took a picture of each fish and then them together.. i'm assuming one is male and other is female.


~nikki
 
Re: percs or oc's

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8071985#post8071985 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by nlknight
i'm assuming one is male and other is female.


~nikki

It's impossible to tell the sex from those pictures,,, even if they are different sizes they could both be immature/undetermined juveniles.

How old are the fish? Where did they come from? How big are they? How do they behave towards each other? How long have they been together?
 
Re: percs or oc's

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8071985#post8071985 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by nlknight
i took a picture of each fish and then them together.. i'm assuming one is male and other is female.


~nikki


It's impossible to tell the sex from those pictures,,, even if they are different sizes they could both be immature/undetermined juveniles.

Ummm, its not impossible if Nikki is trying to say that they are an established pair. If she was trying to say that she thinks one is the male and one is the female than they are already a male and female thus its not "impossible."
 
percs or oc's

how old are the fish? not quite sure

where did they come from? A trusted lfs

how big are they? the bigger one (wich i call the female) is about 2 inch. and the smaller one (i call male ) is about 1 1/2 inch.

how do they behave towards each other? they have been sleeping together sine i got them, tho i do see the bigger one sometimes chase the smaller one off, at night they sleep in the same anemone.

how long have they been together? they lady at the LFS told me they had paired off about a month before i bought them, i have had them now for 4 months.

~nikki
 
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