what clown fish grows the largest?

[king_Neptune]

Wanted to know witch clowns grow the largest?are they easy to breed and do they need to be alone to do so?

[cbbram]

My guess is the Maroon... But i'm not a clownfish expert...

[jrsydevi1]

Lot of opinions here:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1475545

Largest I have seen personally was a Maroon..

[weese3]

I have seen huge Maroons before. I think they get the biggest

[SNAKEMANVET]

The largest clown I have seen was a maroon,about 6'' long.

[rssjsb]

The biggest clown I've ever seen in person was a black saddleback. It was between 4.5 and 5."

[God.]

I've had customers bring in many large maroons. The largest I've seen was easily 7-8in

[kevin32]

I have seen many many large maroon clown. BUT they are extremely hard to pair up.

[CoralReeferGal]

maroons get the largest. I just bought one "small" sized who is about 3 in. They can get to well over 6". No clue on pairing though; we only plan to have one.

[phender]

Chrysopterus and Maroons get the biggest. Of the two, maroons are far easier to breed and don't seem to need as big of a tank. Neither needs to be alone to breed. Depending on the clowns other fish in the tank might cement the relationship better or it could be a distraction. If you want to keep a tank with these two and other fish, it should be large (at least 100 gal)

[king_Neptune]

Thanks for the info!! I went with a percular clown.any info links on them?

[elegance coral]

You went with one of the smallest species. Here's a little info for you.
http://www.nhm.ku.edu/inverts/ebooks/ch2.html#percu
Just FYI, there's no "r" at the end of percula.

[bluewater921]

maroons i have seen in a 500 gallon system being 7" long and very fat .. she was show size ..

[Yomidr19]

Maroons get huge!

[Winwood]

Maroons do get huge but so do chrysopterus. Chrysopterus just aren't seen in the hobby near as much due to their lousy shipping record. Drs. Fautin and Allen list chrysopterus as the largest species. I am willing to trust them on that claim considering their extensive studies on anemone fishes in the field.

[king_Neptune]

You went with one of the smallest species. Here's a little info for you.
http://www.nhm.ku.edu/inverts/ebooks/ch2.html#percu
Just FYI, there's no "r" at the end of percula.

Thanks lol idk why I thought that. Haha, any way I heard that maroons are really aggressive. So I went with the percula

[Whip316]

i had a massive pair of Chrysopterus. they are big and thick. they are tricky fish also. mine died from a heater mishap. i got a 6" gsm female and the 6" clarkii pair now dwarf the gsm. the gsm are longer clowns and the clarkii complex get ling but they are taller and thicker. so gsm might have the length, but the the clarkii complex has the height and thickness.

[king_Neptune]

i had a massive pair of Chrysopterus. they are big and thick. they are tricky fish also. mine died from a heater mishap. i got a 6" gsm female and the 6" clarkii pair now dwarf the gsm. the gsm are longer clowns and the clarkii complex get ling but they are taller and thicker. so gsm might have the length, but the the clarkii complex has the height and thickness.

Nice! Can you cross bred clowns?

[Amphiprion]

Maroon clownfish are the largest, depending upon your definition. While A. chrysopterus and P. biaculeatus are equal in recorded length, the latter's length-to-mass ratio is actually higher on average by a decent margin. Despite the seemingly more streamlined profile, maroons are actually "chunkier."

[rgreene]

ive got two pairs of maroons and they are both pairs are huge and the males are tiny

[Nordic Reef]

A. Chrysopterus hands down

[Miller535]

Ora spotcintus is the largest by far. They are a designer breed and very expensive so you don't see many of them in the trade.

[Winwood]

Ora spotcintus is the largest by far. They are a designer breed and very expensive so you don't see many of them in the trade.

Huh? Spotcinctus is still A. bicinctus and listed as a smaller clown despite being very similar and in the same complex as chrysopterus.

[Winwood]

On a second note, I don't believe this is hands down answer. Please keep in mind most people have never even seen chrysopterus in person, let alone large adults. About 5 years ago I ordered a pair of Solomon Island chrysopterus from bluezoo and talked to one of their head livestock people before ordering because they had every size available from tiny to extra large. I asked about the extra large ones and was told they had two, but they weren't looking very good. I ended up ordering a large and a medium. When they came in, the medium fish was a good 4 inches and the large was in the 6 inch range. Both were what I would consider very large clowns. I only can speculate on how big the XL ones were, but if they were bigger than the 6 inch fish I recieved, they had to be quite extraordinarily large clowns.

[vaporize]

I've heard that mccullochi suppose to be largest, but of course nobody in captivity can confirm that.

I've seen very large Clarkii complex & Tomato complex fish & maroon

[Clownfishfan]

The largest clown I've seen is a 7-8 inch tomato,it was huge! Prettiest clown I've ever seen!