It would be easy to overlook the broken stripe clownfish above in a tank full of domestic strains of picasso and snowflake clownfish, but this big girl was collected in the wild. C. V. Neptune Marine collected the broken stripe…
Juicy captive bred Amphiprion Mccullochi clownfish showed off by ORA
It’s been quite a while since we heard any news about the uber rare Mcculloch’s clownfish, Amphiprion mccullochi, but this weekend ORA treated visitors to their MACNA booth to some great looking small captive-bred specimens.Before the rare clownfish fanciers get…
Sustainable Aquatics’ Color-Changing Ocellaris Clownfish is a pretty wild mutation
Tennessee-based Sustainable Aquatics is releasing a new variety of Ocellaris Clownfish this week that they are calling the Color-Changing Ocellaris. These fish are the offspring from a single pair of normal Amphiprion ocellaris. Some of the offspring randomly undergo a…
Hybrid clownfish strikes again, this time it looks like a tomato x ocellaris
It’s not only special designer morph clownfish and insane man made hybrid clownfish that show the most unusual appearance in the aquarium trade, nature always has some interesting ‘crazy’ clownfish too too! Here I came up with a photograph of…
New lightning maroon clownfish video emerges showing a successful pairing
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98hthaSPkKM[/youtube] It only took 18 months but our very own Matt Pedersen has finally succeeded in growing up the lightning maroon clownfish and pairing it with compatible partner. When the lightning maroon clownfish was initially imported, it was so small…
Picasso Clarkii Clownfish video
When we first heard that Picasso clarkii were coming from Bali Aquarich, our initial thought was that these Amphiprion clarkii were only slightly picasso-barred. But once we saw the Picasso clarkii clownfish at House of Fins it was clear that…
Accidental clownfish hybrids abound at ORA
Hybrid clownfish mostly take a backseat to clownfish varieties in the marine aquarium captive breeding world but wild clownfish crosses like Thielli clownfish and white-cap clownfish are always in high demand. We tend to think of wild clownfish crosses as…
Acidic oceans can be causing “deafness” in fish
We know that acidic conditions can cause damage to sensitive corals on our reefs but a recent study on clownfish has shown that increased acidity in water can cause them to lose their hearing. The study used sounds of predators to see if the…
Exceptional captive-bred Latezonatus Clownfish
We’re not the first to sing the praises of this new offering that’s hooking rare fish hoarders and clownfish addicts alike. Heck, these aren’t the first captive-bred Latezonatus clownfish I’ve kept. I’ve been jonesing for more captive-bred Amphiprion latezonatus ever…
