Meet My New Picasso and Platinum

[BluespotLady]

Time for my babies to go in the display tank and play with the big boys!

Meet Bunny and Frosty!
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z113/bluespotjawfish/2011_09_CombinedSelects/2011_Combined_SOLD/PA073035.jpg

Frosty
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z113/bluespotjawfish/2011_09_CombinedSelects/2011_Combined_SOLD/PA073034.jpg

Bunny
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z113/bluespotjawfish/2011_09_CombinedSelects/2011_Combined_SOLD/PA073031.jpg

[BluespotLady]

Bunny is 6 months old, Frosty is 5 months old.

[BluespotLady]

I put a third one in with them and last night it was in the frogspawn with Bunny, but no sign of him so far today. I'm hoping he is in the anemone that never comes out. I've justed the overflow and sump, nothing.

[aandfsoccr04]

They look beautiful Lorraine! I'd love to see full tank shots of your display tank.

[aidan0217]

nice...good luck.

[T ANGel Nut]

great looking picasso...have been looking into doni's reef for one like that..no luck

[BluespotLady]

Hey! I found my other guy, Scarface! He is in the hammer!

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z113/bluespotjawfish/2011_09_CombinedSelects/2011_Combined_SOLD/PA022975-2-1.jpg

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z113/bluespotjawfish/2011_09_CombinedSelects/2011_Combined_SOLD/B26PremA.jpg

You can see him in there, right? lol
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z113/bluespotjawfish/2011_09_CombinedSelects/2011_Combined_SOLD/PA073021.jpg

I took some full tank shots this morning but they didn't turn out.

[todd141]

Beautiful.

[bartmalave]

nice fish r they dating

[aandfsoccr04]

Holy smokes that hammer is huuuuuuge! I'll be waiting for those FTS pics. Beautiful clowns.

[BluespotLady]

Here is a link to video of the kids, part of the display tank, and a few of their neighbors. Use caution if opening this at midnight so you don't wake the neighbors. Scarface picked the music.

http://youtu.be/XHb2GRo8a2U

And I even got a pic of Scarface w/the hammer.
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z113/bluespotjawfish/2011_09_CombinedSelects/2011_Combined_SOLD/PA071630.jpg

[Rippinfrags]

Love the pics and the video Lorraine! Any time you you want to update, please dont hesitate, I look forward to them=)

[Reefing Newbie]

Love the clowns!!! How big are your tangs they look huge, or are you clowns just tiny? Lol they got giant neighbors either way I guess!

[BluespotLady]

The tangs are huge and the clowns are juveniles. Even the chromis' are on steriods. But I have a group of 5 anthias that handle them all just fine. The chromis get aggressive with each other when they spawn, but other than that, it's a pretty peaceful, but active tank.

Bunny is obviously going to be the female though. I'm tempted to add a fourth one, but want to let them settle in and see which of the 3 pair up. I think it will be Scarface and Bunny, but Bunny wants to choose where they live and Scarface has his own ideas. He thinks the hammer and elegance corals are way cooler than the frogspawn, he even had a thought about the duncans, but big mama put a stop to that idea real quick.

With all the other fish in there, feeding time is tough. The babies aren't used to a big shadow swooping down on them while they eat. Hopefully they will get used to that and realize they mean no harm. I'm trying to spot feed, but that just attracts everyone. So for now I will just overfeed the entire tank (which I do anyway for the corals).

[BluespotLady]

I decided to add another Platinum, Rudolph. Frosty likes his new girl!

[bues0022]

You do know it's not advisable to put more than two clownfish in a single tank, right? Even though they are basically free to you since you raise them, it's still a poor husbandry technique.

[lps1212]

definetly a nice lookin picasso love the mask

[BluespotLady]

You do know it's not advisable to put more than two clownfish in a single tank, right? Even though they are basically free to you since you raise them, it's still a poor husbandry technique.

I guess you are entitled to your opinion. I didn't put them in there because they are free. I put them in there because they will have a wonderful home in a large 150 gallon tank. If for some reason they don't get along, clowns are the easiest fish to remove from a display. I'm not worried about it though. I've had multiple pairs in a large tank before that did just fine together.

[bues0022]

I'm glad you at least have an exit plan, but I have seen many times in tanks the same size where his ends in disaster.

[howze01]

I think Scarface may be one of the nicest clowns I've seen. I'm assuming you bred them? I'm looking for a mate for my Picassso now. I'm thinking either a little Onyx or another Picasso. Not sure yet. I figure I'll know when I see it.

Awesome looking clowns!!!!

[BluespotLady]

bues - understood. BTW, your avatar is awesome!

howzie - Thanks! He is certainly one of the most unique ones I have bred. I love the white, but also how black he is, the dot on his cheek, and the angled helmet across his face.

Tonight, Frosty and Scarface are hanging out in the HUGE Squamosa clam. Bunny and Rudolph are looking at real estate across the top of the tank. And now that Mama and Papa no longer have eggs, they have come over to check out what is so special about the hammer, elegance, and frogspawn the babies tipped over. Will be interesting to see if they decide to move permanently and if they continue to lay eggs or if this disrupts their breeding behavior. Doesn't really matter to me whatever they want to do is fine.

[bymers42]

Very nice! This really has me debating whether I want to give a BTA a shot of just keep growing my frogspawn, hammer, and torches.

[BluespotLady]

My clowns have never cared whether they had an anemone. My husband wants one more than they do. I put one in a few months ago but it is hidden most of the time. Glad the clowns like to hang out where I get to see them.

[SpartaReef]

Would love to buy a pair of those clowns in about eight months after my tank cycles and I get some anemones in it...