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Old 04-05-2008, 11:09 AM
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Default Re: Yellow Banded Maroon V. Black and White Percula Clownfish

Maroons are the most aggressive of the Clownfish. I've been bitten several times by the female (pinched a bit), especially after she's laid eggs.

Sometimes you can find mated pairs online at LiveAquaria, Pacific East and Blue Zoo.

My own preferance is to get juveniles from tank raised fishes. I got 3 Maroons as 1" juvies. They grew up and sorted themselves out. One became the dominate female, one the dominant male and one the sub-dominant male. They live together in their BTA. That's them in my avatar. It's kind of interesting, but I later learned that this was not supposed to happen with this species in captivity. Well, they didn't know that! The female has laid 3 clutches of eggs in the past 6 month, though none survived being eaten by the rest of the crew in my DT.
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