Breeding non-matched clowns

[stevetcg]

Im not sure if I am asking this right, but if the male is a full Occ and the female is a partial misbar Occ, will their offspring be all misbar, a mix, or less of a misbar than the female?

 

[clowns101]

You would get full bars and mis bars.I could breed 2 full bar clowns and get mis bars.It just whats in the genetics of the clownfish!

 

[jt_milstead]

You dont know for sure what you are going to get......Most likely a mix..

 

[stevetcg]

Basically its a question of genetics. Can a misbar clown rear a full bar clown?

Can an orange Occ rear a black Occ?

 

[clowns101]

I would say the chances of a mis bar producing a full bar clown are possible but not something seen every hatch.I would say that it is possible.

A Ocellaris producing a full black Ocellaris clown?
I dont think that would be quite possible.If it did happen the color of the fish would really be a muddy coloration...IMO

 

[Arc Katana]

Its as many posted above - genetics. However assuming that a misbar is a recessive trait (which is pretty safe since the "normal" clown doesn't have them), you'd have better luck breeding misbars with each other. This isn't to say you won't get misbars from two "normal" clowns, you will. Your chance at misbars would just be higher is all. Some clowns just don't misbar that often (clarkii come to mind), where others (Maroons in particular) seem to have a pretty high number of them.

Check out Joyce Wilkinson's book "Clownfish" for everything and more you'd want to know about breeding these guys!

Good luck.

 

[bues0022]

Joyce's book is fairly old and outdated. There has been a HUGE amount of progress in the past 13 years! There is better information on the internet, if you can find some of the reputable breeders to talk to.