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Nematocysts and it's toxin are expensive for anemone to produce. It is well know to anemone keepers that unhealthy anemones are "much less sticky" than healthy anemones.
One very possible explanation why he did not react to anemone in poor health but a healthy Magnifica cause problem is just due to the health thus nematocyst density of the anemone. As in science, logical explanation without any experimental fact to back it up does not always the correct explanation.
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If I’m understanding your post and what I’ve read correctly, cnidom is another term for nematocyst. Cnidae is a group of cnidom/nematocysts. So, not all members of the same species will have the same nematocysts/cnidom. But all fish hosting anemones have the same cnidom and pretty much identical sized cnidae. Why am I more confused now? I don’t know the origin, (region wise) of the yellow tipped H.magnifica anemone. The purple tipped one is allegedly from Fiji. Assuming the collection chain was correct and maintained. Nick
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This in an interesting topic from the past.
This one bit observation I also have about dark coloration of clown fishes. A. percula and A. ocellaris often have mottled dark spots on their skin whey the hosted in strong stinging corals like mushrooms or polyps. This, I think (only my opinion with nothing to back this up), is from the scars and injury from sting of the polyps and mushrooms on the clown fish
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I agree Minh.
Would have been nice if Anemone Fan had answered my questions and clarified things somewhat. He logged on 3 days ago so I know he's still around... Nick
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Hopping to add to this as well. I have a WC Onyx perc from SI that I have had for over a year. She has always had very dark black that has covered most of her body except her fins and head. Since introduction to a H. Magnifica that is very healthy (sticky/full at all times) she has lost most of her black and faded to a fairly bright orange. She still has thick black bars outside her white stripes but she no longer has solid connecting black like she did before. Also to note is her now mate (a B/W false perc that has been with her for 5 months) has lost the orange in his nose and turned completly black with the exception of his stripes. Here are some pictures for example. I will have to get a better picture of the females current coloration to show how much she has really changed.
Here is a picture of the female the day the nem got added to the tank, she has very vivid black marking. Here is a picture of her and the male from the same day, you can see the male still has quite a bit of orange on his nose. For good measure here is a video of the two clowns taking the same day. Here is a bad cellphone picture taken last night showing how much the coloration has changed. I will have to add another photo showing just how much of the orange the female has lost. It is very suprising to see her looking closer to a false perc then an onyx, but I love the anemone and would not change it out for anything.
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Tyler,
IMO, we can attribute the Ocellaris lost of orange face is due to maturation, normal color development for Black Ocellaris. I think your Percula lost of black is the effect this threat is all about.
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Part 1. Fish colors I had a pair of tank bred picasso clowns (had meaning I lost the female 3 months ago.) They showed alot of black. They were purchased with their M doreensis and my observation of their coloration began there. This was the arrangement for 2 years. Then, I added a S Haddoni to the tank, and, the pair remained hosted by the M doreensis primarily. When the eggs hatched, they would spend a bit of time in the S haddoni, but always slept in the M doreensis. The anemones were about 10 inches apart in a 180 tank. I didn't notice a pigmentation change. The two anemone situation was for a year, all together, 3 years observed. I broke down the tank (sold both the M. doreensis, and the S. Haddoni, and went with a 60 cube. I obtained a S gigantea from a fellow reefer. The clownfish pair were moved into the 60 cube and within seconds, were hosted by the S gigantea. Again, pigmentation seems unchanged. Part 2. Anemone "sting" The M doreensis, in 3 years of tank maintenance never "stung" me. It was extremely healthy, stable, etc. No discomfort from touching it whatsoever. The S haddoni. I ordered it, and acclimated it to tank life. It was super sticky, and very healthy. I had it for a year, and touching it (to clear out the snail shells under it or pick up a frag that fell beside or into it...) no discomfort, no "sting" and no rash or any other word that would describe it. The guy that bought it removed it from my tank. It stung, burned, whatever you want to call it, the heck out of him. And still does if he touches it. The S gigantea. Very healthy, a couple years in captivity to my knowledge. I've had it since Feb 2012. If I even look at it too hard through the glass, my arm welts up. Ok, I'm exaggerating a bit, but, even incidental, brush by contact (a 60 cube isn't very big) result in rashes that last at least a week. I don't believe that it's an acquired immune response (primarily.) I am forced to wonder, the M doreensis was happy in my tank, and never "felt" (yes.. dangerous word, I know) threatened and had no need to protect itself (and it may have realized my arm was too large to eat. The S haddoni literally taco'd my arm once (it's amazing how fast they move!!) I thought for sure I was going to regret trying to save that frag. Not so much as a minor rash. Yet when the new owner was disturbing it's foot (6 inches plus of sand) perhaps it "felt a need" to protect itself? I'm convinced the S. gigantea is just out to get me Seriously though, this conversation is wonderful! I just wanted to share my experiences with different anemones and ask you to keep it up! |
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Just to bring this thread from the oblivion because I have another wrench to throw into the whole thing.
This pair of A. percula have been in this Magnifica for the alt 6+ months. When I first put them in the male coloration is the same, and the female was much darker, full Onyx with black dorsal fin. I am sorry I did not think to take a picture of them on arrival. However, their coloration quickly change to the picture below. Both fish are very healthy and growing. They are near breeding at this time. In this tank, there is another anemone, a Gigantea/Haddoni hybrid also. I think the color change definitely have to do with the fish, but also the anemone. It is going to be some sort of interaction between the fish and anemone. In the future, I will try to change host for a time and the reintroduce to this host again and see if there is any changes. With this observation, I think I can safely eliminate health of the fish and health of the anemone as factors that can impact this phenomenon.
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Here is the female before she went into my Magnifica.
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I have a new mag that seems it will make it through initial acclimation and 2 clowns are in it, I’ll take pics and compare on down the road
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nice thread........
observing pictures of Percs in the wild......we can see that Percs in Mags do not show sign of melanism........and they live in deeper Waters....... in shallows........where Gigs live...... they show melanism............. I never saw pictures of them hosted in other anemones in the wild........except (S. gigantea)....and (H. magnifica)........... I don´t think that the nematocyst have an issue....... Maybe the mucus composition.....some kind of protein.........that the clown ingest when they bite the tentacles...........to achieve symbiont equilibrium....... Gerald Allen did an experiment with (A. tricinctus ).......in the wild (Marshalls).......... |
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What about in this last pair in my Magnifica. The female lost melaninism while the male is as black as he can be. They are in this anemone for the last 6 months or so. Become like this since I put them in there.
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In the next few weeks I will swap the Magnifica out and put a Gigantea in this tank. There is also a Gigantea/Haddoni hybrid in this tank but the clowns never go into this anemone.
I will try to document the color change that this will result from this anemones changes.
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ah....there´s another issue........I remember Bill Addison and the fishes from C-Quest.....Onyx Percula........that have a genetic issue...........I read an article about that..... |
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I think they got something in the mucus composition........
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The anemone species has a far greater influence than just melanism:
"The life-history traits and population dynamics of species are increasingly being attributed to the characteristics of their preferred habitats. While coral reef fish are often strongly associated with particular habitats, long-term studies establishing the demographic and life-history consequences of occupying different reef substrata are rare and no studies have monitored individuals in situ over their lifetime and determined the fate of their offspring. Here, we documented a quasi-turnover and local reproductive success for an entire population of orange clownfish (Amphiprion percula) from Kimbe Island, Papua New Guinea, by taking bi-annual samples of DNA over a 10-yr period (2003–2013). We compared demographic and life-history traits of individuals living on two host anemone species, Heteractis magnifica and Stichodactyla gigantea, including female size, adult continued presence (a proxy for relative longevity range), early post-settlement growth, the number of eggs per clutch and ‘local’ reproductive success (defined for each adult as the number of offspring returning to the natal population). Our results indicate that while the relative longevity of adults was similar on both host anemone species, females living in H. magnifica were larger than females in S. gigantea. However, despite females growing larger and producing more eggs on H. magnifica, we found that local reproductive success was significantly higher for clownfish living in S. gigantea. Life-history traits also exhibited local spatial variation, with higher local reproductive success recorded for adults living on S. gigantea on the eastern side of the island. Our findings support a ‘silver-spoon’ hypothesis that predicts individuals that are fortunate enough to recruit into good habitat and location will be rewarded with higher long-term reproductive success and will make a disproportionate contribution to population renewal." https://link.springer.com/article/10...338-016-1485-1
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nice info....
I didn´t knew abot Female size according anemone species........ |
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I think Matt Pedersen did some interview with Bill Addison or article...........
"The vast majority of “Onyx Perculas” from captive-bred lines today are descendents of the “C-Quest Line,” the name for the phenotype being coined by Addison himself and shares a distinct breeding history when compared to “Onyx” Perculas caught in the wild – Addison was fortunate enough to recall the story of the Onyx Percula in 2007. " maybe you have to dig this article........... Last edited by Yuri Barros; 03/27/2019 at 11:08 AM. |
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When it comes to the influence of anemones on the color of clownfish you have to exclude heavily domesticated strains like the C-Quest Onyx that were selectively bred to have a lot of black under any circumstances.
The only observations I would consider valid are those on wild specimen and F1 generation individuals. Another thing that should not be forgotten is that in the wild a percula usually stays in one and the same anemone for life. As the research I quoted in my earlier post shows, the anemone certainly has an influence on the development of individuals. So while switching a percula for one anemone species to another may cause a change in appearance, it may not undo the entire adaptation the individual had undergone growing up in a particular anemone species. There are other research papers that found that anemonefish larva especially look for the chemical signatures of the anemone species their parents lived in. A valid experiment would be to take the offspring of (wild collected) pairs, divide them in two groups of which one goes into the same anemone species the parents lived in and the other group goes into a different anemone species. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk
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yes....wild ones are linked with Anemone species..........and captive Onyx have some genetic issue...........
check this PERCULA FARM..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hOL8B9M3zM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8MjYwXlwY4 Last edited by Yuri Barros; 03/27/2019 at 02:42 PM. |
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To answer the question of what cause the melanistic color lost of (some)Percula in captivity any Percula will do. If the question is why Percula hosted by Gigantea are blacker than those that hosted by Magnifica in the wild? then only wild Percula, in the wild only. Even these same animals in captivity will not do. As stated earlier in this thread. I have Rod's Onyx completely black, loss all color, and then regain all color with the same Magnifica. Between the color lost and the regain, she was hosted by H. malu in another tank. She regain color in the Malu, then keep the color when I moved her back to the Magnifica.
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