Pic of my black clowns and my rose bubbble

[scubabum1983]

my rose and my two black clowns

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[Fishboy42]

That's a gorgeous tank. Nice clowns too of course I like the matching misbars.

Is that a Vlamingi in there?! I love those guys, but they eat and eat and eat...

 

[scubabum1983]

it is, he does eat like a horse, and im working on another tank a foot longer for him because he is growing

 

[FUA]

nice pics like the tank

 

[elecbzerk]

very nice RBTA!! Clowns too..of course...

 

[SDReefer44]

great looking clowns...ive always wanted a black pair if they werent so pricey.

 

[scubabum1983]

i got them at a heck of a deal a petco had them and the guy who worked there wanted them sold and sold them two for one and i got the pair for $20

 

[junio]

Have they entered the rbbta? I have a pair that does not give a damn for my 2 rbbta.. =(

 

[dsoz]

Nice anemone. I like the color.

dsoz

 

[scubabum1983]

They wanted nothing to do with the rbta for the first 3 months. I thought they may be developmentaly slow, maybe cooked in shipment. The short bus riders of the clownfish world. I had all but given up, then they hung around it and postured, and about a week after that they moved in and live in it.

 

[Funky_Fish14]

Nice clowns!

What kind of blacks are those? I just picked up two juvenile black occelaris that are completely black already, yet only 1.25 - 1.5 inches long.

 

[rkelman]

Very nice clowns / BTA and the whole tank for that matter.

Funky_Fish14: They are Ocellaris. Some get completely black fast and some take years.

 

[PAZE]

Great looking tank, love the anemone.

 

[firsthesitation]

Always liked the black clowns, tank looks nice.

 

[scubabum1983]

as far as what type of black clowns they are I have no idea, i am curious though.

 

[Fishboy42]

As Rkelman said, they are the black variant of Amphiprion ocellaris. The variety originates from Northern Australia but most animals in the trade are captive-bred. They're definitely one of my favorites

 

[runningstix]

Very Nice! I too have black clowns we got ours from a local breeder. Ours our perfect solid black with perfect striping. We paid $40 a piece so you got a smoking deal if you got the pair for $20. Ours took right to a rbta. they kept orange noses for about 3 months. Supposedly lighting and food plays a role with how black they get, the better the diet the more likely to be solid black. They are awesome looking fish, we soon hope to be breeding them.
Best of luck, nice looking tank.

Day 1 in our tank:

Female Now:

 

[rkelman]

Nice fish. I don't believe the black face progression has anything to do with diet or lighting (or at least not much) They get it when they start to get older usually and it seems to be genetics when / if they go fully black. I'm basing this on my "small" test group of 2500 in the basement