Mis-Barred: Interesting Defect or Scar?

[RightWinger210]

I'm sure most of us have seen examples of mis-barred clownfish, or even own a few, being a breeder of them, I have heard that this is a genetic defect, and I have also heard that this is an occurance from bad water quality during metamorphisis. I personally believe that this is a defect, usually a batch a 50 will result in 1 or 2, but does anybody know of mis-barring caused by bad water quality? I personally like the unique mis-barring and have kept one A. ocellaris for myself that has this unique trait. I just wanted to know what you clownfish guys felt about it, and if you like it or not.

 

[CWebHokie]

Misbarred Clowns are cool...

Misbarred Clowns are cool...

Not sure what causes the mutation or defect, but I like it. I have 2 black and white misbarred oscellaris clowns & I think they are way more interesting than standard clowns. Here is a bad pic from about 5 months ago, they are almost solid black and white now and look really cool... The insane clown posse:

I'll try to post a new picture later.

 

[RightWinger210]

Yeh, I'll have to get some pics up, once I get a memory card for my new digi camera! I'll have to agree that mis bars are more unique and interesting.