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Unread 03/30/2019, 02:27 AM   #26
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Nice fish! Why you wanna sell her?
have 3 pairs that I matched up within the last yr, that's the leftover single...enough bicinctus for me.


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Unread 03/30/2019, 03:15 AM   #27
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When I think Bicinctus I think BTA and that’s what I would go with. Their relative ease of care and different color morphs make them hard to pass.
More specifically, I think of Rose BTAs with darker tentacles and oral disc, a morph similar to Sherman Rose BTA. I’ve seen a few diving videos showing Bicinctus clowns living in those types of BTAs and they look fantastic.
BTA is probably what I'm gonna go with. Though it's hard to find really large ones these days...


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Unread 03/30/2019, 09:34 AM   #28
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Like this:
https://youtu.be/HpYGnMQbVUA
And this:
https://youtu.be/gJVmqfF0P-Q



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Unread 03/30/2019, 01:24 PM   #29
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I got one of those red ones, but it's probably still too small for a trio of such big fish at the moment.
But LA got some large green ones in and I ordered 2 of those together with a large blue-tip crispa.

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Unread 03/31/2019, 04:28 AM   #30
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bummer...there's no specific forum on here for selling livestock...any ideas where to post the sale of my one bicinctus ?


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Unread 03/31/2019, 01:05 PM   #31
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bummer...there's no specific forum on here for selling livestock...any ideas where to post the sale of my one bicinctus ?
There is a section in the Selling and Trading forum: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=5
But since you don't want to ship I would recommend to try a local fb reefer group.

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Unread 04/01/2019, 06:40 PM   #32
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Found some wild Amphiprion bicinctus at a local store today
Which store was this at? Not looking for Bicinctus but might have to check out the store next time I’m in the Bay Area.


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Unread 04/02/2019, 12:05 AM   #33
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Which store was this at? Not looking for Bicinctus but might have to check out the store next time I’m in the Bay Area.
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Unread 04/03/2019, 08:14 PM   #34
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How funny, I was there the weekend you got those clowns but didn't pay any attention to all the clowns that they had above all the frag tanks. Guess I should've paid more attention but did pick up some nice frags so was worth the trip from the North Bay.

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Unread 04/03/2019, 10:07 PM   #35
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How funny, I was there the weekend you got those clowns but didn't pay any attention to all the clowns that they had above all the frag tanks. Guess I should've paid more attention but did pick up some nice frags so was worth the trip from the North Bay.

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They didn't have them in the tanks above the frag tanks - those are only for tank bred clowns. The bicinctus were in the old inverts system.

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Unread 04/05/2019, 09:24 AM   #36
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While diving in Hurghada, Red Sea, I saw A. bicinctus in Bubble-tips only.


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Unread 04/05/2019, 09:17 PM   #37
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Found an interesting paper on the effect anemonefish have on anemones. The study was done on A. bicinctus and E. quadricolor (BTA):
Effects of anemonefish on giant sea anemones: expansion behavior, growth, and survival

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The symbiosis between giant sea anemones and anemonefish on coral reefs is well known, but little information exists on impacts of this interaction on the sea anemone host. On a coral reef at Eilat, northern Red Sea, individuals of the sea anemone Entacmaea quadricolor that possessed endemic anemonefish Amphiprion bicinctus expanded their tentacles significantly more frequently than did those lacking anemonefish. When anemonefish were experimentally removed, sea anemone hosts contracted partially. Within 1–4 h in most cases, individuals of the butterflyfish Chaetodon fasciatus arrived and attacked the sea anemones, causing them to contract completely into reef holes. Upon the experimental return of anemonefish, the anemone hosts re-expanded. The long-term growth rate and survival of the sea anemones depended on the size and number of their anemonefish. Over several years, sea anemones possessing small or no fish exhibited negative growth (shrinkage) and eventually disappeared, while those with at least one large fish survived and grew. We conclude that host sea anemones sense the presence of symbiotic anemonefish via chemical and/or mechanical cues, and react by altering their expansion behavior. Host sea anemones that lack anemonefish large enough to defend them against predation may remain contracted in reef holes, unable to feed or expose their tentacles for photosynthesis, resulting in their shrinkage and eventual death.



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Unread 04/06/2019, 12:01 AM   #38
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Might check them out tomorrow
I'm gonna be there tomorrow as well.


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I'm gonna be there tomorrow as well.
Only wild clowns I saw there were sebae and maroon. Everything else is tank raised.


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Unread 04/06/2019, 05:00 PM   #41
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Only wild clowns I saw there were sebae and maroon. Everything else is tank raised.
The last two bicinctus they had died.

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Unread 04/07/2019, 05:44 PM   #42
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The last two bicinctus they had died.

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Perhaps not as hard to find or not as expensive as Bicinctus, but I saw some nice melanistic Clarkii for sale in Sacramento today. Too bad I don't have room for a pair of these.



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Perhaps not as hard to find or not as expensive as Bicinctus, but I saw some nice melanistic Clarkii for sale in Sacramento today. Too bad I don't have room for a pair of these.
Wow, I'd like a pair of these


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Unread 04/10/2019, 08:42 PM   #44
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I started ramping up the salinity in their QT to normal last weekend.
Today I notice that the smallest of the 3 was breathing labored and a bit apathetic. The large ones seem fine. Prophylactically I gave them all a dose of Septra. I may also need to give them a formalin bath after all...


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Unread 04/12/2019, 02:02 AM   #46
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The heavy breathing of the little one stopped overnight with the Septra dose. He also went back to normal behavior. But something is still bothering them all as I saw them "cough" and scratch themselves.
I don't think it's Cryptocaryon, not after 2 weeks of hyposalinity and without the other typical symptoms.
It also doesn't really fit Brooklynella or Trichodina, the usual suspects with Amphiprion. Though I'm gonna give them a formalin bath anyway, just for good measure.
The other things I worry about are velvet and flukes...

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Unread 04/12/2019, 03:37 AM   #47
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Perhaps not as hard to find or not as expensive as Bicinctus, but I saw some nice melanistic Clarkii for sale in Sacramento today. Too bad I don't have room for a pair of these.
This one look like ABCC (Australian Black Clark´s Clownfish)...........today named as a new species (Amphiprion milii).........from Western Austrália.......Abrolhos.....Ningaloo....Coral Bay....Exmouth..........

Beautiful species........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gPvSDmbgZ8&t=11s


The tail have its transluscent tip..........suffused with the yellow..........make them diferente from the other yellow tail Clark´s.........


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Unread 04/12/2019, 07:53 AM   #48
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I’ve treat all my fish with Prazipro for flukes.


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I’ve treat all my fish with Prazipro for flukes.
This and I would extend hypo


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maybe its not A. milii........

the shape of the bands is not the same.......


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