clowns go from orange to mostly black?

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  1. brian0420

    brian0420 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    i've had a pair of false percs for about 2 1/2 months and have always been orange and white and after adding a blue actinic bulb their backs turned black...any idea what's up???
     
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  2. Blue Falcon

    Blue Falcon Fire Goby

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    Hmmm. The black on true percs will cover the body with age but false percs or "ocellaris" clownfish stay vibrant orange white and black. A false or "Ocellaris" will normally have sharp distinct bands of color, while a true perc will fade with age. Sure you didn't end up with a pair of true percs?
     
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  3. brian0420

    brian0420 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    i bought the fish off craigslist so they could very well be true percs, thanks for the info but i'm curious now because the fish aRE less than a yr old
     
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    brian0420 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    i just got done reading 3 pages of arguments over true n false percs...i'm postin pics tomorrow...i'm confused
     
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  5. Daniel072

    Daniel072 Giant Squid

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    it would be best to post pics and let us see them. It sounds to me like you have true percs.
     
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  6. scubba.steve

    scubba.steve Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Ive never seen a false perc turn black, just have black outlines.
    Ture pers will however almost fill in the orange with black
     
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  7. trelane

    trelane Peppermint Shrimp

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    I doubt this is related to the light unless you put TONS of light in the tank. how large a tank, how large is the surface area of the water, and how many watts? In fact, it'd help if you filled out the ASAP form in my sig!

    Good luck!
     
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