AqZeNo (Aquariumzentrum Nord)
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The ORA farm in the USA has been a pioneer in the breeding of sea anemonefish and the so-called designer nemos for many years.
There also a hybrid was bred from an Amphiprion ocellaris and a much larger Amphiprion biaculeatus,
This hybrid, which is the result of crossing a female Maroon Clown (Amphiprion biaculeatus) with a male Amphiprion ocellaris. stands out due to a strong bright dark-orange coloration.
The appearance of the clownfish was influenced by the genetic characteristics of both parent species: large fins of the Maroon clown and thick black edged stripes of the Ocellaris clown.
Amphiprion ocellaris sea clownfishes are particularly suitable as peaceful and community tanks, while the larger Amphiprion biaculeatus can be much more aggressive towards housemates and also the keeper (bites the skin).
The temperament of the hybrid lies between that of the ocellaris and the biaculeatus, so this should be kept in mind when selecting possible tank mates, or a pair keeping in a single tank should be preferred.
The term "reef safe" is often used in marine aquaristics, especially when buying a new species people often ask if the new animal is "reef safe".
What exactly does reef safe mean?
To answer this question, you can ask target-oriented questions and inquire in forums, clubs, dealers and with aquarist friends:
- Are there already experiences and keeping reports that assure that the new animal can live in other suitably equipped aquariums without ever having caused problems?
- Is there any experience of invertebrates (crustaceans, hermits, mussels, snails) or corals being attacked by other inhabitants such as fish of the same or a different species?
- Is any information known or expected about a possible change in dietary habits, e.g., from a plant-based diet to a meat-based diet?
- Do the desired animals leave the reef structure "alone", do they constantly change it (boring starfish, digger gobies, parrotfish, triggerfish) and thus disturb or displace other co-inhabitants?
- do new animals tend to get diseases repeatedly and very quickly and can they be treated?
- Do known peaceful animals change their character in the course of their life and become aggressive?
- Can the death of a new animal possibly even lead to the death of the rest of the stock through poisoning (possible with some species of sea cucumbers)?
- Last but not least the keeper of the animals has to be included in the "reef safety", there are actively poisonous, passively poisonous animals, animals that have dangerous biting or stinging weapons, animals with extremely strong nettle poisons, these have to be (er)known and a plan of action should have been made in advance in case of an attack on the aquarist (e.g. telephone numbers of the poison control center, the treating doctor, the tropical institute etc.).
If all questions are evaluated positively in the sense of the animal(s) and the keeper, then one can assume a "reef safety".
There also a hybrid was bred from an Amphiprion ocellaris and a much larger Amphiprion biaculeatus,
This hybrid, which is the result of crossing a female Maroon Clown (Amphiprion biaculeatus) with a male Amphiprion ocellaris. stands out due to a strong bright dark-orange coloration.
The appearance of the clownfish was influenced by the genetic characteristics of both parent species: large fins of the Maroon clown and thick black edged stripes of the Ocellaris clown.
Amphiprion ocellaris sea clownfishes are particularly suitable as peaceful and community tanks, while the larger Amphiprion biaculeatus can be much more aggressive towards housemates and also the keeper (bites the skin).
The temperament of the hybrid lies between that of the ocellaris and the biaculeatus, so this should be kept in mind when selecting possible tank mates, or a pair keeping in a single tank should be preferred.
The term "reef safe" is often used in marine aquaristics, especially when buying a new species people often ask if the new animal is "reef safe".
What exactly does reef safe mean?
To answer this question, you can ask target-oriented questions and inquire in forums, clubs, dealers and with aquarist friends:
- Are there already experiences and keeping reports that assure that the new animal can live in other suitably equipped aquariums without ever having caused problems?
- Is there any experience of invertebrates (crustaceans, hermits, mussels, snails) or corals being attacked by other inhabitants such as fish of the same or a different species?
- Is any information known or expected about a possible change in dietary habits, e.g., from a plant-based diet to a meat-based diet?
- Do the desired animals leave the reef structure "alone", do they constantly change it (boring starfish, digger gobies, parrotfish, triggerfish) and thus disturb or displace other co-inhabitants?
- do new animals tend to get diseases repeatedly and very quickly and can they be treated?
- Do known peaceful animals change their character in the course of their life and become aggressive?
- Can the death of a new animal possibly even lead to the death of the rest of the stock through poisoning (possible with some species of sea cucumbers)?
- Last but not least the keeper of the animals has to be included in the "reef safety", there are actively poisonous, passively poisonous animals, animals that have dangerous biting or stinging weapons, animals with extremely strong nettle poisons, these have to be (er)known and a plan of action should have been made in advance in case of an attack on the aquarist (e.g. telephone numbers of the poison control center, the treating doctor, the tropical institute etc.).
If all questions are evaluated positively in the sense of the animal(s) and the keeper, then one can assume a "reef safety".
