Ocellaris Clownfish (Black & White)

Overview

The Black & White Ocellaris is a striking captive-bred colour variant of the standard ocellaris clownfish, with the usual orange base colour replaced almost entirely by black, offset by clean white banding. It retains all the hardiness and easy-going nature of the standard ocellaris while offering a completely different look for the display tank.

As a fully captive-bred fish it tends to be very disease-resistant and well adapted to aquarium conditions, making it one of the easiest and most reliable marine fish available for new and experienced keepers alike.

It shares the same social and hosting behaviours as other ocellaris variants, readily adopting a host anemone or coral if one is available, though it does perfectly well without one.

Compatibility

Black & White Ocellaris Clownfish are generally peaceful but can become territorial once paired or established with a host, particularly toward other clownfish added later. They mix well with the vast majority of reef community fish, gobies, wrasses, and peaceful tangs.

They are fully reef safe and won't bother corals or invertebrates.

Health & quarantine

Being captive-bred, this variant is typically very hardy and disease-resistant, transitioning easily onto prepared aquarium foods. A standard quarantine period of two to four weeks is still good practice, though this species generally has few issues during acclimation.