Clownfish - Half Black Photons

[Sanjay]

I was able to sucessfully back cross the mother (female onyx ocellaris) with her progeny - black photon (Onyx Perc X Black Ocellaris). So the original black photon hybrids are not sterile. !

Will be interesting to see how much black these will eventually develop.

sanjay.

 

[davocean]

HOLY COW are those awesome shots!
I read that you originally started these from a mix of perc/occ but lost the original male, is that correct?

 

[Sanjay]

Yes, the original Black photon were from the pairing of a Female Onyx Perc and a Black Ocellaris male. The original male died and I paired the remaining female with one of her black photon offspring. This is the result of this pairing.

I gave a few to my friends and they tell me that theirs have developed a lot of black in them. I guess pairing them and putting them in a reef with good water quality accelerated the color development.

sanjay.

 

[Maximus]

Very nice, Sanjay!

 

[rkelman]

Congrats. I love those shots. Its cool when they beg for food isn't it? I swear they would eat themselves to death if you let them. They are always begging.

 

[Neoz]

Congratulations on your success. They look awesome. Please post more shots of them as they mature. I'm very curious how much black they will have as well. Great job.

 

[SupaJoe]

congrats on the fish they look really nice and i hope they do get the black on them

 

[Sanjay]

I had given a few of these from a earlier batch to a friend of mine (Jim from House of Fish in New York), and he was kind enough to send me pictures of 2 of the pairs. Interestingly his have developed nice blacks on them. It seems separating them, and putting them in better environment has helped the black to develop quicker.

Looks like these will be just as unique as the original Black Photons.

sanjay.

 

[oceancube1]

congrats sanjay, ive always wondered what happen to these clowns. thanks to you ive gotten into breeding clowns which i will post pics as well soon..keep it up

 

[solitude127]

That's pretty cool.

 

[jt_milstead]

At one point i was about to buy a pair from LiveAquaria, but they were already sold. I would set up a 2nd take for a pair if you ever sell for sure.

 

[ocfishaddicts]

how exciting!!! thank you for sharing such great pictures!!! we have a "inter-racial" orange and black osc pair also that just layed eggs... was curious what they would look like. will attempt to raise them (very nervous - we'll hope for the best...)

interesting on the environment influencing the coloring

thanks again for sharing. i started a post if you wanted to share any thoughts/support as well.

warmest regards

=)

 

[DxSOR25]

wow those fish have developed some beautiful color

 

[bues0022]

I think one of the best things about this information is knowing the offspring of an ocellaris/percula pairing are not sterile. Many people use the mule example to show inter-species offspring will be sterile, but it looks like mother-nature isn't a one-trick-pony (no pun intended). Thanks for the information.