juvenile cinnamon clowns.

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GinaReef
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juvenile cinnamon clowns. - Saturday, March 9, 2013 11:31 PM
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I have 2 juvenile cinnamon clowns about 3 months old.
I was wondering that since they are a variety that has only one stripe as adults, when do the juveniles loose their extra stripes.
Since there are only 2 of them, I expect that they will pair off and become male and female fairly early. 
When they settled one had a full head stripe and a full midbody stripe , the other had a full head stripe and a partial body stripe.  Now both have partial body stripes.  So I'm wondering if they take their adult coloring when they assume their sex.

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Re:juvenile cinnamon clowns. - Tuesday, March 12, 2013 11:30 AM
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I have cinnamon babies that have lost the extra stripes by three or four months but I also have babies that are 8 months and still have some of the extra stripes. I think it's going to have more to do with the size of the fish, and since you have only the two they might grow quick and loose them faster. I have also noticed a good amount of variation in when thier fins turn black and when thier sides darken.