Clownfish turning darker

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I’ve been noticing over the last few months my male clownfish face os turning black
Along with their general colour all
Over their body seams darker
Is this normal ?

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These may be Mocha and were sold as Perculas but dark pigment is true color
They are supposed to be regular ocs but we’re more orange when smaller .
now Dracula ( the female ) got the taste for my blood she’s becoming savage and ruthless along with changing colour to a darker tone
 
I’m waiting to see how aggressive she gets when and if she ever finds the bta that’s been in there for over a year
 
Mine did that too! Maybe they are getting a "tan" from my blue heavy LED?

The mated pair is 8 years old, both were bright orange when I got them, now the male is almost turning into an onyx clown...
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I like that your male has a little black around the mouth, looks like a little lipstick. I would say your clowns look more like percula than ocellaris, but the eye being more dark I would guess that these are black photon clownfish (mix between Ocy and Perc species)
 
I like that your male has a little black around the mouth, looks like a little lipstick. I would say your clowns look more like percula than ocellaris, but the eye being more dark I would guess that these are black photon clownfish (mix between Ocy and Perc species)
They were cheap and with 100’s of others .
I was told they were ocellaris perhaps they could be different , it really doesn’t matter .
The black around his mouth is the first thing I noticed .
I thought Dracula tried putting him in his place , or he was late coming home one night .
perhaps smelled like another reef . Lol
 

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