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I’ve not found eye color to be a consistent way to tell them apart. I use dorsal spine count: usually 10 in percula and 11 in ocellaris, but rarely, the counts overlap.
How do you count its dorsal fins? You just catch it and count it outside water?I’ve not found eye color to be a consistent way to tell them apart. I use dorsal spine count: usually 10 in percula and 11 in ocellaris, but rarely, the counts overlap.
Jay
Mine won't sit still long enough to countI’ve not found eye color to be a consistent way to tell them apart. I use dorsal spine count: usually 10 in percula and 11 in ocellaris, but rarely, the counts overlap.
Jay
I know, it's tough. What I do is either use a fish anesthetic, or to take a picture with a high resolution camera and make the count from there.Mine won't sit still long enough to count
Using a fish anesthetic, yes. Or take a high res picture. With wild caught clowns, knowing where they came from helps.How do you count its dorsal fins? You just catch it and count it outside water?