Is this really what ORA clowns look like?

[richardhmc]

http://www.orafarm.com/images/true_percula.jpg

These are really their true perculas?

 

[masterswimmer]

One of them probably looked extremely similar to that (before they cleaned up the picture with some photoshop ).

 

[richardhmc]

I did not expect ORA true percs to be so... different?
http://www.nano-reef.com/fish/?fish=6

Do they have this kind of true perc too?

 

[Chris Jury]

I did not expect ORA true percs to be so... different?
http://www.nano-reef.com/fish/?fish=6

Do they have this kind of true perc too?

What difference(s) between the clowns in the two photos are you asking about? There's quite a lot of individual variation in terms of amount of black, shade of orange, etc.

 

[richardhmc]

I thought what made the true perculas what they are are the thicker bolder black lines with a lighter yellow color. The ORA variation looks like a false with minimum black and with that shade of orange. Does it matter what area of the world they are from?

 

[Chris Jury]

Perculas often have more black on them than A. occellaris, but the amount of black is highly variable betwen individuals. Some are half black, or even more black than orange, but many look rather similar to A. occellaris, or have just a bit thicker black edging around their bars. The shade of orange/yellow is also variable among individuals, but seems to be strongly influenced by the diet the larvae receive. Without the proper pigments when the larvae are growing they'll be basically yellow, with more of the pigments (e.g., from food like cyclopeeze) and they tend to be a more brialliant orange. Individuals still vary though.

The one in the ORA pick looks like a youngish A. percula to my eyes, and they tend to develop more black as they age. That one will, I bet, get thick black lines as it grows older.

Hope that helps,

Chris

 

[straightjiggy10]

ORA usually a little more pale in color also