Please enjoy these clowns
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InvaderJim
Coral Junkie
Some of those clowns have pretty interesting marks. Like that one at the top with a ton of white on its side.
chrisstie
Premium Member
They were really just mesmerizing to watch. I have a video of it on youtube I should pull up here to give you the full experience but it isn't that great- its from a crappy digital camera and its small memory =\
http://youtube.com/watch?v=UOZE6cCj9Hw
Sorry you can't make out detail like in the photo
http://youtube.com/watch?v=UOZE6cCj9Hw
Sorry you can't make out detail like in the photo
sonofgaladriel
Shiny!
How long can a large colony of ocellaris cohabitate like that in a reef tank before aggression kicks in and they start killing each other off or stressing each other out?
I've been toying with the idea of a 'large baby clown colony' tank for sometime but always figured the 'schooling'/ cohabitation wouldn't last very long.
Great pics and thanks for sharing this! I love clowns!
I've been toying with the idea of a 'large baby clown colony' tank for sometime but always figured the 'schooling'/ cohabitation wouldn't last very long.
Great pics and thanks for sharing this! I love clowns!
redvipe2010
In Memoriam
Those pics are great! Thanks for sharing!
stykthyn
New member
right now they are sexless and they are getting along as a result. surely with such a large crowd aggression will be spread, but I can promise that pairs will start to form and then systemsatically pick off the weaker individuals. how long the entire process will take I cant say, but it is bound to happen sooner or later. you cant put evolution aside b/c it wont fit into a fish tank.
FishGuttz
New member
Although it looks like some kind of group collaboration...more likely each individual sees an anemone type structure, a ball of moving flesh, and is attracted to it. There is no leader, only followers. It might say something about how clowns were first attracted to anemones in the first place. Clown predecessors might have been schooling fish who mistook anemones for wriggling schools, and a partnership was established.
Well, that's my BS for the day!
Well, that's my BS for the day!
Poorcollegereef
Future Doc
Clowns hosting in clownfish, I like FIshguttz idea but a ball of clowns are just a high calorie gulp with anyting with a big enough mouth.
This is also why nemo was an only child, too many clowns were an animator's nightmare at pixar
This is also why nemo was an only child, too many clowns were an animator's nightmare at pixar
colby
In Memoriam
Actually all of those clowns are several years old and have been living together for quite some time...
I had a lengthy conversation with the head biologist and when I acquired to the duration of the situation he said there are so many fish that no one fish has the ability to take control....he said on occasion a fish will get kicked out of the society but in general they all get along fine...
In another tank next to that one (same size) they have many clowns to include two spawning pairs of tomatoes and several very large Clarkii and if memory serves some Ocellaris as well...very cool tank....
I had a lengthy conversation with the head biologist and when I acquired to the duration of the situation he said there are so many fish that no one fish has the ability to take control....he said on occasion a fish will get kicked out of the society but in general they all get along fine...
In another tank next to that one (same size) they have many clowns to include two spawning pairs of tomatoes and several very large Clarkii and if memory serves some Ocellaris as well...very cool tank....
