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01-23-2006, 02:45 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: west bend, WI,Wisconsin
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 |  fighting clowns?
I already had 1 pecula and 1 clarks clown each with there own anemone in my 75. Both are perfect tank mates. Yesterday I decided to get another percula as a mate for my other percula. at first they fought constantly. then in the mourning they were side by side in the same anemone as if they were husband and wife laying in bed together. now this afternoon there are still in the same anemone but from time to time the look like they are fighting again locking lips and wrestle a bit and shuddering at each other. are they just deciding who the boss of the house is ( like a husband and wife hehehe )? 1 stays at the top half and the other at the bottom half of the anemone. they are both exactly the same size and both true perculas. should i give it a couple of days? i hope to try and breed clowns some day. by the way the clarks clown could care less what going on at the other end of the tank.
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125 gal, pro clear wet dry with built in skimmer, 2 maxi jet 1200 power heads, outer orbit with 2 150w mh and 2 130w pc, 150 pounds fiji lr, a large carpet anemone, 1 coral bannded shrimp, large colony of stars, 1 yellow tang, 1 naso tang, 1 snowflake eel, 1 koran angel juvi. i sold most of my corals to get the 125 gal tank so basicly starting over. | 
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01-23-2006, 03:25 PM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Noblesville, IN,Indiana Age: 56
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Keep watch over them for a few days. They are probably deciding which will be the female and which will be male. Expect the 'shuddering' behaviour to last, it seems to be normal 'courting' behaviour.
Mike
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55 gal FOWLR, SeaClone 150 skimmer. 2" LS, 50# LR. 29Gal sump/fuge ViaAqua 2600 pump, chaeto, 1" sand, LR
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01-24-2006, 03:23 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: west bend, WI,Wisconsin
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well i dont have to watch them anymore the new clown is missing in action. i think my altra large brittle star caught him and ate him. ever happen to anyone before? i want to just rip the legs off him now im so pissed. | |
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01-24-2006, 04:11 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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not to me personally...but large brittle stars will go for almost anything i can 
Sorry _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1 x 54w Fiji Purple T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w Super Actinic Blue T5 HO Flourescent
1 x 54w 14000K AquaBlue 75/25 T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
Hard Stuff:
100+ lb. Fiji Live Rock
65+ lb. Live sand
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01-29-2006, 08:20 PM
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| | Pajama Cardinal
Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: berwick, PA,Pennsylvania
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it was a while ago and i dont know if i can find it but someone had videotaped there brittle star catching fish, and had it on the internet. it canopys it self on the legs when a fish swims under it for shelter it drops and boom it catches the fish. as far as the lip locking my pair i had for almost 5 years and they lock lips and shake still i never found out what it was but might be some type of mating ritual for clowns. and if he wanders to far off she chases him down and pulls him backwards by the tail. theyve been husband and wife for 5 years lol she wears the pants in that relationship  _________ karla  75 gall, 80 lbs sand, 110 lb lr, 10k pcs, atinics, emperor 400, prizm skimmer, hagen and maxi jet powerheads
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