I got two little Clownfish yesterday, they're quite small but very active, they've laster over 24hours now, which from my freshwater experience tends to be the most scary part, if they're going to die in your tank its usually within the first 24 hours!
thank god! i dont think i could handle going back to the fish shop to buy more fish with the amount these guys cost!
For all those reading that are doing so to get an idea about where to start, let me just say this hobby is not cheap, not cheap at all, if your going to do it, start saving!
Anyway enough of a rant about that, because these guys are so fast its really hard to take a decent photo of them, especially with just an iphone, so here is some video! yay... sorry its a bit shaky one of them really likes being on camera and the other not...
As you may have noticed mine are not fully orange like nemo, rather mine are a black clownfish, they will darken over time, and I though these might be a little more interesting then the standard clownfish that everyone seems to have... My local fish shop guy also told me because these guys are black that they should be ok with the traditional coloured clownfish (bright orange) so maybe ill consider putting that on the list down the track! and hey if it doesn't work that means I can start work on making a cute little 20L tank or something. (lol I've already started the planning on that one, and i dont think its going to be as much work as my current tank as i can use the current tank to seed the new one thus cutting out a lot of work)
a bit of info about clownfish:
When clownfish are in a group the largest will always be the female the rest will be male but only one will be able to mate with the female. When the female dies all the males go crazy and start fighting for the top job, and then once his dominance has been asserted he will change into the female!
Despite what people think Clownfish do not need an Anemone to survive
There are two types of clown fish, true and false clownfish, true come from the ocean and false are tank breed. there is very little difference between the two. How to tell the difference
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