What is the Most Beautiful Clown Fish to you

[NirvanaFan]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11560938#post11560938 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by phender
I really like A. fuscocaudatus (sp?), but to tell you the truth, it would be very hard for any clowns to be prettier than my first pair of ocellaris.

I agree about the A. fuscocaudatus.

They would probably be my favorite. Then followed by a nice GSM and A. chrysogaster.

 

[elegance coral]

I think the best looking clown is a healthy clown. I see very few really good looking clowns in LFS's. They are all pale, thin, and sickly looking. Regardless of species, when you get them home and give them a nice healthy place to live with good food, they all become beautiful fish. I have 9 clown fish from 4 different species, and I think they are all beautiful.

 

[Slakker]

I've always loved A. Frenatus and A. Mcullochi.

 

[forddna]

I like any of them with vertical white stripes.

 

[myreefcentral]

picasso clowns by far...maybe rod's onyx clowns a distant second...

 

[marc price]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11575788#post11575788 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Atticus
Just getting black saddlebacks to spawn would be a feat as there is only 2 report occurances, let alone trying to cross them.

ORA is working on the black variant of A. polymnus aka "black percula" in the tropical fish trade.

 

[Toddrtrex]

I like the simple clean looks of pink skunks (Amphiprion perideraion).

 

[jade2122]

I second the pink skunks! they just are so different from all the other ones which don't vary a huge amount. but second favorite would be rod's onyx

 

[ClownReef®]

A Rod's Onyx.. Perfect body shape.. awesome coloring..

 

[ficklefins]

Amphiprion latezonatus

The white on black is killer and to top it off they have a white/blueish mouth.

 

[reefman13]

Question about Picassos - why are some yellowish orange, while others, like the above, are more reddish orange? Is it individual genes, or age??

The thing about this is, in the beginning there was not a whole lot of ways of identifying the differences between a A. Percula and a A. Ocellaris, but because they were/are so similar looking it was not a unusual thing to get a pair of A.O./A.P. clowns breding. This is the main reason for the color differences. The more orange coloration is an Occ. thing, the more yellow is a A. Ocellaris thing.

My favorites are the classics, A. Ocellaris (Both the orange/white color and the B&W), my second would have to be True Percs, and I have to say, thinking about it, I also like Clarkkis...

 

[Jarob]

my two onyx ofcourse!

 

[chica83]

picassos for me are the winners , there's just to kewl hehe

 

[Doni]

My breeding pair of picassos are THE most beautiful followed by GSM clowns GSM are brilliant but so mean

Male

Female

 

[reefman13]

Oh, forgot to say, beautiful clowns...EVERYONE!

 

[z's_N_p's]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12770448#post12770448 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Doni
My breeding pair of picassos are THE most beautiful followed by GSM clowns GSM are brilliant but so mean

Male

Female

wow... those are amazing looking..

how long have you had them?

 

[myreefcentral]

sweet clowns doni...mine are almost like your's in look except it's flipped, my female looks like your male, and my male looks more like your female...in terms of the shape of the white stripes...except the blacks haven't filled in yet...sorry, no pics at the moment to post...

 

[Doni]

Z's-n-P's - Thanks I have had them for about 1 year now. I started out with 5 picassos but had to widdled down to just two.

Thanks myreefcentral

They look much better with the black filled in and it seems to take a long time.
Here is a pic of my male as a baby before the black filled in.

Pic taken about a year ago on 7-15-07

 

[dc]

Nice looking clowns everyone. But mine are the most beautiful of course.

 

[myreefcentral]

doni...did you have to pair your's up or did you get'em paired already? i currently have 3 in my tank...two already paired and 1 juvi...expecting 2 more today...