STUBBY snowflake ocellaris

alliecat · Apr 26, 2013

Bet you guys have never seen one of these before! His back is bent slightly, been at the LFS for months, they were refunded so I got him FREE. Doesn't even notice he's got a weird back he's the cutest clown ever I love this guy! One of a kind!

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revhtree · Apr 26, 2013

You'll find that "some" reefers think that these clowns should be disposed of. I say if it looks happy and is healthy then we should find them homes and let people love them like you do! Congrats!

mainereefer · Apr 26, 2013

it is a birth defect or a result of inbreeding.
if it is healthy and happy great but be prepared to keep them by themselves because it cant get away if it is getting picked on. I would have it in its own little tank!

revhtree · Apr 26, 2013

I had a pair of stubby clowns in a tank with all other fish and they were fine!

renoeb · Apr 26, 2013

revhtree said:
You'll find that "some" reefers think that these clowns should be disposed of. I say if it looks happy and is healthy then we should find them homes and let people love them like you do! Congrats!

thats not cool..

Se7enSeas87 · Apr 26, 2013

Lucky fin syndrome...

BrooksReef · Apr 26, 2013

What a cutie!

ohio reefer · Apr 26, 2013

I feel so bad that people see them as disposable

they're so cute, If I were you I'd put them in their own tank or one with somthing like seahorses

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Reef Fever · Apr 26, 2013

looks like it has a clarkii clown body! love it!

alliecat · Apr 26, 2013

He pretty much is. He's in my 20 with a purple fire goby and a royal gramma. Pretty low key tank. His spine has actually begun to straighten out since I got him a few months ago. (And obviously I know it's a birth defect that's why the supplier refunded the LFS) regardless he's a very happy and healthy little fish he always greets me when I walk buy. He's very special and definitely one of my favorites

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MelissaKathryn · Apr 27, 2013

I absolutely love love love him! So much personality! Does he have a name?

MelissaKathryn · Apr 28, 2013

I just showed him to my boyfriend and he said that the little fish may have had a calcium deficiency from birth and maybe you saving him did just the trick

Just some food for thought!

alliecat · Apr 29, 2013

You could be on to something about the deficiency. I know the stubbys are technically deformed because they are missing a vertebra and his spine may have bent in the spot where the vertebra is missing. I just call him goofy lol. He's such a spaz even for a clown. He will literally push his whole body out of the water to greet me when I open the tank and swim from one side to the other when I walk by he's hilarious

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ohio reefer · Apr 29, 2013

alliecat said:
You could be on to something about the deficiency. I know the stubbys are technically deformed because they are missing a vertebra and his spine may have bent in the spot where the vertebra is missing. I just call him goofy lol. He's such a spaz even for a clown. He will literally push his whole body out of the water to greet me when I open the tank and swim from one side to the other when I walk by he's hilarious

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Hehe they know you saved them!

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