Infection/Disease ID please

[EmilyB]

Those look like the saddleback variant, I had a pair but sold them as they were the absolute meanest fish I had ever owned... They look small yet..but I wouldn't try to keep them with other clowns. There could definitely be some biting going on..

[Drock169]

those clowns are going to killing each other. Its best if you get rid of one of them.

[Keri]

Yeah, those are not B&W occelaris He should credit you if he sold you the wrong fish.

[hummer]

Really? Boo that sucks. The sticker on the tank even said Black Ocellaris. So I have 4 tank bred Orange/White Ocellaris and the 2 new Black ones. Who would be the aggressor long term? Right now the Orange/White Ocellaris are doing all the chasing. But they all sleep close to each other at night.

[Keri]

Juvenile B&W occelaris: (adults are usually a solid black and white)





saddleback clown:



Look at the differences in the caudal, pectoral and dorsal fins, hopefully this helps determine what you've got.

I'm not sure who would ultimately win but from my understanding the occelaris are one of the wimpier clowns.

[hummer]

OMG!! What a disasterous day. I've been unsuccessful in catching those Black/White Clowns for a refund. I saw them attacking one of my smaller Orange/White clowns today. Then after I returned home from dinner my RTBA got sucked into the powerhead...<sigh>. I managed to carefully detach it, so maybe it'll still make it.
Anyways, I've been searching the forums and saw that some people had success using the inverted pop bottle method to catch a fish. Just wonder what type of food I can use to only attract the Black/White clowns? It would be a cage match if both types of clowns got in.

Thanks for any advice!

[Keri]

Oh bad luck!!!

Yeah, I'm not sure about a pop bottle, but if you watch it it should be ok.

On the plus side, if not Too badly mangled your RBTA has a good chance of making it


Good luck!