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    Posted: March 21 2015 at 3:17am
So I have a black and white clown that lost its mate witch was a black onyx clown, I was thinking of getting a small snowflake clown or just plain orange and white just wondering if it will be ok? Thank for your help
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Did you read this thread from just this week?
It discusses the most important aspect of clownfish pairing.

All the clownfish skin colors you mentioned above are simply the same species, Amphriprion Ocellaris. Unlike the human species, Clownfish do not seem to discriminate based on skin color.

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Okay so I will disagree to agree to disagree. 

They will discriminate based on color.... blacks are typically meaner than others. 

Yes as Mark mentioned they are all morphs of Amphriprion Ocellaris. 

I have 24 clowns in my tank. .. . . I added one after adding all of them... the way. I used an acclimation box put him/her in it for a few days and then released the clown. 

Make sure you just get one smaller or larger than your current one and you should be fine. 

Another hint with Clowns is to feed them more  than normal the first few days to a week, that gets ride  of the aggression that they will have. 


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Originally posted by Jeremyw Jeremyw wrote:

Okay so I will disagree to agree to disagree. 

They will discriminate based on color.... blacks are typically meaner than others. 

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Okay, I will agree to disagree too. My experience has been the opposite with a black and white paired with an orange and white. The orange one was definitely the aggressor with mine. YMMV.

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So both of us have experienced that clowns are mean to each other...... 

I have had some very mean and nasty orange ones I wanted to kill! 

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Ha! I've had some orange clowns that wanted to kill ME!


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I had an orange male that would bite my hand any time I came near his "anemone", a big conch shell.  It usually didn't hurt on my fingertips or my palm, but once he got a hold of the tender skin between my fingers and bit down like a little pit bull.  It hurt and bled a little... but I couldn't stay mad.  He was protecting his MRS. and his home.
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Purchased an orange clown from birdworld today, they were instantly friends
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That's a good sign.  If one or both start to do the "shiver dance", they'll be on their way to pairing up soon.
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