Good source for breeding pair of Clownfish?

[Sosee]

Wife wants a pair of breeding Clownfish. Does anyone have a preferred source?

Not sure yet which type but knowing her she will want something rare. lol

Any advice, leads etc will be appreciated. I am guessing this is not a LFS sort of thing.


Chris

 

[Peter Hall]

I feel like "breeding" pairs command a stupid retail price. Your best bet is just pair them up yourself. Get a large clown and a small one and bam you have babies. I had a large female true perc for 1.5 years, added a small juvi and within a month they were laying clutches regularly.

 

[Sosee]

Ok...which one of you folks showed my wife the Lightning Maroon Clownfish???

F-Me! She wants a pair! I showed her the prices....she showed me a picture of my new plane.

I am screwed! rofl

 

[Fly5150]

Ok...which one of you folks showed my wife the Lightning Maroon Clownfish???

F-Me! She wants a pair! I showed her the prices....she showed me a picture of my new plane.

I am screwed! rofl

Thought I read somewhere you cNt pair 2 lightings. I think you do one lightning and one gold stripe. I have been wrong before.


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[Sosee]

Yea...thats my understanding as well. However this does not stop my wife from the whole "they are cute! I want a pair honey" and "we can just get three right?"

Oh and she doesn't want just any pair...what she likes are of course, the most bloody expensive ones on the planet.

C'est la Vie.

 

[lurking]

[MENTION=21]jimmy007[/MENTION] always seems to have nice breeding clowns and lightnings as well. He will be at the LARS frag swap

 

[Sosee]

Awesome. I will try and catch up with him there then.

Chris

 

[BeanMachine]

This weekend is the SCRK meeting at Age of Aquariums in Signal Hill. A lightning maroon clown will be raffled off.

 

[Justkeepswimming]

They are actually not that expensive anymore.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sea-and-Ree...216?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27f0bdf828

 

[BeanMachine]

They are actually not that expensive anymore.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sea-and-Ree...216?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27f0bdf828

Nice.

 

[Justkeepswimming]

Nice.

Yeah I thought I would share my findings with others even though I am not a fan...

 

[BeanMachine]

Yeah I thought I would share my findings with others even though I am not a fan...

Yeah I feel you... Maroon clowns are arseholes... but the lightning clowns are really cool looking fish so worth it to many.

 

[Justkeepswimming]

Yeah I feel you... Maroon clowns are arseholes... but the lightning clowns are really cool looking fish so worth it to many.

Completely agree. Everyone has their own style and that's why this hobby is so great! I would be bored if I just saw Picasso clowns everywhere! lol

 

[Sosee]

This weekend is the SCRK meeting at Age of Aquariums in Signal Hill. A lightning maroon clown will be raffled off.

That's cool. Going to be out of town this weekend though.
I don't mind buying at a few hundred per fish.
Some of the prices I saw were a few thousand per fish and that seems a bit over the top.


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EDIT: I have not yet done a compatibility work up on Lightning Maroons. I will though to be sure. Never introduce anything without making sure it will play nice and not eat its tank mates.