Two stripe tomato

[jcjstl]

Anyone ever see a tomato clown with two stripes? There is one at the lfs i help out at, and i have never seen one before...

 

[Titus77]

I have heard of two stripe clowns...maybe this is what they are referring to?

 

[jcjstl]

lol no it is a tomato clown... it has the same color as the tomatos it came in the same bacg as the tomatos from the wholesaler but instead of one stripe it has two stripes

 

[Titus77]

Get it then, show us some pictures. It is probably a rare varient.

 

[jcjstl]

Yeah i will get some pics... just not sure i want it

 

[Titus77]

Okay...well dont get it and take some pictures next time you are there.

 

[WM15]

is it small cause i kno that when there small they have a second bar sometimes and it goes away as it matures

 

[jcjstl]

Yeah it is small but all the others are about the same size and have 1 stripe

 

[elegance coral]

My LFS had one a while back. I should have got it when I had the chance.

 

[phender]

All tomato clowns start off with 3 stripes. They lose the tail stripe first and then the middle one. Usually by the time we see them they have lost all but the head stripe but not always.

I have seen a couple three stripe ones up to about an inch. The first one I initially thought was a red chrysopterus. The three stripes makes their whole body shape appear different.

The additional stripes don't last very long.

 

[elegance coral]

Well that's not good. I thought the fish looked pretty cool with two stripes. I wonder if my Clarkii/tomato combination will produce Tomato looking fish with more than one stripe?

 

[Slakker]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13226023#post13226023 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by phender
All tomato clowns start off with 3 stripes. They lose the tail stripe first and then the middle one. Usually by the time we see them they have lost all but the head stripe but not always.

I have seen a couple three stripe ones up to about an inch. The first one I initially thought was a red chrysopterus. The three stripes makes their whole body shape appear different.

The additional stripes don't last very long.

Bingo.

In pictures of Tomato's that still have three stripes their body shape looks waaaay different.