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eazy al

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The perfect combo:)snowcasso X c - quest onyx

Hi my name is al and I'm addicted to clownfish ever since my ocullaris pair started laying back in late 09 I've been reading research like crazy on that summer ever since I was hooked*
I said good bye to my corals "softies"& a few cheap lps. Anyways that's when I started collecting as time went by and doing research and looking at other that breed or try to breed like me is to pick the perfect pair .you need good lineage and understand were these guy "your clownfish"came from i track down lineage back as much as possible. It's you clownfish you are breeding and you want the best or try that's if you hobby is to collect & trying to breed like myself.but if you have a nice pair of clownfish and they lay and you are trying to raise them just for the heck of it.its ok no need to go crazy on the lineage**.my favorite clownfish in the hobby would be bill Addison c- quest lineage .This man coin the word "onyx" on the black percula he bred .well I have a few offsprings from a breeder pair that was use on the facility from breeding "production "this pair are regular onyx that the offsprings a low % came out with extra white paterns pretty rare on a onyx .semi Picasso like.but with no picasso mix in them. Pretty sweet huh! That's my male....

now the female second I love picasso what I love about picassos is that they all have uunique paterns. and who doesn't like their picasso with out a spartan helmet? So I chose the perfect domestic picasso/snowcasso from donis reef .I purchased her from a Mrmmember zookeeper very nice guy.he got her I believe in 09.reason I picked that one 2.5 years ago was because when doni was first starting she was having problems with her pair I believe she was getting a lot defects .bUT she never release any deformed clownfish she is a hight believer of "culling "putting them down**but this practice is needed that's why her clowns are always good quality and they cost much because you get what you pay for. So she decide to fix her lineage because her first pair was ora so there was to much inbred who knows how many generation back .so she took "wild cought" true percula with one of her breeding picasso had offsprings and those offsprings were bred back to the first pair because those offsprings were generation F1 fresh star for that lineage .When you get a clownfish from these big companies you are getting like F6 - F7 generation .so this is why I picked donisreef as a specimens and by me adding both of my favorite clownfish specific features and a big + not related as in brother sister by blood at all = less defamation , I'm hoping .it took me 18 month to find her the perfect mate she killed 2 off my onyx male and beat the crap out of 4 almost dead I was determined to pair her up .I got a few tips from a breeder friend of mines in Florida richie aka rrcg50 helped me with the pairing and Christosclowns aka erik gave me a pointner that I had forgotten to stimulate them to lay eggs. 18 month later and we have eggs from this pair .they started laying 1.5 month ago I'm a bit rusty i collected maybe 40 larvae from this hatch on January 24, 2014 .I'll keep you guys posted .and here are a few pictures and videos .If you guys have any questions lmk.
 

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eazy al

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There's many ways try them and some may work and others won't it's upto the pair .The one way is I'm sure you read this all the time feed them like 4-7 times a day .That's why you see a lot of cyano in my tank
feed, feed, feed .maybe you clownfish don't wanna eat after a while .The way you make them eat is to slowly raise their temp that makes them hyper gets them moving fast they need to exchange oxygen but with salinity that most of you guy keep is won't work because you guys keep is at 1.24-1.25 I drop my salinity at 1.16-1.17 slowly temperature at 85?also slowly this will make their metabolism work faster you will see them more active heart rate speeds up like the been working out that makes them eat a lot .remember feed a little but several times a day because if you feed alot your tank will get dirty quicker feed them 5 times a day .I feed mines theraA+ with selcon when I remember cyclopeez 2-3 times a week and 1 - 2 times a day brine shrimp with sperilina with garlic extract for their ammune system can feed more if you want but one they start laying cut down on the shrimp because it's bad for the eggs to much of something in the shrimp that make the eggs harden so on hatch night the larvae won't be able to break thru if 2 month pass by and you see no action play with the temp drop it 2? see what happens if nothing jack up the salinity by .2 this is what was told to me and I researched and worked for me .Try to have pair by themselves makes them feel more comfortable. A little hair algae won't hurt.
 

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Not yet, the female has hopefully maxed out around 5.5 inches and the male is the one who i am waiting for to grow.

I got one other pair right now im working on but they are secret. they will make some crazy babies but they are not a very popular clown.

Percula and ocellaris are sexually mature at a much smaller size, clowns in clarki complex need to get to about 3-4 inches before they are good to go.

Now i just need to get rid of pygmy angel who has been nipping at anemones.
 

eazy al

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Not yet, the female has hopefully maxed out around 5.5 inchin mars and the male is the one who i am waiting for to grow.

other pair right now im working on but they are secret. they will make some crazy babies but they are not a very popular clown.

Percula and ocellaris are sexually mature at a much smaller size, clowns in clarki complex need to get to about 3-4 inches before they are good to go.

Now i just need to get rid of pygmy angel who has been nipping at anemones.

I wish i could get my hands on a theille pair not sure if i spelled it correctly a guy In Maryland has a female bonded with a mis - bar O.for 500$ he dont guaranteed live arrival
 

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I know the guy in Maryland very well and if it were me I would drive to him.

They are very very healthy fish and if I don't end up going to the Super Bowl you might have to stop me from getting um. Jk

If trade my gasters for Super Bowl tickets
 
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