what ttype of clowns did I buy

[scott11]

picked up a pair of clowns at the LFS, they werent labeled. They are black, with white bars (neno style), very yellow face and fins.

Any ideas? I will try to get pics

 

[GSMguy]

pics is the best way

 

[d9sccr]

they kinda sound like black false percs, but i agree w/ GSMguy..pics are the best way to ID

 

[Modemagic]

Could be Black percula clownfish... I have one

 

[Drewcipher]

Are they young? Yellow face and fins are how my A Polymnus(saddleback) came. They have lost some of the intense yellow since they have grown up, but as everyone else says, pics are best.

 

[Slakker]

Black perculas don't exist, Modemagic...there's no such thing.

 

[macperry]

Black false ocellaris.

 

[criccio]

How many bars, and is the second bar vertical or diagonal?

 

[criccio]

edit

 

[scott11]

they are young, 2 1/2 bars, the last one at the tail fin doesnt quite go all the way down. The 2nd bar is slightly diagonal

 

[GSMguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9386108#post9386108 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Modemagic
Could be Black percula clownfish... I have one

got a pic?

 

[JHardman]

If it's a yellow face/fins and not orange, then they are saddlebacks, otherwise like ocellaris.

 

[Slakker]

i'd think if the fins are yellow, it's probably a. polymnus.

 

[StunnaShadez]

black saddle clowns

 

[AquaReeferMan]

Black A. polymnus(saddleback clowns). Commonly sold as Black Perculas. Like stated above there are no Black Perculas, there are Black Ocellaris.

Heres some pictures of the saddleback clowns
Juvenile

Adult

 

[scott11]

thats them- black saddleback. Thanks everyone. anything different I need to know about them? What do they like to host in?

 

[Drewcipher]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9391395#post9391395 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by scott11
thats them- black saddleback. Thanks everyone. anything different I need to know about them? What do they like to host in?

In the wild Saddlebacks are mostly in carpets, but the black variant is more commonly found in long tentacle anemones from my reading.

 

[tpdpercula]

I bought some saddlebacks awhile ago and they store and wholesaler had them listed as black perculas. If you like what they look like it really doesn't matter what they are called....right? Mine are getting ready to spawn and from what I hear they are one of the hardest to do so in the home aquariuam.

Enjoy

 

[Drewcipher]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9391499#post9391499 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tpdpercula
I bought some saddlebacks awhile ago and they store and wholesaler had them listed as black perculas. If you like what they look like it really doesn't matter what they are called....right? Mine are getting ready to spawn and from what I hear they are one of the hardest to do so in the home aquariuam.

Enjoy

It is nice to know what you have for their sake, and the other inhabitants of the tank. Selling them as percs is misleading, as saddlebacks grow quite a bit bigger, are more agressive, and host naturally in different anemones...so it depends on what level of knowledge you wish. Would you take home a yellow lab and call it a golden retriever?

 

[zoomfish1]

As in my avatar, this black saddleback hosted in an Atlantic Carpet anemone. BTW. Atlantic Carpets are "non-hosts" as there are no clownfishes in the Atlantic Ocean.