New Rod's Onyx

Rhizo

Rhizo

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Thank you Rod for breeding such nice onyx clowns. :thumbsup: They are tricky to photograph at 1cm big, I tried. Feeding Rod's Food six times a day, and they have gotten super fat :D. I don't recommend you feed this much without a proper nutrient export. Enjoy :beer:

In case somebody asks where to get them, Jeremy at Premium Aquatics ordered over 25 clowns from Rod.

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apparently he's not going to be selling them anymore so good for you to get part of the last batch; (check the message at premium aquatics in livestock section)
 
Is Rod's getting out of that business completely now, then? At least, in quantities for retail stores.

There are several other reputable dealers around, I got a pair of juveniles from Mitch (kerusso316 on here).

You can always buy the C-Quest ones for like $150-200.
 
Kinda what mine looked like when I bought mine about 8 months ago...
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I got them from premium aquatics as well...they first took to a rose bubble and had very little black...now host in a sebae, havent gone full onyx yet tho...i hope they do
 
arioch said:
Is Rod's getting out of that business completely now, then? At least, in quantities for retail stores.

There are several other reputable dealers around, I got a pair of juveniles from Mitch (kerusso316 on here).

You can always buy the C-Quest ones for like $150-200.
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The fish from C-quest arent $150-$200!Thats actully like 7.5-10 times higher than wholesale!

Mitch has got great fish!I still need to get some!
 
I'm starting to rear my onyx clown's eggs again. The parents are very nice and have produced equivalent offspring (small shot in my avatar). I'll post some pics in another thread, so as not to hijack this one. If you're in or near Atlanta, I'll have some in the near future.
 
Rhizo said:
Do you have a birth certificate? C-Quest clowns with authentication are $150~200. Yes, I do mean the clown comes with a piece of paper. :)
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I didn't realize we were there yet. Next we'll have our own version of the AKC. Maybe the American Aquarium Club. We'll hold conventions that rival the Westminster. We can call it MACNA or something like that! :lmao:
 
Why would a "new" Cquest Onyx have to come with papers, and why does it command a price nearly 4 times higher than other breeders? The Onyx line originated with Bill Addison, so any onyx you see out there is very likely (one-way-or-another) linked back to Bill Addison and Cquest.

Papers? for a fish? Really? This isn't AKC, we aren't "showing" our clowns and winning prizes. I think the papers bit is just a gimmick to have the public perceive something of a higher value than what it actually is. So, if Rod, Mitch, Joe, Matt, Doni, etc start giving out papers for their fish they can charge $200 per fish?

BTW, where do you go about this purchase process to get a fish with papers. I want to authenticate this information.
 
Talked with a C-quest worker and asked:

"Do C-quest clowns come with a paper saying they are a authentication clowns from C-quest."

Response:

"No,our clownfish do not come with any sort of papers accept a invoice from us.We do not give clownfish pappers of any sort.If this is really happening someone else is buying our fish and giving them a paper!"

Right from C-quest!

And bues0022 is right.As I have stated in other post regarding Onyx clowns,they all come from C-quest/Bill Addisons line!The Onyx from SA,however arent C-quest line as the pair that they did have was a wild caught pair with the coloration of Onyx clownfish!

And I will state that the Onyx clowns from other breeders will more than likly use C-quest's blood line for their fish!
 
This could become quite a long sidebar... but if you look at typical Solomon island percs they often look just like Bill Addison's fishs' blood line. In fact I would venture to say that's where Bill Addison's fish originated. The idea of someone wanting to pay more for an "authentic" fish from a particular blood line is not a new concept nor is it likely to change any more than the desire of many of us to possess a "Limited Edition" corals. I have had some corals that looked identical that I got for far less than their flavor of the month coral counterparts and they looked great. I've also got in some really nice looking SI percs and sold those off for $10-$20 ea. Nobody would know the difference to look at them. As far as I am concerned, "Onyx" is to melanistic perculas as "Ping Pong" is to table tennis.
That said, I like to have bragging rights just as much as the next person (see my avitar) and I'm no less a clown nut than any of you who love the designer perculas.

The female is WC, the male was a CB SI perc.
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A little older... That's a 6" flower pot for reference. They were still quite young.
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SI perc Babies.
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