Well, the update is that I hatched a spwan last night. So far, very good results with 100% hatches. I will try to take a picture of my oldest baby with "snowflake" patterns this weekend so everyone can see the color progression.

Looking forward to it!!!!!!!!

Where are those pics!!!!!!!

you are all about causing trouble arent you?

Why did you come over here to push buttons? Keep it out of my thread.

i thought these threads were about teaching about and sharing awesome fish. when did it stop?

Not sure why that was brought to my thread.

im so sorry master, my bad master. It will never happen again master. PFFFFFFFFT!!! take a chill pill.

do you have any new pics?

Yes, I do!

Here pics from the lone survivor from the very first spawn!

Very nice.. I really like the looks of her.

Thank you!

sweet is that the only survivor?

The only survivor from the first spawn. I have many more, but they are currently in systems that you can only see in from the top down. When old enough to move to the actual tanks, and don't die from shock when they are netted up (because they are so young), I will take pics of more!

Good lookin fish!!!!!!

Do you have any pictures of snowflakes? Or are they all just regular ocellaris and semi's?

looking forward to seeing more pics...

if those end up being snowflakes u could make millions lol, dont they sell for like $200 ea?

hey john,

looks like youre about to have a lot of fish! are you gonna build a growout in your garage to house all of these guys?

I already have a growout system and holding system built.

Would that one be considered a Grade A, Grade B, or actually a "Snowflake"? I figured to be a Snowflake it would have to have connected patterns.

That is FANTASTIC that you got them to breed and have had that much success. Congratulations!

How long do you think it will be until you can tell if you have any with more white on their bodies' like this girl?
I'm trying to find a male or a juvie for her. Have any shown Black body color with the snowflake pattern?



Thanks a ton,
Kevin

bump

Illidan, thanks for the bump! Sorry I haven't posted in a while, been very busy moving and my wife is expecting our new baby boy any day! Good news though because the place where I moved has a 900 sq ft garage and that is where I am building my new breeding/rearing systems. I just got done installing a Trane XL15i A/C to heat and cool the garage and I am almost finished with the new systems so I will post pictures when it is done.

how are the babies doing?? any for sale yet?

i read this whole thread and congrats on them breeding. im trying to breed picassos got any tips on breeding them?

Patience...that is the biggest tip I can give you. Also, warming up the water seems to help getting things moving along.



First, welcome to nano-reef.com! Second, glad you asked! The babies are doing great, a few are going to be released to my LFS (Fish and Other Ichthy Stuff in Oldsmar, FL). And when he can't take anymore I will most likely have them available on my website (which needs some re-doing). The first one I am releasing is actually being donated to the mentioned above LFS for a raffle which all proceeds will go to All Childrens Hospital in St. Pete, FL. I am happy and proud to do this as it is a great place for kids when they unfortunatly need it most (my son was treated there when he needed eye surgery).

As far as the babies go, a very large percentage have snowflake patterns, with most being semi-snowflakes. Their color is a very dark orange with a lot of black outlining at a young age. The baby below is around 4-5 months in age and has not, I repeat has not been fed any color enhancers! SO, just imagine how they are going to look once I start adding some cyclopeeze and Naturose to their diet! Fairly confident that none of them are going to be black snowflakes. But their orange will likely darken as they age.

Want

ok thanks

No problem, just shoot me a PM if you have any other questions!

Do you have babies for sale now or the next 2 weeks?

As I stated above,

Most likely not in the next 2 weeks....but soon!

Ok ill probrally shoot you a pm here soon because the female clownfish acting kinda funny and what do you think the price would be for a snowflake.

PM sent!

very nice... congrats on raising some nice clowns... maybe on the next batch, you'll get a surprise and get a much darker SnowFlakes, not black but really dark...

That would be nice

its nice to see a local doing this and john is a great guy to deal with. one day i will have to get another pair of flakes. my tmc's decided to kill each other after being with each other 4 years

I've had pairs do that....it sucks!

Looks as if ORA has released the same type of ocellaris! They are calling their morph "Black Ice."

http://reefbuilders.com/2010/06/02/black-i...ras-freak-week/

any updated pics

I'll post some when I get home, did you see the one on display at FAOIS that was for the charity raffle?

Nice thread..... Sweet looking fish!!!! would love to see a pix of your system that you created for this!!

interracial clown sex the internet does have it all

i just seen the guy who won it post a pic up, looks realy cool

Here is a pic of some of my S'mores (Black Ice). Look how different two weeks of color enhancing with cyclopeeze has done!

Those like some high quality clownfish you have there.

The coloration is so bright and they look really healthy.

I saw your for sale thead and it is very tempting, thinking on it.

Again nice job, beautiful clownfish.

Those clowns are awesome, you have done a great job. I saw the sales thread thats a very reasonable price. How old are the parents?

I agree... beautiful fish. DO you have any close ups? Can you see the ICE markings?

Thank you!



Female is now 5 years old and the male is 2 years old.



Thank you! I wish I had some close ups, but these guys are way too active for my camera skills or the quality of my camera

Those clownfish look great! Hey have you ever checked out Marine Warehouse? Or do you know of anywhere else that's better around Tampa?

Yes, I've been to Marine Warehouse many times. However, Fish and Other Ichthy Stuff in Oldsmar is the best LFS in the Tampa/Orlando/Space Coast area, IMO.