Blue Stripe Akindynos Clownfish

btkrausen · May 10, 2012

Discovered these a few months ago and have been wanting them ever since. Being "tired" of the designer clowns, I've been wanting to go a different route and these were it. LADD had a nice one a week or two ago, but I wanted a pair. Lucky, they showed up on the Sneak Peak today so I was refreshing LADD at 6pm again

Can't wait to get them next week...the female is 3.5 inches

Aquaph8 · May 10, 2012

Gorgeous Bryan, Love them. How big do they get and where are they caught from?

btkrausen · May 10, 2012

These are from Coral Sea, and these clownfish, according to LA, get up to 5 1/2 inches, so they are bigger than the normal clowns (which is another reason I wanted them). When I put some small Black Ice clowns in my big 220, they looked so tiny in there, haha.

Gotta have them delivered on Wednesday since I have an appointment to get my car detailed at work on Tuesday, haha.

ghostman · May 10, 2012

Awesome rare clowns!!! I've had a pair for a couple years living in a blue Haddoni. They haven't laid eggs yet, but I'm hopeful

the female can be a bit nasty, watch your fingers

Congrats!!!

reefknight · May 10, 2012

I saw that those went really quick, lol! They're one of my favorite clownfish and rarely available. Great purchase, get us some pic's once they arrive.

btkrausen · May 10, 2012

ghostman said:
Awesome rare clowns!!! I've had a pair for a couple years living in a blue Haddoni. They haven't laid eggs yet, but I'm hopeful the female can be a bit nasty, watch your fingers Congrats!!!

I'm now debating on putting a nem in the tank, but we'll see as I wasn't really planning to put any corals in this tank. Coming from LADD I'd expect these to be superb fish.

reefknight said:
I saw that those went really quick, lol! They're one of my favorite clownfish and rarely available. Great purchase, get us some pic's once they arrive.

Yeah, I was refreshing Divers Dne on the iPad 2, in the car on the way to my son's pre-school graduation, haha. They were in my cart within 15 seconds of coming up, and I checked out in less than 20 seconds, haha.

Pictures will definitely be shared

aherre07 · May 10, 2012

Nice pick up. A nem would be nice as well for them. cant wait to see them in their new home.

btkrausen · May 10, 2012

Im' really going to try to go without putting a nem in the tank, as I honestly don't want to feed it and worry about it. I'm sure my LEDs would be fine for it, but just don't want to mess with it. Maybe I'll change my mind later, we'll see

k2parkstar · May 10, 2012

btkrausen said:
Im' really going to try to go without putting a nem in the tank, as I honestly don't want to feed it and worry about it. I'm sure my LEDs would be fine for it, but just don't want to mess with it. Maybe I'll change my mind later, we'll see

I hope you do! A clown/nem interaction is awesome to watch! Either way great pick up, awesome fish!

revsgirl · May 11, 2012

Awesome clowns!! Congrats!

swannyson7 · May 11, 2012

Very nice Bryan! You're picking up all sorts of goodies lately! 1smile1

revhtree · May 11, 2012

Those babies are sweet!

btkrausen · May 16, 2012

Got the clownfish today, and man, I'm in LOVE. They are already Rods Pacific Plankton soaked in Selcon. They were also very lubby dubby when I put the male in the acclimation container with the female. They were rubbing against each other like they missed each other during shipment, haha.

Pictures aren't too great since the QT needs to be wiped down