Wild Onyx Clownfish. Take 3 - Page 24

CoralsAddiction · 09/13/2019, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by ThRoewer

Did you order one of the giganteas LA had yesterday?
Be prepared to treat it!

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Yes. It will get the most rigorous QT. The new anemone won’t go in the tank unless it’s 110% healthy and ready.

ThRoewer · 09/13/2019, 10:47 PM

I was tempted to order one as well, but the last one I got of those needed treatment and bleached completely. So I rather passed and wait until AC gets them again..

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CoralsAddiction · 09/13/2019, 10:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThRoewer

I was tempted to order one as well, but the last one I got of those needed treatment and bleached completely. So I rather passed and wait until AC gets them again..

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I know what you mean. I wasn’t too eager to buy one myself.
I’ll have QT ready and Cipro. There’s no way the gig is going in the tank near Ritteri unless I’m absolutely positive it’s healthy.

CoralsAddiction · 09/25/2019, 02:06 PM

I paired the two males from Pairs 1 & 2.
I successfully paired them in a tank that was new to both of them. Prior to that I introduced the smaller male to the larger one where he was already established and the latter did not like the former one bit. As I moved them both to a new setting they began to accept each other. After 3 weeks of pairing I moved them back to the main tank where they share the Ritteri anemone. However, the smaller male is only allowed there at night to sleep.

CoralsAddiction · 09/25/2019, 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThRoewer

I was tempted to order one as well, but the last one I got of those needed treatment and bleached completely. So I rather passed and wait until AC gets them again..

I ended up cancelling my gig order. It was going to be too much to deal with at this time. I have a Ritteri that's done well so far but I want a gigantea eventually.

CoralsAddiction · 09/26/2019, 10:10 PM

This clown has a Ritteri anemone in the tank but he chose a Bounce Mushroom as an alternate host! He needs to move!

ThRoewer · 09/27/2019, 02:31 AM

He wants a gigantea and the bounce is closer to that than the magnifica.
I actually noticed that some percula, especially the ones with lots of black, are very insistent on a gigantea. Before they accept any other anemone, even others that are natural hosts for percula, they rather cozy up with mushrooms, green star polyps, and the like.

CoralsAddiction · 09/27/2019, 08:32 AM

That’s tough. I could get them a second magnifica today that’s twice the size of the current one but no gigantea around.

ThRoewer · 09/27/2019, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by CoralsAddiction

That’s tough. I could get them a second magnifica today that’s twice the size of the current one but no gigantea around.

If you come across a larger healthy magnifica and don't want it yourself, I still need one for my bicinctus. The small one from DD is suffering too much with such big fish.

CoralsAddiction · 09/28/2019, 11:25 PM

Ok, things are getting out of control. He's loving the mushroom harder tonight. If this continues I might have to move things around.

OrionN · 09/29/2019, 07:12 AM

That bounce is getting big. Time to take out the razor blade.

That is a very nice pair.

CoralsAddiction · 09/29/2019, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by OrionN

That bounce is getting big. Time to take out the razor blade.

Hopefully soon

CoralsAddiction · 10/09/2019, 02:02 AM

My main pair has been living in their magnifica for about 20 days and I have not noticed any loss in black color...yet. I also added two wrasses to my tank several days ago. Since then the smaller clown hangs out by overflow area during the day and sleeps in the anemone at night. He has stopped treating the bounce mushroom as a host anemone.
Finally, the anemone has grown a little bit. Its metallic green oral disc is unique and beautiful. I have not seen many/any others of its kind in that color scheme.

My third wild Onyx has paired with a small ORA bred Ocellaris clownfish.

ThRoewer · 10/12/2019, 09:03 PM

The two Indonesian percula I picked up today:

https://youtu.be/7km8FC-9T74

(and a wild Amphiprion bicolor I found today.)

And these were all the wild percula they had at the store:

https://youtu.be/jZHbytXgt6M

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ronalvio · 11/08/2019, 04:08 PM

Does anyone have a pair or single wild onyx for sale please let me know.. ive been looking forever.

CoralsAddiction · 12/10/2019, 12:40 AM

Hello!

Magnifica 4 months in my care

Running out of room. Upgrade coming soon

ronalvio · 12/13/2019, 01:58 PM

Hi , Coral Addiction please contact me if you have any onyx percs for sale... Im in the Bay Area. thanks so much!

ThRoewer · 12/14/2019, 03:51 AM

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Originally Posted by ronalvio

Hi , Coral Addiction please contact me if you have any onyx percs for sale... Im in the Bay Area. thanks so much!

If you are in the Bay Area you should check out Aquatic Collection and Neptune frequently. Both get wild onyx percula from time to time. These days those usually come via Bali and most likely origin from Sulawesi (Gulf of Tomini) or West Papua which genetic research found to be a different species than the true percula from PNG/New Britain and the Solomon Islands. But from the looks you can't really tell much of a difference.
Violet Sea in San Jose had wild GBR percula from Australia recently, though those are not onyx and always have just thin black borders.

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ronalvio · 12/14/2019, 09:19 AM

Thank you TRower. I frequent those stores quite a bit and its hit and miss. I saw the last batch from Bali- and kick myself for not getting some of them.. 50 buck each. Since then, its been only ORA or SR stuff in the bigger stores. Not really that interested in those...
Something about a wild specimen that is completely beautiful and strong... Ill keep looking but I am also getting into breeding. I have a few pair already but wanted to add a Wild Onyx into the mix... Madhu does get a lot of fish and last time he only had wild occelaris.. his staff could not tell the difference - must be newbies. Ill keep a look out.... the ones Rob had at Neptune were really nice if not really onyx..

CoralsAddiction · 12/14/2019, 03:46 PM

Lol I had one for $35 a couple of months ago but it’s gone.

ronalvio · 12/15/2019, 12:19 PM

Corals addiction- where did you get your wild from?
I went to Violets they only had percs... once again Madhu thought he had percs...
I went to Neptune... nice large perc but they were just fish sitting for a customer so NFS

Darn...

CoralsAddiction · 12/15/2019, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ronalvio

Corals addiction- where did you get your wild from?
I went to Violets they only had percs... once again Madhu thought he had percs...
I went to Neptune... nice large perc but they were just fish sitting for a customer so NFS

Darn...

The female was from a fellow reefer's tank. It was formerly a male. The smaller current male came from a fish store in SoCal. Hit up Marinecollectors on Instagram. They had some pairs for $300.

ronalvio · 12/15/2019, 01:48 PM

Thanks I’ll reach out to them

ronalvio · 12/15/2019, 01:52 PM

Also I meant to say he had ocellaris not percs.

ronalvio · 12/23/2019, 10:46 PM

Just picked up this pair from aquatic collection, both lost their mates so snagged them and put them together

The yellow one has a messed up small tail. Like a stubby almost. The black one is perfect. I think c quest perhaps?

Anyhow can someone tell me more about this yellow one? Looks like wild based on wild pattern.

It has personality and felt a little connected to this poor fella.

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09/13/2019, 10:47 PM	#577
ThRoewer Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Fremont, CA Posts: 9,555	I was tempted to order one as well, but the last one I got of those needed treatment and bleached completely. So I rather passed and wait until AC gets them again.. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk __________________ Pairs: 4 percula, 3 P. kauderni, 3 D. excisus, 1 ea of P. diacanthus, S. splendidus, C. altivelis O. rosenblatti, D. janssi, S. yasha & a Gramma loreto trio 3 P. diacanthus. 2 C. starcki Current Tank Info: 200 gal 4 tank system (40x28x24 + 40B + 40B sump tank + 20g refugium) + 30x18x18 mixed reef + 20g East Pacific biotop + 20g FW +...

09/27/2019, 02:31 AM	#582
ThRoewer Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Fremont, CA Posts: 9,555	He wants a gigantea and the bounce is closer to that than the magnifica. I actually noticed that some percula, especially the ones with lots of black, are very insistent on a gigantea. Before they accept any other anemone, even others that are natural hosts for percula, they rather cozy up with mushrooms, green star polyps, and the like. __________________ Pairs: 4 percula, 3 P. kauderni, 3 D. excisus, 1 ea of P. diacanthus, S. splendidus, C. altivelis O. rosenblatti, D. janssi, S. yasha & a Gramma loreto trio 3 P. diacanthus. 2 C. starcki Current Tank Info: 200 gal 4 tank system (40x28x24 + 40B + 40B sump tank + 20g refugium) + 30x18x18 mixed reef + 20g East Pacific biotop + 20g FW +...

09/29/2019, 07:12 AM	#586
OrionN Moved on Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Coastal Texas Posts: 16,000	That bounce is getting big. Time to take out the razor blade. That is a very nice pair. __________________ Minh My homepage is my album here at Reef Central Current Tank Info: Reboot 320 anemones reef. Angels: Yellow Chest Regal(2), Flame (2). Copperband But. Tangs: Yellow, Purple. Wrasse: about 20 wrasses various species. Anemones: Giantea X4 (Breen, Blue, Purple and Multicolors), Haddoni X1 Red, Magnifica X1 Purpletip

10/09/2019, 02:02 AM	#588
CoralsAddiction Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: L.A./Tahoe Posts: 6,003	My main pair has been living in their magnifica for about 20 days and I have not noticed any loss in black color...yet. I also added two wrasses to my tank several days ago. Since then the smaller clown hangs out by overflow area during the day and sleeps in the anemone at night. He has stopped treating the bounce mushroom as a host anemone. Finally, the anemone has grown a little bit. Its metallic green oral disc is unique and beautiful. I have not seen many/any others of its kind in that color scheme. My third wild Onyx has paired with a small ORA bred Ocellaris clownfish. Last edited by CoralsAddiction; 10/09/2019 at 02:17 AM.

10/12/2019, 09:03 PM	#589
ThRoewer Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Fremont, CA Posts: 9,555	The two Indonesian percula I picked up today: https://youtu.be/7km8FC-9T74 (and a wild Amphiprion bicolor I found today.) And these were all the wild percula they had at the store: https://youtu.be/jZHbytXgt6M Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk __________________ Pairs: 4 percula, 3 P. kauderni, 3 D. excisus, 1 ea of P. diacanthus, S. splendidus, C. altivelis O. rosenblatti, D. janssi, S. yasha & a Gramma loreto trio 3 P. diacanthus. 2 C. starcki Current Tank Info: 200 gal 4 tank system (40x28x24 + 40B + 40B sump tank + 20g refugium) + 30x18x18 mixed reef + 20g East Pacific biotop + 20g FW +... Last edited by ThRoewer; 10/12/2019 at 09:09 PM.

09/25/2019, 02:06 PM	#579
CoralsAddiction Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: L.A./Tahoe Posts: 6,003	I paired the two males from Pairs 1 & 2. I successfully paired them in a tank that was new to both of them. Prior to that I introduced the smaller male to the larger one where he was already established and the latter did not like the former one bit. As I moved them both to a new setting they began to accept each other. After 3 weeks of pairing I moved them back to the main tank where they share the Ritteri anemone. However, the smaller male is only allowed there at night to sleep.

09/26/2019, 10:10 PM	#581
CoralsAddiction Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: L.A./Tahoe Posts: 6,003	This clown has a Ritteri anemone in the tank but he chose a Bounce Mushroom as an alternate host! He needs to move!

09/27/2019, 08:32 AM	#583
CoralsAddiction Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: L.A./Tahoe Posts: 6,003	That’s tough. I could get them a second magnifica today that’s twice the size of the current one but no gigantea around.

09/28/2019, 11:25 PM	#585
CoralsAddiction Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: L.A./Tahoe Posts: 6,003	Ok, things are getting out of control. He's loving the mushroom harder tonight. If this continues I might have to move things around.

11/08/2019, 04:08 PM	#590
ronalvio Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 53	Does anyone have a pair or single wild onyx for sale please let me know.. ive been looking forever.

12/10/2019, 12:40 AM	#591
CoralsAddiction Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: L.A./Tahoe Posts: 6,003	Hello! Magnifica 4 months in my care Running out of room. Upgrade coming soon

12/13/2019, 01:58 PM	#592
ronalvio Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 53	onyx Hi , Coral Addiction please contact me if you have any onyx percs for sale... Im in the Bay Area. thanks so much!

12/14/2019, 09:19 AM	#594
ronalvio Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 53	Thank you TRower. I frequent those stores quite a bit and its hit and miss. I saw the last batch from Bali- and kick myself for not getting some of them.. 50 buck each. Since then, its been only ORA or SR stuff in the bigger stores. Not really that interested in those... Something about a wild specimen that is completely beautiful and strong... Ill keep looking but I am also getting into breeding. I have a few pair already but wanted to add a Wild Onyx into the mix... Madhu does get a lot of fish and last time he only had wild occelaris.. his staff could not tell the difference - must be newbies. Ill keep a look out.... the ones Rob had at Neptune were really nice if not really onyx..

12/14/2019, 03:46 PM	#595
CoralsAddiction Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: L.A./Tahoe Posts: 6,003	Lol I had one for $35 a couple of months ago but it’s gone.

12/15/2019, 12:19 PM	#596
ronalvio Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 53	Corals addiction- where did you get your wild from? I went to Violets they only had percs... once again Madhu thought he had percs... I went to Neptune... nice large perc but they were just fish sitting for a customer so NFS Darn...

12/15/2019, 01:48 PM	#598
ronalvio Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 53	Thanks I’ll reach out to them

12/15/2019, 01:52 PM	#599
ronalvio Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 53	Also I meant to say he had ocellaris not percs.

12/23/2019, 10:46 PM	#600
ronalvio Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 53	Just picked up this pair from aquatic collection, both lost their mates so snagged them and put them together The yellow one has a messed up small tail. Like a stubby almost. The black one is perfect. I think c quest perhaps? Anyhow can someone tell me more about this yellow one? Looks like wild based on wild pattern. It has personality and felt a little connected to this poor fella. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk