what to pair with my true perc

romsoccer12

romsoccer12

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his buddy died by a crab, long story. whats a cool clown that i can pair up with my lonley true percula? im looking for something that looks completely different, like a black true percula but idk if there is any. i dont wanna add anything real expensive
 
Onyx perculas aren't overly expensive. They are the "black" perculas. They don't have as much black on them as the black ocellaris though. You could pair it up with a black ocellaris if you wanted to. I have a wild caught Solomon Island percula that I paired up with a picasso. Hopefully some day they will make some nice babies.
 
wait a second, you can pair up clowns that are different species!??! i had no idea!! ive been wanting a black ocellaris for a long time and this is great news! is it harder or easier to pair up a ocellaris/true perc than a true perc/true perc. can i pair any types of clowns like a marroon and a true percula?
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15393456#post15393456 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by romsoccer12
wait a second, you can pair up clowns that are different species!??! i had no idea!! ive been wanting a black ocellaris for a long time and this is great news! is it harder or easier to pair up a ocellaris/true perc than a true perc/true perc. can i pair any types of clowns like a marroon and a true percula?
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It is in my opinion it is best to pair up clownfish which are of the same species, especially if you want to breed them. Pairing a maroon with a true percula is not a good idea as maroons are very aggressive. If you choose to pair up your true with a different species than I would go with elegance corals idea of using an ocellaris clownfish. Their are different color varieties of true perculas you can choose from such as platinums, picasso's, and onyx.
 
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yeah thats why im waiting for this one to become a female, so i can add a small male. im definitely going to try to get the true perc with an all black ocellaris. i would be happy if they breed but im not going to try to keep the babies. that thread is crazy. to bad he didnt get any really sweet looking clowns.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15397368#post15397368 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by romsoccer12
to bad he didnt get any really sweet looking clowns.
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Revisit the thread..

DFS has confirmed to me via PM that they have a slow but steady source for the Sanjay's.


Sanjay's are the sickest looking clowns, IMO. A solid mixture of black and orange and white. It's almost tooo perfect. And to boot, they are a very rare and exclusive clown.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15397368#post15397368 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by romsoccer12
yeah thats why im waiting for this one to become a female, so i can add a small male. im definitely going to try to get the true perc with an all black ocellaris. i would be happy if they breed but im not going to try to keep the babies. that thread is crazy. to bad he didnt get any really sweet looking clowns.
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I don't think you will have any trouble pairing a percula with an ocellaris. I have tried pairing several different species and it can be difficult. Ocellaris and percula are different though. We consider them different species, but I don't think the fish got the memo. ;)
 
Cross pairing clownfish ends up with more dead fish then actual hybred pairs. yes it can and does happen, but that is not the normal outcome of adding two diffferent species of clowns to the same tank. no matter what the size or size difference. A high Majority of the time things end badly.

IMO darwin O's are not the same ad Orange O's I know what the books say but respectfully disagree. I find darwin O's much harder fish to pair up , they have a different body shape and temperment. Sajays pair is not anything he did on purpose and I would go about encouraging people to try it.

Anyone who tells you there is a continued source for Sanjays fish is lieing.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15398761#post15398761 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Arati
Sajays pair is not anything he did on purpose and I would go about encouraging people to try it.
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He bought them already paired like that from a LFS.


<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15398761#post15398761 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Arati
Anyone who tells you there is a continued source for Sanjays fish is lieing.
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False. DFS has a continued source for Sanjay's fish.

Don't believe me? Watch DD every day. I was told there's about 10 pairs in holding tanks at the moment. I was also told there will be more coming.


More coming + current stock = continued source
 
correct he found them in some remote lfs. its not something he did on purpose or planned

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum...c-black-ocellaris-babies-last-batch-ever.html

They may have more in stock when they are gone its over.

My point was that advice should not be handed out based on one obviouse anomaly. cross pairing clownfish is in general a bad idea.
In this case Orange O paired with A.percula may be the easiest and most acceptable. IMO It is still bad for the hobby and the future of tank raised clownfish to promote crossbreeding. With clownfish one thing leads to another ..
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15398761#post15398761 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Arati
Cross pairing clownfish ends up with more dead fish then actual hybred pairs.
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Can you post a link to where you got that information???? I'm sorry, but that's just false. I've been mixing species in the hopes of creating a pair for a long time. I have not lost one fish because it was killed by a different species. In fact the nastiest battle that ever took place in one of my tanks was between two clarkii's. Even they survived.

If two clowns can breed, have healthy offspring that go on to breed and have healthy offspring, what could be wrong about that? Who's the victim? The fact is there is nothing wrong with it. Just because we divide them into different groups and call them different species doesn't mean anything. If they were producing mutant offspring with three heads and heart problems, I could see a problem. That's not what's happening though. I'm not aware of any study that shows offspring from hybrid clown pairs produce offspring with more genetic defects than same species pairs. There is simply no evidence that shows there is a problem with ocellaris mating with percula.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15399830#post15399830 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by elegance coral
:lol: So I cant spell :lol:
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I knew what you meant. No biggies. :rollface:
 
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