Amphiprion sebae (Yellow-tail fish)

The fundamental coloring is dark brown with noiratrus. The body carries two white bands, the second of which extends on the dorsal fin. The latter tends to be reduced with age.

The Sebae amphiprion, also known as Sebae's clownfish or black-tailed clown fish, is a salt water fish native to the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. It is a member of the Pomaccentridae family, which also includes common clow fish.

Sebae's clownfish is characterized by its bright orange color, with black strips running along its body. Its tail is black, which distinguishes it from other clowns fish. The mouth of the Sebae clownfish is small and sharp, and it has two back fins. Its adult size is generally about 10 cm, although some individuals can reach 15 cm long.

Sebae's clownfish is generally found alive in coral reefs, where it is mainly feeding on small invertebrates such as shrimp and molluscs. Sebae's clownfish is famous for its symbiotic relationship with sea anemones, with which it lives in harmony. Sebae's clownfish takes refuge in the anemone tentacles, thus protecting itself from predators, while anemone feeds the waste produced by clown fish.

Sebae's clownfish is a lonely fish in the wild, but it can be kept in group aquarium with other non-aggressive clowns. In the aquarium, they can be fed with frozen plankton, shrimp and algae. They need an aquarium of at least 30 gallons with a filter, good circulation of water and rocks to hide. Sebae's clownfish is considered an easy-to-maintain aquarium fish for aquarophilia beginners.

The laying of laying follows the following diagram: the torque actively cleans the place of the future laying. This location is directly linked to the presence of an anemone which will ensure very effective protection of the eggs. Cleaning the substrate starts three to four hours before laying. Inter and intraspecific aggressiveness increases considerably throughout this period. The territory with the couple is afterwards if necessary. The laying begins at the end of the afternoon. The female deposits her first rosaries of eggs by describing circles or arcs of the circle. The male immediately repeats the same movements and deposits its seed. Sometimes he interrupts fertilization to repel an intruder or to provide first -handed egg first aid. The laying lasts about sixty minutes. The slightly tinted eggs have a diameter of about a millimeter. The average quantity lays is about a thousand eggs. At a temperature of approximately 27 ° C, the incubation lasts eight to nine days. Logging often begins in the evening and continues until the next morning. Sometimes latecomers hatch the following night. From birth, the tiny fry rides on the surface and seek their first food among plankton. The first ten days following hatching are surely the most critical of the whole existence of amphiprion. They are often an insurmountable test for newborn and aquariophiles. The braids of marine species are indeed very significant than those of the dulcea -speaking species. It is therefore necessary to provide sufficient and consumable food to fry. The latter with a very small mouth, can only swallow microorganisms forming plankton. The cultivation of rotifers of the genus Brachyonus, fed by planktonic algae of the genus Dunaliella, seems to allow this feeding of the first moments and announces better days, both for fish and for breeders. Other successful food tests were carried out from cultivation of ciliates. If luck is with you, a fortnight after hatching, you can appreciate the first "chalcted" swimming characteristic of amphipries.