Hybrid Onyx perc with Black Ocellaris

[Sanjay]

Recently my odd couple - Onyx percula and black ocellaris decided to spawn. I was able to raise a couple of batches of these. Here is a short article describing my experience with these.


http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum...d-couple-percula-onyx-x-ocellaris-darwin.html

The first surviving batch is now about 5 months old, and starting to develop some black coloration.

sanjay.

 

[PSam]

Very cool & great photos.

Looking forward to see how that 2nd batch progresses.

 

[joshsaul]

Great read, thanks!

 

[Lmecher]

That was wonderful, thanks for sharing your experience. I have an ocellaris pair that has just spawned, I got mine for Christmas. I also have an odd couple, a perc onyx w/black and white ocellaris, hmm. I have decided however to seperate them. I am planning to get another onyx, keeping the breed pure. I am planning to raise a batch of ocellaris soon.

 

[Sanjay]

Here are some latest pics of 2 that I moved out of growout into my 55G tank. They seem to have the ocellaris face with the percula eyes. They also have the ocellaris trait of the third stripe developing rather quickly unlike the onyx percs where it takes a long time to develop.

sanjay.

 

[Lmecher]

That is a beautiful baby, I love the black coloration, pretty interesting.

 

[Doni]

Excellent read. Thanks for sharing.
They're beautiful juveniles!

 

[NirvanaFan]

Congrats on rearing the fish this far. Nice article with some great pics as well! I noticed in the article you said that a picture of your larval catcher would be posted. Would you mind sharing a few pictures of it? I've been using the old "dunk the cup in the water" method to catch my baby clowns but I can't ever get the whole clutch. I built a catcher at one point, but wasn't happy with the results.

Thanks

 

[Sanjay]

These guys have been developing nicely for me. They are now at around 7 months old.

Around mid Jan I sold a few to people in the Manhattan area and it has been rather interesting to see how they are developing in other tanks. They started thread with pictures, and here is a link to it, where you can see the development.

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/photography/57140-sanjays-clowns-club.html

sanjay.

 

[Haddonisreef]

I really like the clown with the most Blk that you are keeping. Awesome read.

 

[Sanjay]

Yeah.. this one is starting to look awesome. I hope its color does not change anymore.

sanjay.

 

[michellejy]

That is beautiful. I saw your thread on MOFIB, and it is so interesting to see how these have developed.

 

[z's_N_p's]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14750371#post14750371 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sanjay
Yeah.. this one is starting to look awesome. I hope its color does not change anymore.

sanjay.

WOW!!!! nuff said!!!!

 

[fote03]

Very nice! Are u going to sell any on here? I would be interested in a pair!

 

[unbreakable]

woww. that would be awesome if you sold these!

 

[traveller7]

Let's not have sales and trade questions spill over into the discussion forums and ruin an informational post.

Thanks folks.

 

[rastarainy]

wow that looks amazing. the orange is so vibrate and bright!!

 

[this is me]

Sanjay,
Great looking fish! How many dorsal spine does it have? is it consistent with all the clowns?

 

[Diver Dan SD]

AWESOME!!!
I have a onyx and B+W occi pair as well!
Hoping someday they spawn!

 

[rkelman]

Wow Sanjay. That's a pretty awesome fish. You should try and get a pair of those and see if you can get them to spawn. It might be the next big thing Very nice fish. Are any of them full perfect bars? All the pics I see are misbars.