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03-17-2006, 11:19 PM
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waiting for zooplankton
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: East Fallowfield, PA
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clown question
i have a pair of true perculas with a long tenticle anenome. the clowns sometimes twitch and shake in or over the anenome. what are they doing?
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03-18-2006, 12:12 AM
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Lights are off up here :D
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Los Angeles
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shaking percula
Yeah i had the same problem with mine last month. my problem was that my nitrites and nitrates were really high and they were stressed. What are you water parimeters@
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03-18-2006, 12:16 AM
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waiting for zooplankton
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: East Fallowfield, PA
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The water is fine. Just every now and then they back up to the anenome and shake. We have never had a clown pair with an anenome before so we are not sure what the behavior means.
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03-18-2006, 12:22 AM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Cartersville, Georgia
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they are gettin' frisky- kinda like people do under the sheets 'cept they got their anemone!! doh!
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03-18-2006, 12:30 AM
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BIG SMELLY MOD
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
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I don't think You need to worry about them.
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03-18-2006, 12:31 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: west saint paul, mn
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Since we are talking about Clowns lol I was wondering if there were guidlines to how big a clown should be before trying to host it with a anemonie?? Just wondering...
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03-18-2006, 12:32 AM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Cartersville, Georgia
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I've never heard of an age being specified.... anytime would be my guess.
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03-18-2006, 12:33 AM
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Lights are off up here :D
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Los Angeles
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oh you know what i think its changing sex so it is going throught that now they are a new pair right. the smaller one will become the female and the larger will be a male. **** sex changes hehe
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03-18-2006, 12:35 AM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Cartersville, Georgia
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no the bigger one is the girl- the big mean Queen B  |
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03-18-2006, 12:37 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: west saint paul, mn
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ooops wrong way the other way around the large will become the female and the small with become the male... oh man i hope i'm right lol...
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03-18-2006, 12:39 AM
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Lights are off up here :D
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naw it backwards i think guy big girl small just like humans
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03-18-2006, 12:42 AM
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BIG SMELLY MOD
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All are male and the larger more dominate will change to female. The males can change to female but not back.
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03-18-2006, 12:43 AM
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BIG SMELLY MOD
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I think thats how it is ,
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03-18-2006, 01:17 AM
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Lost Fish
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Avon, Ohio
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The larger one will not necessarily be the dominant one. In most cases they are. The larger percula or more dominant percula will then take the role as the female and usually will show a change in size and be larger. The shaking is usually the sign for establishing dominance. It is nothing to worry about.
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03-18-2006, 09:28 AM
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kid impersonator
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: in the cheap seats
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Originally Posted by noob101
Since we are talking about Clowns lol I was wondering if there were guidlines to how big a clown should be before trying to host it with a anemonie?? Just wondering...
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the size of the clown isn't as iimportant as the size of the amenome
clowns can love the anemone to death if the anemone isn't big enough
I think I read somewhere it (the anemone) should be 3x the size of the clown
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