percula and black white occelaris
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elegance coral
They call me EC
If the Ocellaris is much smaller than the Perc, I think it will work.
OrionN
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Make sure you quarantine that Ocellaris. The Petco near our house have tanks full of chemical and disease fish. 20.00 is a very good price for B&W Ocellaris but certainly Petco is not the best place to buy fish. If this fish wipe your tank out, It will be a very expensive fish.
BTW, IMO, the B&W fish for 20.00 is most likely a Black variety of A. polymnus or Saddleback clownfish rather than a "B&W Perc" as often lable by most LFS.
Goodluck
BTW, IMO, the B&W fish for 20.00 is most likely a Black variety of A. polymnus or Saddleback clownfish rather than a "B&W Perc" as often lable by most LFS.
Goodluck
elegance coral
They call me EC
I didn't think about that, but I bet you're right.
tylerdj. If you do get this fish, can you post pics?
jlinzmaier
Premium Member
Definately QT if your buying anything from Petco!!! I wouldn't buy anything there in the first place but if you do make sure you give it a good 4 wks QT.
A $20 fish may sound like a good deal but when it brings ICH or some other parasites into your tank you'll be sorry and spending much more money on treatments.
Jeremy
A $20 fish may sound like a good deal but when it brings ICH or some other parasites into your tank you'll be sorry and spending much more money on treatments.
Jeremy
OrionN
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"Black Perc" if it is on sale at Petco are tank raise Ocellaris form ORA. These will not be price at 20.00 but more like 40.00
If your "Black Perk" have slanted second bar, a yellow face and yellow pectoralis fins, then it is a wild caught black A. polymnus.
Here is a picture of the black variety of A. polymnus (google search):
block head
New member
couple of lfs by me will do $25 bw misbar from ora if u pre order. petco are independently owned, sometimes u get lucky. the same ora b/w clowns are going for $170 a pair at a local saltwater shop a mile down the street. i'd treat any clown from a lfs as damaged goods,and plan for the worse. just saw that u were 11. i'd go for it if the fish looks healthy and u really want one bad. otherwise there are some cool $ 5 fish. most are bullitproof.
elegance coral
They call me EC
Does the misbar look like the center stripe on these fish?
his center stripe does look alot like that but his fins are darker. also he can see the other clown and I don't know how well they get along so im hoping for the best and prepared for the worst. Also when I got him it was a going out of businnes sale and he was originaly marked $40
elegance coral
They call me EC
OrionN was right earlier in the thread. You have a black A. Polymnus. AKA Saddle Back Anemone fish.
Do you have the new fish in a small breeder inside the tank, or in a tank next to the one with the older fish? If they are biting at each other through the glass, you don't want to release the new guy. Someone will probably die. Keep them separated until they grow accustom to each other.
Do you have the new fish in a small breeder inside the tank, or in a tank next to the one with the older fish? If they are biting at each other through the glass, you don't want to release the new guy. Someone will probably die. Keep them separated until they grow accustom to each other.
sterling18
WMAS and HVReef Member
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13174460#post13174460 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by OrionN
"Black Perc" if it is on sale at Petco are tank raise Ocellaris form ORA. These will not be price at 20.00 but more like 40.00
If your "Black Perk" have slanted second bar, a yellow face and yellow pectoralis fins, then it is a wild caught black A. polymnus.
Here is a picture of the black variety of A. polymnus (google search):
I got a pair of those, but the face has a touch of orange.
I too got them from Petco, QT'ed for 4 weeks and then in it went.
I actually got three, but one went messing a year later.
I had to argued with the manager that these were not damsels but black perks. The price was 3.49 each for damsels and after about 10 mins, I took all three of them for less than 15 dollars.
This past weekend, I went to pick up some dog food and saw these two little ocellaris, I mean they were dime size huddled at the over flow. I want to take them home so bad. Poor little guys.
I really hate petco and their saltwater dept.
elegance coral
They call me EC
That's not a pic of a "black perc". It's a pic of a Saddle Back.
sterling18
WMAS and HVReef Member
Didn't mean to copy the pic, wanted to copy the story about petco.
They are the worst.
You are correct, that is a pic of a saddle back.
