A new rare clown fish?

[mapleredta]

Taken off of RC:http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1706214">http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1706214</a>
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Wonder what kind of coin he will make off of these.

 

[steve]

Satan clowns.

 

[dakota9]

They look blind, or maybe albino

 

[tnyga]

albino I think

 

[mapleredta]

Dakota9;394098 wrote: They look blind, or maybe albino

They are not albino, they are amelanistic. They lack black but still retain some pigments.

 

[tnyga]

mapleredta;394101 wrote: They are not albino, they are amelanistic. They lack black but still retain some pigments.

Uhhhhh Yeah....what he said :lol2:

 

[mapleredta]

tnyga;394103 wrote: Uhhhhh Yeah....what he said :lol2:

LOL I copied and pasted it from that link. I'm not that smart.:lol2:

 

[weaglereefer]

Now was it one batch of offspring, or does he have them breeding like that? I think my first call would be to ORA to see what they offered, of course after giving a few pairs to local breeders.

 

[rbredding]

look freaky to me... I like my clowns "traditional".. not mis-striped or otherwise "rare"

 

[jennm]

I rather like the plain, ordinary, not mutated ones too.

I saw every kind of ORA clown over the weekend - while the "Platinum" ones are a genetic curiosity, I don't find them very attractive - but to each his own.

I don't find the McCullough's very appealing either - but at least they seem to be true to their natural appearance - I just don't see the appeal for $5-6K per pair. Rare, yes - that justifies the cost I guess, but if I were to spend that kind of dough I'd want something that had a huge "wow" factor - even to the casual observer.

To each his/her own I guess.

Jenn

 

[jmaneyapanda]

mapleredta;394101 wrote: They are not albino, they are amelanistic. They lack black but still retain some pigments.

Albinism is amelanism.:yes:

There are one and the same.

 

[smoothie]

Nice find. Could be a good low light addition. We'll have to name the first one Powder

 

[jason sartain]

That fish has got DEVIL EYE'S,I wonder if they would fight with Angel fish?

 

[mapleredta]

jmaneyapanda;394141 wrote: Albinism is amelanism.:yes:

There are one and the same.

I thought they were albino too. I was just copying and pasting from a post in that thread.

 

[skriz]

John Lauth spoke about these at the first meeting of the year.

 

[glxtrix]

JennM;394119 wrote: I rather like the plain, ordinary, not mutated ones too.

I saw every kind of ORA clown over the weekend - while the "Platinum" ones are a genetic curiosity, I don't find them very attractive - but to each his own.

I don't find the McCullough's very appealing either - but at least they seem to be true to their natural appearance - I just don't see the appeal for $5-6K per pair. Rare, yes - that justifies the cost I guess, but if I were to spend that kind of dough I'd want something that had a huge "wow" factor - even to the casual observer.

To each his/her own I guess.

Jenn

+1......billion, lol.

 

[skriz]

Skriz;394592 wrote: John Lauth spoke about these at the first meeting of the year.

Or was it Jake Adams? One of the two anyway!

 

[swfk44]

thinking about creamsiciles for some reason

 

[jmaneyapanda]

This whole topic baffles me, kinda. People should buy what moves them. To me, "wow factor" is kinda moot. I think yellow tangs are one of THE most "wow factor"ish fish out there, but I wouldnt have one in my tank, because they do absolutely nothing for me. Then again, I wouldnt spend $200, no less $2000 (no less $20,000) that many people will spend on jewelry, shoes, cars, furniture, tvs, blah, blah, blah.