true perc or false perc. or occerlaris

[Angel*Fish]

According to Todd's experience they will get around to the BTA at least by a month. And I imagine that's probably what will happen for the vast majority. But you do read every now and then that they were in a tank together for 6 mo to year without "finding" the anemone.

 

[roushmustang]

im sticking to 2 snowflake clowns now after i sell my maroon... my lfs has them for 100$ unlike other places ive seen.
the thinking of 6-10 clowns in a tank was stupid of me and the aggression once maturity slipped my mind and i just dremt big

i am hoping these two young snowflakes will mature and pair up and start spawning but what type of anemone should i get for them and do you all feed your anemone directly like with a turkey baster thing

 

[roushmustang]

@ ifbettas

did you buy your two clowns at a juvinile age and how long did it take for yours to start spawning

 

[Toddrtrex]

im sticking to 2 snowflake clowns now... my lfs has them for 100$ unlike other places ive seen.
the thinking of 6-10 clowns in a tank was stupid of me and the aggression once maturity slipped my mind and i just dremt big

i am hoping these two young snowflakes will mature and pair up and start spawning but what type of anemone should i get for them and do you all feed your anemone directly like with a turkey baster thing

What size tank again?
What lights?
Do you have a sandbed? (( if so, how deep? ))
Have you ever kept an anemone before?

I feed my S. Haddonis, directly, maybe once a month with frozen (( thawed )) krill -- just place them on/in the oral disc.

 

[roushmustang]

90 gallon tank
led moonlight strip
t5 ho 2 bulb i believe
1 inch sandbed

i had a BTA for 11 months before and that was when i was 14 years old... idk how i did it but it stayed alive and it wasnt the best looking anemone but it was fairly good looking, colorful, and almost always had the bubble tips. my lfs said i couldnt do it but i proved them wrong

this time i want to keep another anemone longer posibly twice the time i had my first one. how do you feed yours/ directly or water flow work its magic

 

[Toddrtrex]

90 gallon tank
led moonlight strip
t5 ho 2 bulb i believe
1 inch sandbed

i had a BTA for 11 months before and that was when i was 14 years old... idk how i did it but it stayed alive and it wasnt the best looking anemone but it was fairly good looking, colorful, and almost always had the bubble tips. my lfs said i couldnt do it but i proved them wrong

this time i want to keep another anemone longer posibly twice the time i had my first one. how do you feed yours/ directly or water flow work its magic

I would, at least, double your lights.

this time i want to keep another anemone longer posibly twice the time i had my first one.

Should shoot for longer then that -- they should outlive us. My oldest one is 12+ years old.

I just thaw out the krill, and place it (( with my hands )) on/in the oral disc of the anemone.

 

[roushmustang]

what is the easiest anemone to keep in captivity and im thinking about placing it on the top rock of my tank which is in the middle of the tank.... im thinking another bta

also idk if you know anything about wasses but i have a hawaiian flame wrasse(female) and it isnt as active as it was in my biocube i had it in for a month before the 90...it stays under all of the rock work an swims throughout the caves and rarely comes into the open ever....... is this because the porkfish is so active and constantly swims around that it is frightened. i have never seen the maroon or porkfish pick at it

 

[IFbettas]

@ ifbettas

did you buy your two clowns at a juvinile age and how long did it take for yours to start spawning

Yes, I bought them both at about 1". I originally bought two juveniles a little over 4 years ago. One of them died about 2 years ago (they never spawned), and I replaced it with a 1" juvenile. So in my current pair, the female is 4 years old and the male is 2 years old. It took about a year for this pair to start spawning from when they were introduced to each other.

Clowns can take a long time to start spawning if you acquire them as juvies. It takes quite a while longer for the female to reach sexual maturity than for the male. I think the only reason my pair started spawning so quickly is because the female was already mature, and then it didn't take long for the male to mature.

 

[Angel*Fish]

I would, at least, double your lights.



Should shoot for longer then that -- they should outlive us. My oldest one is 12+ years old.

x2
And please buy one that was cloned in someone's tank so that fish in the wild aren't deprived of anemones. My local reef club has about 6 rose BTA's available every month - I imagine it's similar across the country, but you can also order tank clones.

 

[sslak]

Whichever kind you get - make sure they are tank bred. ORA is the most common.

I feel any fish that we can breed to reduce the number taken from our ocean, it is our responsibility to buy the tank bred to discourage the capture of wild specimens. Ok, enough of my tree hugging hippy talk. Enjoy your fish!

<---ORA Ocellaris (False Perc), Isn't she pretty?

 

[NickRummy]

A friend of mine who has been holding my hand through the start of my tank has a pair of False Percs who were hosted with a BTA in their 72g bowfront. The BTA started splitting and they lost it before it finished. I don't know all the details but thought I'd add that the False Percs were hosting the BTA.

I've been reading and reading about the Clowns and Anenomes lately because I plan to purchase both in the future. I am almost %100 set on getting tank breed Ocellaris. Does this info make sense on the "common" name confusion?

The Tank-Bred Ocellaris Clownfish is also known as the False Percula Clownfish, False Clown Anemonefish, and Anemone Demoiselle. This fish is sometimes sold as the Percula Clown, even though it is not. The color pattern is very similar, but it is not as bright orange. The Tank-Bred Ocellaris is usually significantly lighter in coloration and is often missing one or more stripes. It may also have non-symmetrical stripes on the sides of its body, making the Tank-Bred Ocellaris Clownfish unusual and appealing to most hobbyists. The coloration of these fish will darken to a nice solid orange with age.