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Posted: January 18 2005 at 6:03pm |
Thanks to DaveT for these. There are five of the little cuties.
The other day a Member was over to my place with her husband. We were wondering what it is that draws Clownfish to powerheads and anemones. The husband suggested that some kind of vibrator device placed in the water might draw them.
Does anyone have some ideas about that? 
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Posted: January 18 2005 at 6:16pm |
Woah - easy there turbo... I think that may be a discussion for a less... family oriented site... 
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Posted: January 18 2005 at 6:21pm |
So are the males or the females attracted to the powerheads? 
On a serious note, it looks like they have lost their other stripes already. They sure are cute?
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Posted: January 18 2005 at 7:10pm |
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The husband suggested that some kind of vibrator device placed in the water might draw them.
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Wondering who it will be that will first answer this question for Mark....
Jon?.... Carl?.... Mark himself?........
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Posted: January 18 2005 at 7:20pm |
Actually, the largest baby still has a full second stripe on one side and a broken stripe on the other.
And the baby that Adam kept years ago still had some second stipe when it died at about three years old!
I wonder if life is easier in an aquarium. 
Well I can't let a post go without...
Adam, Aren't they all male until they just start to pair?
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Posted: January 18 2005 at 8:02pm |
Yes, fish are different from people in that way. (well at least anemonefish)
In these fish they all start out as male, then some advance into the female stage.
In humans as a fetus we all start female..... but then some of us advance into males.
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Posted: January 18 2005 at 9:19pm |
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I'm glad you said that Adam! Don't let your wife read this.
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Posted: January 18 2005 at 10:49pm |
I'm speechless - and that doesn't happen very often. 
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Posted: January 18 2005 at 11:02pm |
In humans as a fetus we all start female..... but then some of us advance into males.
I couldn't have said it better 
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Posted: January 19 2005 at 8:01am |
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I thought they were completely sexless (kinda like Adam is
going to be when I tell Marcena about this post) until they
started to pair off? Or is the word genderless?
Isn't it cool how anenomefish pair up? We got 3 juveniles, the
biggest and toughest became the female (Hillary), the next
toughest became the male (Bill) and the third, stayed a juvenile
(Monica). We had to move Monica to the tank down the street,
'cause Hillary wanted to kill her!
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Posted: January 19 2005 at 9:37am |
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Posted: January 19 2005 at 10:24am |
I didn't know what true hapiness was till I got married...then it was too late!
Just kidding, I love my wife. She is sooo supportive...She lets me have a reef tank, what more can be said?
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Posted: January 19 2005 at 10:44am |
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Posted: January 19 2005 at 11:43am |
...Ding!
(Are others alowed to award Adam a ding?)
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Posted: January 19 2005 at 12:57pm |
Hey now everyone hold up.... I'm trying to make some sort of political statement here or anything. I'm just answering Mark's questions about embryo development. I'm no expert in this field, but these are just some things I know.
And, I should mention that no only is my wonderful wife willing to let me have a reef tank, but she has fish/corals/tanks of her own as well.
Love you dear (if you are reading this )
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Posted: January 20 2005 at 2:27am |
[QUOTE=Mark Peterson] There are four of the little cuties.
. We were wondering what it is that draws Clownfish to powerheads
mark does that mean that you lost 3 babys to the powerhead ?
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Posted: January 20 2005 at 8:30am |
Mark Peterson wrote:
Adam, Aren't they all male until they just start to pair? |
Oh, and to try to answer this more directly... No Mark, I don't believe so. I believe they are all on their way to being female until they pair up. Biologically there is a big difference; but in practicality, who cares? Regardless of the gender differentiation process what a hobbyist needs to know is that start with two small anemonefish and one will stay male and one will become female.
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Posted: January 20 2005 at 11:28am |
DaveT, They were all strong enough to avoid the powerhead strainer. The Sixline Wrasse was more territorial than I realized. It harrassed them for almost a week. The two smaller fish probably died because of that. How are yours doing? If you want me to raise more of your babies in my Fraggin tank, I'll remove the Wrasse. It was a fish I inherited from someone else anyway.
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Posted: January 20 2005 at 12:16pm |
I'll remove the Wrasse
I know of a home for him.
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Posted: January 20 2005 at 12:53pm |
Do you like Wrasse? Wrasses?
I do too, well maybe not as much as you.
If DaveT wants me to grow-out more babies, it's yours.
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Can I use that? Is it copyrighted? That is AWSOME!!!!!!
