Can someone point me to a pair of true Onyx percs?
- Thread starter Maximus
- Start date
Ginger bay
New member
Right now, the best color C-Quest Onyx is from Booyah's Reef. Jet black starting at around 4 months old.
Hatchery that has nice form in their Onyx but the color not so exciting is from Sea & Reef. SA hatchery has them too but most of the ones I've seen had bodies too long and not proportional.
Hatchery that has nice form in their Onyx but the color not so exciting is from Sea & Reef. SA hatchery has them too but most of the ones I've seen had bodies too long and not proportional.
CoralsAddiction
Active member
I see them once in a while but almost every single one I bought came down with Brook and died. The Solomon clowns are truly gorgeous and it's a shame they come in bad shape.
D-Nak
Active member
I've been tracking Onyx percs for a few years now (I used to breed them). None of the captive bred ones I've seen look very nice, for the reasons previously mentioned. The big breeders don't seem to care about good color or form anymore. I can also confirm that Rod is not breeding clowns anymore.
In three years or so, I've only seen one wild pair of onyx clowns at a LFS. I am too looking for a wild pair to add to my broodstock. My understanding is that the PNG fisheries may start exporting clowns again. Hopefully will see some nice onyx clowns in the future.
In three years or so, I've only seen one wild pair of onyx clowns at a LFS. I am too looking for a wild pair to add to my broodstock. My understanding is that the PNG fisheries may start exporting clowns again. Hopefully will see some nice onyx clowns in the future.
CoralsAddiction
Active member
I bought these wild clowns locally couple of weeks ago. They died within several days. They were gorgeous.
Ginger bay
New member
I bought these wild clowns locally couple of weeks ago. They died within several days. They were gorgeous.
Absolutely gorgeous!
CoralsAddiction
Active member
Yup :/
ThRoewer
New member
I bought these wild clowns locally couple of weeks ago. They died within several days. They were gorgeous.
They looked pretty good and were for sure salvageable with a formalin dip. Maybe followed by a methylene blue dip to kill of eventual secondary bacterial infections.
I've pulled much worse looking percula back from the grave.
Wild clowns, especially percula, ocellaris and premnas, almost always come with brook and have to go straight into a freshwater or better formalin bath or you risk loosing them.
Also, the sooner you get them out of the clumsy hands of the usually uneducated fish store staff, the better.
Unfortunately here most stores don't even order them anymore. You guys in SoCal are lucky.
Next time you see more than you want for yourself, let me know.
CoralsAddiction
Active member
Unfortunately I had been there before. Check my old thread: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2451046
even with formalin it's hard (not impossible) to bring them back because these 45 mins formalin baths for several days can eventually deal a big blow to clowns.
I'll let you know if I see wild onyx clown. They do appear here once in a while, October being the month when I saw them the most.
CoralsAddiction
Active member
To OP:
Sorry, I didn't mean to make this thread about my failed attempts at keeping wild caught onyx clowns. Ebay will sometimes have some ok looking tank raised Onyx clowns. Also, iBluewater but they are pricey on their website.
Sorry, I didn't mean to make this thread about my failed attempts at keeping wild caught onyx clowns. Ebay will sometimes have some ok looking tank raised Onyx clowns. Also, iBluewater but they are pricey on their website.
CoralsAddiction
Active member
Indeed he stopped breeding and is focusing on his food brand. I've been in your shoes before (still kinda am) and was asking everyone I could where to find some good Onyx clowns.
Last edited:
ThRoewer
New member
When you started treating them it was already too late. With these guys you need to start before you see symptoms and then often one formalin bath is enough to prevent an outbreak. You can do the full TTM/formalin dip regiment after they are stable and eating.
I just saved a badly infected ocellaris at a local store here with one single bath. The key is to put them afterwards in a tank that isn't infected.
And sometime you also need to treat them with antibiotics for external and internal bacterial infections, especially fresh percula.
When I saved mine in the late 90s I used different baths: Freshwater with methylene blue and saltwater with iodine followed by a week with antibiotics (Septra). 80% of them survived.
RightCoastReef
New member
There's a really nice pair at my LFS store...I'll ask them where the got them next time I go in
CoralsAddiction
Active member
I picked up a pair of Solomon Island Onyx clowns today and started a new thread
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2498924
Ginger bay
New member
Disease can hit any clownfish if they are stressed. Shipping does stress them out. So, a perfectly healthy tank raise or wild caught can get sick after any stressful situation as the stress compromises their immune system. Always good to be proactive and treat all clownfishes in QT before they go into display tank
Similar threads
