STUBBY snowflake ocellaris

[alliecat]

Bet you guys have never seen one of these before! His back is bent slightly, been at the LFS for months, they were refunded so I got him FREE. Doesn't even notice he's got a weird back he's the cutest clown ever I love this guy! One of a kind!

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[revhtree Verified Admin]

You'll find that "some" reefers think that these clowns should be disposed of. I say if it looks happy and is healthy then we should find them homes and let people love them like you do! Congrats!

 

[mainereefer]

it is a birth defect or a result of inbreeding.
if it is healthy and happy great but be prepared to keep them by themselves because it cant get away if it is getting picked on. I would have it in its own little tank!

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

I had a pair of stubby clowns in a tank with all other fish and they were fine! :)

 

[renoeb]

You'll find that "some" reefers think that these clowns should be disposed of. I say if it looks happy and is healthy then we should find them homes and let people love them like you do! Congrats!

thats not cool..

 

[Se7enSeas87]

Lucky fin syndrome...

 

[BrooksReef]

What a cutie!

 

[ohio reefer]

I feel so bad that people see them as disposable :( they're so cute, If I were you I'd put them in their own tank or one with somthing like seahorses


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[Reef Fever]

looks like it has a clarkii clown body! love it!

 

[alliecat]

He pretty much is. He's in my 20 with a purple fire goby and a royal gramma. Pretty low key tank. His spine has actually begun to straighten out since I got him a few months ago. (And obviously I know it's a birth defect that's why the supplier refunded the LFS) regardless he's a very happy and healthy little fish he always greets me when I walk buy. He's very special and definitely one of my favorites


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[MelissaKathryn]

I absolutely love love love him! So much personality! Does he have a name?

 

[MelissaKathryn]

I just showed him to my boyfriend and he said that the little fish may have had a calcium deficiency from birth and maybe you saving him did just the trick :) Just some food for thought!

 

[alliecat]

You could be on to something about the deficiency. I know the stubbys are technically deformed because they are missing a vertebra and his spine may have bent in the spot where the vertebra is missing. I just call him goofy lol. He's such a spaz even for a clown. He will literally push his whole body out of the water to greet me when I open the tank and swim from one side to the other when I walk by he's hilarious


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[ohio reefer]

You could be on to something about the deficiency. I know the stubbys are technically deformed because they are missing a vertebra and his spine may have bent in the spot where the vertebra is missing. I just call him goofy lol. He's such a spaz even for a clown. He will literally push his whole body out of the water to greet me when I open the tank and swim from one side to the other when I walk by he's hilarious


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Hehe they know you saved them!


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[Zero Nitrates]

Cool clown!