any local lfs or breeder have this fish>>>>
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IMO the Picasso is much better looking 
sulcata1619
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Too much for a fish. I'd spend that on a coral in a heartbeat
sfsuphysics
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Blah...someone breeds a mutation and people go ga-ga over it. *sigh* But I guess it's ok because they're "tank bred"
dantodd
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I know about their pair. There are actually a couple good pics in the clownfish forum of the male who is the misbar. The female of the pair is normally barred.
It does appear that the mis-barring is genetic and not just a matter of poor nutrition/grow out tank parameters which seems to cause a lot of the less dramatic mis-barring that we see.
Depending upon who you ask it seems that a very small percentage of the offspring of picasso producers are actually dramatically mis-barred. What AC had were either less dramatic mis-bars from this pair or significantly mis-barred clowns from another pair. I am fairly certain they were labeled picasso.
Of course, this is the problem with common names. These names like onyx, snowflake, jigsaw etc. are all unrelated to the species of the fish, they area color morph and as such there are no real rules to what one might call the fish or which fish can have the names applied.
It does appear that the mis-barring is genetic and not just a matter of poor nutrition/grow out tank parameters which seems to cause a lot of the less dramatic mis-barring that we see.
Depending upon who you ask it seems that a very small percentage of the offspring of picasso producers are actually dramatically mis-barred. What AC had were either less dramatic mis-bars from this pair or significantly mis-barred clowns from another pair. I am fairly certain they were labeled picasso.
Of course, this is the problem with common names. These names like onyx, snowflake, jigsaw etc. are all unrelated to the species of the fish, they area color morph and as such there are no real rules to what one might call the fish or which fish can have the names applied.
dantodd
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Not sure what you mean. I know that there is only one pair producing picasso, as I said. I have heard that only a very small number of their fry are maketable as picasso. The only person I know of at ORA is oama on the boards and AFAIK he has declined to say exactly what percentage. I don't blame him, that can be pretty confidential info. The numbers I've heard range from less than 1% to as much as 10% though I doubt the higher number.
Apparently TMC is even more secretive about the pair they have that is producing snowflakes. That or they simply don't have anyone here on RC or the clown boards.
Newreeflady
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Am I the only one who thinks those are ugly fish? lol!!
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smellyfish
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I've got to agree with Newreeflady, I'm not too attracted to that fish, it looks like someone got sick and hurled all over it and it is dripping down the side of the fish.
