True Percula or Black Onyx clownfish

Kingfish · 10-11-2009, 12:03 AM

Should I get a pair of true percula clownfish or black onyx clownfish?

Clownfish518 · 10-11-2009, 01:10 AM

Onyx clowns are true perculas; their genetic stock comes from around the Solomon islands and so they exhibit more melanism (turn black), but they are perculas. In the tank their behavior would be the same.

Cloudburst2000 · 10-13-2009, 02:46 PM

Well, if what you mean is should you get the orange or black variety, I say go with the black. The orange ones are a bit over-done, IMHO. The black ones are a nice change while still looking like a clown fish.

nanoreefing4fun · 10-13-2009, 03:10 PM

I vote for Nemo's False Percula Clownfish we love ours

False Percula, Ocellaris Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)

True VS False Percula Clownfishes - How Can You Tell Which is Which?

I remember telling the lsf I wanted a False Percula (a nemo) and they said arn't they all the same lol

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Clownfish518 Razorback Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Bentonville, Arkansas Posts: 1,543 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: True Percula or Black Onyx clownfish Onyx clowns are true perculas; their genetic stock comes from around the Solomon islands and so they exhibit more melanism (turn black), but they are perculas. In the tank their behavior would be the same. __________________ Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem - William of Ockham

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Cloudburst2000 Tuxedo Urchin Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 296 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: True Percula or Black Onyx clownfish Well, if what you mean is should you get the orange or black variety, I say go with the black. The orange ones are a bit over-done, IMHO. The black ones are a nice change while still looking like a clown fish.

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nanoreefing4fun Manta Ray Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Central Arkansas, USA Posts: 3,551 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: True Percula or Black Onyx clownfish I vote for Nemo's False Percula Clownfish we love ours False Percula, Ocellaris Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) True VS False Percula Clownfishes - How Can You Tell Which is Which? I remember telling the lsf I wanted a False Percula (a nemo) and they said arn't they all the same lol __________________ ~ Glenn 34 gal Red Sea Max 130D, with 2 1/2" deep sand bed of 0.1-0.2 Fine/Medium sand CaribSea Aragonite Seaflor Special Grade reef Sand and 35 # Live Rock Tonga Branch * CUC (snails, Ceriths, Nassarius, Margarita Turbos, Astrea & Banded Trochus - one Emerald crab - one Skunk Cleaner) * Coral - Two Color Aacanthastrea, Red Chalice Coral, Closed Brain Coral, Turbinaria Scroll Ridge Coral, Blue Tip Branching Acropora, Birdsnest Pink Coral, Cup Coral, Torch Coral , Hammerhead Coral, Open Brain Coral Orange, Keyna Tree Coral, Green Star Polyp, Frogspawn, Pom Pom Xenia, Green Eyed Zoanthids, Candy Cane Coral, Ricordea Floridian, Duncan Coral, Staghorn Acropora, Blue Chalice Coral, Flowerpot Goniopora & Bluestriped Mushroom *** Fish - (1) Scooter Blenny (2) Ocellaris Clownfish (1) Yellow Clown Goby My Tank Thread (click here to see the latest pics of my tank & how it is progressing)

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