My 28G JBJ AIO Journal

[myjohnson]

Sonja wants to pic out nemo so I didnt get him today will pick him up tomorrow. By the way we will never know what zoas were on that rock. They are all gone now. Not a single trace

Regarding zoas, o wells. It was worth the try.

Regarding nemo, my gal forced me to get one too. Pick out a smaller one so you can keep it longer.

If you are getting two, then pick a smaller one and a bigger one. They might pair off. If not I can trade you my small one and see if those will pair off.

[Darbex]

I thought you could keep two full grown clowns in my size tank no problem? Are you saying get a small and big one because better chance of boy and girl?

[paranoid1123]

Re: My 28G JBJ AIO Journal

I thought you could keep two full grown clowns in my size tank no problem? Are you saying get a small and big one because better chance of boy and girl?

I thought you had to get pergala (sp) in order to get two

[myjohnson]

I thought you could keep two full grown clowns in my size tank no problem? Are you saying get a small and big one because better chance of boy and girl?

They tend to pair off better that way.

male and female almost don't matter....they can change sex foo!

[cichlid1409]

They tend to pair off better that way.

male and female almost don't matter....they can change sex foo!

+1

[paranoid1123]

Re: My 28G JBJ AIO Journal

Can you pair a regular orange and a black/white?

[myjohnson]

Not 100% sure, but if I has to guess the answer is no.

The black and white go by Amphiprion polymnus but are often labeled in the stores as a Black Percula.

There are two white and orange ones. First the Amphiprion ocellaris aka False Percula.

Second is Amphiprion percula aka percula. These two are very hard to tell apart but the percula has thick black lining and the false percula has thin black lining.

I wouldn't mix any of them.

[tang-chaser]

when you go to the store to look at clowns there mostly all male. with out the presence of a female, the more aggressive male will become female. Its best to buy a young pair of clowns and let them morph. adding a smaller clown into a tank with a larger aggressive female could result in fighting. This is what info i found on clowns when researching clown fish before i bought mine.

[Darbex]

I know they can change sex that was why I was wondering why you want me to get a small and big one. The only thing I could think of is that the female is larger than the male and this would increase the chances of getting a pair.

[tang-chaser]

i would get them the same size and let them morph on there own. I dunno why some one would say get a bigger one.

[tang-chaser]

No there all male and only one should turn female when a female is NOT present in the tank. which means you will get a pair anyways.

[Darbex]

So we picked up a pair of A. Ocellaris or False Percula. Sonja liked the colors of the Ocellaris over the Perculas. These guys remind me of Trophs they are all over the place and boy once they got into the tank they saw all of the pods and went on a feeding frenzy. See pics below.

Getting them acclimated








Banded shrimp checking out the action


The anthelia is really taking off

[Darbex]

By the way the brown spot on the leather in pic 4 and 5 is the clover looking thing I was talking about that was about the best pic I could get of it.

[madugo]

how come the leather is not opening?? it never opened??
that brown stuff you can just take off with your hand? it sticked on the leather?

[madugo]

and did you took some of the anthelia off?