About clowns

[Asmodeus]

Wel here is my problem, I'm going to get a pair of clowns which ones...

MAROON :pimp: They dig in sand beds

Of false perc' they dont

And which ones are the better of the two..

[ajx22]

You would likely be happier in the long-run with a pair of Percs. Great fish and they are a little smaller which will help in your bioload.

If you want a maroon - look at the Gold Striped Maroon's! A little more expensive - but AMAZING fish both in appearance and personality! Just ask Dman about his! :D

Cheers,

[afss]

maroons are probably the nicer looking of the two.. especially if you get the goldbars.. or there is also one with a hint of blue on the bars.
The percs look nice, and are deffinetly less agressive that the marrons. I have only seen my percs dig at the sand on occasion ( not to say that they won't do more later) but when i had my marron it dug all the time.
Scott

[Dman]

Asmodeus,
I have a pair of gold striped maroon Clowns that have a wonderful personality and nice temperment. But it is hard to tell how well they would get along with others as they are segregated and breeding. I acquired a huge female Maroon (4in) from a friend of mine and he has a new name, the more polite one is DIGGER. Due mostly to his extensive and so far only moderately destructive excavations. He gets along with the other fish in my main display tank very well, more so than the 6in Hippo Tang. I've had very little experience with any of the other clown varieties, so someone else may may better insight than myself.
HTH
Dman
:spin:

[Asmodeus]

Can you post a pic of maroon clown on this page so i can see the difference please that s ...

[canadawest]

I've had a pair of Ocellaris clowns for a little over a year now. They are fairly slow growers and don't get too large (3"-4" max). They are very neat to watch, and always attract attention from visitors as they are commonly identifyable, even to non-aquaria folks.

Mine aren't aggressive at all, unless you come too close to thier anemones, then the male gets a bit testy. But towards other fish, no problems at all. No digging either, perhaps because they are always in their anemones, and not digging around for shelter?