Onyx Clowns - Captive Bred and Wild Caught together... forever =)

[chrissreef]

Wild caught in back, rods-reef.com tank bred in front (darker orange... third stripe not in yet - I was surprised at the deep orange of a captive bred clown!)

Story: I found the wild caught in the live rock tank of a LFS last year (seemed very confused/lost) - I knew of another shop that had a pair who's female died but had the male. I picked this one up and called the other store, brought them home and they paired up, unfortunetly the male from the other store jumped out the first night so I've been searching for months for another at LFS's. Finally I ordered from Rod (was reluctant, they were smaller and I had bad luck with shipped fish once). Well, 1 week later they're still doing great together - looking forward to keeping them as long as I can. And I reeaaallly liked doing business with Rod and great packing! If only he bred angels!! =)

 

[showjet98]

Ive been trying to get ahold of Rod, but no luck yet

 

[stykthyn]

he has a toll free number on his web site.I had no problems getting in contact with him.

 

[Evyllchyld]

chrissreef, beautiful clowns just a question, what kind of coral is that?? it has some amazing colors

 

[ricordiaking]

Nice pair Chris, di you have to QT the WC single any?

 

[JasonJ]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6853967#post6853967 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Evyllchyld
chrissreef, beautiful clowns just a question, what kind of coral is that?? it has some amazing colors

looks like a hammer/anchor coral.

 

[chrissreef]

hammer coral and nope, didn't quarantine the baby... i visually inspected him, figured they're hardy and also figured he was so small that 2-3 spots of ich wouldn't impact the imune systems of my tank (it's not like i'm throwing in a 4" tang to stress everyone) =)