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shabreeson
02/15/2008, 05:58 PM
my girlfriend suprised me alot this Valentines weekend by bringing me to the fish store and showing me one of the fish I have always wanted, an African Alardi Clownfish. I have been preparing for ordering this clownfish online for a year, getting praziaquil and formuline(for brook and internal parisites), getting brine shrimp eggs and black worms. I expected this kind of fish to not eat for weeks and likely die but I don't think that is the case for this fish. It is eating dry pelets(I saw it eat them even after it was already fed today), he's been there for a week, is 3 inches and selling for 30$! it doesn't look like he has any diseases but I am not going to risk it with their tendencies with brook, full 8 week quarentine for this guy. the store helper said that they are incredibly aggressive "one of these tore up my trigger" and I was wondering what your opinion on that was on that.

he might have said that so that we wouldn't buy it, my girlfriend told one of the workers to reserve it and he said that he would tell the other workers to dissuade people from buying it. I'm just double checking that this fish is not an extreme killer.

shiggs
02/15/2008, 06:05 PM
Congradulations enjoy your new clown.

DBPReefer
02/15/2008, 06:28 PM
Great fish, I have a pair and can not complain. The female is some what territorial but not out of the ordinary. Personally I don't think there is a prettier clownfish.

Ron Popeil
02/15/2008, 06:50 PM
show some pictures when you get a chance!

shabreeson
02/15/2008, 07:14 PM
I will definately do that...another question though. if I establish this one what are the chances of this him killing a small A. Alardi clown? I want to maybe get one small enough to be the male. if I were to do it what would I need to do to have a greater chance of a mated pair?

MIKE ALERS
02/15/2008, 09:13 PM
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb85/tangjunkie/fishtank016.jpg

wan 2 B reef'in
02/15/2008, 09:48 PM
Nice looking clown, I've been looking at one at a LFS near me they've had it for like 3 weeks now.

Good luck with yours.

shabreeson
02/17/2008, 03:24 PM
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/521/132362DSC009518.jpg

here he is in my quarantine tank.
I treated the tank with formulin and I was already able to feed him brine shrimp soaked in prazipro to deworm him. he has a nice calm personality and is doing great.

I also need an ID on another fish in my girlfriends tank
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/521/132362DSC09530_edited.JPG

shabreeson
02/17/2008, 03:46 PM
wait a sec... is the fish I bought an A. chrysopterus???

shabreeson
02/17/2008, 05:23 PM
never mind