Clown Decisions

[RyanG]

Im getting ready to add my first fishes to my system, I would like to add a bonded pair of clowns but I need some help making a decision.

Picasso Percs-Love love love them but they arent cheap--Grade A Pair 200

Oreo--Cool looking fishes and arent that common in my area--80 pair

Goldstriped Maroons--They get to be an awesome size--60 pair

 

[oceanparadise1]

Picasso Percs

just dont kill them lol


awsomeeeeeeee looking fish!

 

[Saltysteele]

do you have a pic of the oreos

 

[RyanG]

http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11_03/Black-White-False-Percula-Aquacultured_223_61_4_4.html

I guess the proper common name is black and white false percs.

 

[Saltysteele]

oh, okay

i've got a pair of B&W misbars i love my little occi's :haha:

they start sticking their heads out of the water when they see me coming with their food

 

[AlexStinson]

DO NOT DO MAROON CLOWNS
They grow up mean as hell, and love to rearrange tanks.
And every single one at the store bites me everytime i put in my hand. (only maroons seem to do this)
I would go with the "oreos" just for the sake of the cost.

 

[ahayes13]

how bout onyx clowns ? very pretty fish...
yeah i wouldnt do maroon clowns, very grumpy and mean....

 

[MarvinsReef]

Picasso's..

 

[revaltion131]

Imma have to 'gree on the Picassos. I'm on ORA's wait-list for the Grade A's right now for my new tank as well.

I love Maroons, such beautiful color variations, but as some others have said: too big, too mean. If they're going into a larger tank with other aggressive fish, I might try it. The biggest problem is that you'd probably want to add them towards the end, instead of being the very first fish in. Their aggression could be on the level that you would never get to add any more fish.

 

[AlexStinson]

In a 220 at work, our GBM is so mean he attacks magnetic cleaners with overbearing ferocity, I will never recommend them.

 

[oceaninabox]

SNOWFLAKE CLOWNS ROCK!!!!!!!!! i thought they were ugly at first, but I have to say once we got the pair they have really grown on me.

 

[RyanG]

They are awesome but Im having a hard time coming up with 200 for the pair let alone 200 per fish

 

[igot2gats]

Why aren't Occys on your list? That's my vote. Great clowns...

 

[Nate82]

i have a maroon and gold and he's afraid of his own shadow... ha just think it's too big of a generalization however i would go with the picassos over the gold and maroon

 

[Rivers]

picassos

 

[Zegg]

I must be getting lucky with my maroon in my 90gal... prolly the nicest fish I got in there, but again i dont have much either, got 3 scissor tails, 2 3 striped damsels, and a tiger gobie. Maroon keps to himself unless one of the damsels comes to close to "his" rock/cave i dont have an anemone for him. he is pretty big4 almost 5 incher

 

[returnofsid]

igot2gats, Occis are on the list...For some reason, they're being called Oreos...lol. I've a maited pair of Black Occellaris hosting in a RBTA. They're 2 of my favorites. However a word of warning....She's MEAN!!! When I say mean...I mean she's MEAN!!! She's drawn blood on my girlfriend 3 times!! Now my gf won't put her hand in that tank...lol. If my had is in the water, she hits it immediately. So far, she hasn't broke the skin on me, but she has hit me pretty hard a few times.

 

[aquarius77]

I went with gsm's Its the first saltwater fish i ever had and shes still my favorite today. My buddy had a pair that would draw blood in his 75... so, dont say i never told ya they get evil mean in pairs.