These showed up at my LFS today

Reef - They are in Mandeville at seven seas. Much nicer than Slidell, especially since the storm. Those fish are very nice in person IMO.
 
On our local forum most of the people did not like them. When the lfs ordered them, he was not aware of the cost, he just thought they were a different, but not that expensive clown.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6718419#post6718419 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by fragaholic
No one else thinks those are ugly? I cant be the only one.

definitely not the only one . . .
on the local forum where this thread was also published there are quite a few people, myself included, that think they look bad
 
Re: These showed up at my LFS today

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6714315#post6714315 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by phatstanley02
Never seen anything like these before in person. They are asking 400$ for the pair.

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The first one is really cool...the one in the second picture looks like he's had paint spilled on him:rollface:
Awesome pics, thanks for sharing
 
so what is the deal with these fish? Someone said they are from a single wild pair, is that true? I wonder how long that lineage can last with those obviously deformed pug snout faces. I love the white pattern though.
 
Eh, $1,200 retail isn't so bad for a wild-caught interruptus angel.

But I can't for the life of me understand why someone would pay $40 for that pair of genetic reject clownfish, let alone $400.

But then again, I've never understood why people buy man-made hybrids (or even albino fish) in general.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6720160#post6720160 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by coralite
so what is the deal with these fish? Someone said they are from a single wild pair, is that true? I wonder how long that lineage can last with those obviously deformed pug snout faces. I love the white pattern though.

I always assumed, since the stripes on ORA clowns are notoriously malformed, that they were just another manafestation of inbreeding on an industrial scale.
I find them to be interesting but certainly wouldn't pay a premium for them. IMO they ought to be fetching a lower price than the normally striped clowns being genetically inferior. But if there is a market at $400, I can only think P.T. Barnum had it right.
 
Those fall into the so ugly they're cute category.

I like them.

Not $400 like them, but I'd pay a premium.

I have stupid money in several fish though...it gets easier after the first one. :lmao:
 
They don't exactly look ugly to me, just... inbred. I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder; I spent ages today picking my pair of baby oscellaris clowns at the LFS - I wanted to make sure I got two with perfect stripes and perfect mouths :D
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6726013#post6726013 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by luvtolean
Those fall into the so ugly they're cute category.

I like them.

Not $400 like them, but I'd pay a premium.

I have stupid money in several fish though...it gets easier after the first one. :lmao:

Don't tell me that, I just bought my husband a pair of Misfit Percula Clowns at premium. Got a discount off the regular customer price. (Yes I'm Special, and everyone around knows, it's cause I use to go work there, several days a week for free)
 
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