Royal Clown vs. Regular Clown

[Chad55]

How do you tell the difference between royal clowns and regular clowns?

Chad

[Pangong_ilong]

Royal clowns got lines in their sides, while the common ones, got spots.

[sypher]

Royal clowns got lines in their sides, while the common ones, got spots.

yeppers :iagree: :iagree: :iagree:

[Chad55]

What is the normal price for them cuz they have some that are kinda on the border line of lines and spots at my lfs. I was considering growing one out for a bigger tank down the road or possibly just for the fun of it.

Chad

[dodgefreak8]

this is a royal
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/dodgefreak8/000_0241.jpg
they go for around $40.00 at this size (9") or so. If the Knife you are questioning is still under 4" you can't tell if its a royal. All Clown knives start with stripes but noraml clowns stripes will start to turn to spots. Thats why they might be "borderline" stripes.

[Chad55]

They are labeled as royals and the biggest one is probably about 4". Royals only grow to about 20" right? Thank you

Chad

[thefishofdoom]

i think royals get as big as regular clown knifes correctme if im wrong.

[dodgefreak8]

there is no difference in growth between royals and normal clowns. They are jsut a type of color morph

[thefishofdoom]

thats what i thought so i was right after all

[USMCtanker]

im thinking of geting one but dont know to much about them and how they do in a tank and with take mates

[dodgefreak8]

I keep mine with my 14" aro, 2-3.5" clown loaches, 1 5" fei feng, and a 7" pictus cat and he only gets pissed when the aro gets real close to his territory. other than that sple rules apply. Make sure tankmates won't fit into its mouth.

[loach43]

Make sure tankmates won't fit into its mouth.
:iagree:

Just a note to mention that they have bigger mouths than they appear to have.
I'd be paranoid to put a tankmate in with one unless it was half as large or more.

[thefishofdoom]

i would not worry on tank mates that are more tall than slender like silver dollars or pacus. but unlike picke cichlids and other torpedo shaped fish they should be at least the size of the knife but there are exceptions.