Is ORA producing A. nigripes?

[phender]

The reason I ask is because I saw some tank raised nigripes today along with some TR fire clowns (A. ephippium), TR A. melanopus and TR tomato clowns. The tomato complex clowns looked very good. The nigripes were a little pale and many had breaks in their head bars (some looked a little like white-caps with black feet ). I was excited that they might be local (to me), but the person I talked to said they all came from Florida. I didn't asked from who. Stupid me.
So, did they come from ORA?

 

[traveller7]

They have bred them, but I have not seen any show up at the LFS's which bring in ORA locally.

http://www.orafarm.com/clownfish_species.html

Be nice to see some, then I would not feel compelled to try and rear a bunch of mine someday

 

[ricordiaking]

I think they had stop because of their slow growth rate.

 

[oama]

phender

ORA does not have A. nigripes in production at this time.

Oama

 

[phender]

Thanks Oama,

I know the website said you didn't, but websites aren't always up to date.
Whoever it is, I wonder if it is a commercial hatchery or a hobbiest?

 

[Jovreefer]

Tank raised or tank bred? There is a company in FL that collects fry from the ocean and raises it. All sorts of different fish, some of the larger tang species, angels, groupers, exc... Maybe they are doing clowns now too.

Or maybe its an older pair from when ORA was producing them?

 

[oama]

Jov
No species of clownfish are endemic to the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean or even in the Atlantic Ocean.

 

[ricordiaking]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7958670#post7958670 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by phender
Thanks Oama,

I know the website said you didn't, but websites aren't always up to date.
Whoever it is, I wonder if it is a commercial hatchery or a hobbiest?

Dan is.

 

[Ron Popeil]

what about ahbrody, hes in california isnt he? and raising nigripes fry....

 

[phender]

Whoever is producing the nigripes is also raising melanopus, ephippium, and frenatus in pretty good numbers. Maybe I will just call and see if they will tell me.

 

[ahbroody]

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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7947415#post7947415 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ricordiaking
I think they had stop because of their slow growth rate.

I can attest to the slow growth rate mine grew at an extrememly slow rate. Then we had the power outage and 100 degree weather and I had no power for a few days and very high temps. Out of 45 I was left with 15 and they didnt seem right. Well today the last 7 all decided to die within a few hours. I am not sure they ever recovered from the heat and low air.
Words cannot describe my frustration. I am literally back to square one because I had not been raising any nw batches because of the birth of my son last october then the gripes moved homes in the tank twice and each time spawning stopped for a while. They are now hostin in a ginormous pink floridia ricordia, atleast I think thats what it is the thing ha grown to the size of a carpet nem and looks like a giant pink carpet. So now I am starting a new next week. Growing rotifers excetra and so on. Oama or anyone else what do you feed these guys to spur growth after golden pearls. I went rotifers, then BB, then fine golden pearls then bigger pearls and ground up formula1. They stalled out on the larger gp and gound up formula. I think I should have been feading something else but not sure what.
Brood

 

[Jovreefer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7958933#post7958933 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by oama
Jov
No species of clownfish are endemic to the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean or even in the Atlantic Ocean.

I dont know where the company collects their fry from... just offering possiblilities If they only collect off the east coast then scratch that idea.

Would make sense though that they only collect local fry. Ok I'm an idiot...