Is it normal for my clown to turn black?

[luis_reef]

I left my tank in charge of someone for a week. When I came back there was lots of algae all over my tank. I checked my parameters and everything seems to be fine. However I also noticed that my clown I starting to turn black. Is this normal?

 

[Aiden Graves]

Do you have any other clowns? If so, it could be breeding colors.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Yes- Likely an adult pigment. Frequent with Percula and Mocha clowns

 

[LacViet]

Does that means this clown will become female? I have two clownfish and the larger one (about 1.5in) also just start to have black color between the first and second white bar.

 

[gaki]

a lot of clownfish, especially designer clownfish, turn black (mostly the orange parts) as they get older. One of my clowns started out with a lot of orange, but it wasn't super vibrant, but over time it turned black. She turned from a black ice to basically a black snowflake lol. so yeah-completely normal (unless your clown is exhibiting any strange or abnormal behavior like not eating)