Who's Bidding $500 on these clowns?

[ThRoewer]

If I had a grouper or lionfish I would take them for 50ct as feeder fish - that's what nature intended them for.

 

[alphasig293]

I think they are ugly

 

[Pinkskunk]

they say beauty is in the eyes of beholders, and that is their definition of beauty. LOL, what can one say?

there are too many idiots...... with money to burn sorry i had to get it off my chest

 

[m0nkie]

they say beauty is in the eyes of beholders, and that is their definition of beauty. LOL, what can one say?

there are too many idiots...... with money to burn sorry i had to get it off my chest

23 responses on this thread and already 1 person likes it. So I won't be surprised if these are more popular than you guys think.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

23 responses on this thread and already 1 person likes it. So I won't be surprised if these are more popular than you guys think.

The long fin makes the Peacekeeper look like best in show. Haha. :spin2:

 

[m0nkie]

if I had a nano tank, I'd consider a pair of longfin and a clown goby. gladiator arena decoration.. the world's strongest clown goby.

 

[joeysreef]

Seems sad to me. Why aren't they beautiful enough in their natural shape and colours. I think they are

 

[ThRoewer]

Seems sad to me. Why aren't they beautiful enough in their natural shape and colours. I think they are

+1
Nature and Evolution spent a couple of million years on optimizing them...

 

[Cparcaut]

Are these types of fins caused by inbreeding or manipulation to the fish? Both are equally bad.

 

[Protoavis]

Are these types of fins caused by inbreeding or manipulation to the fish? Both are equally bad.

not caused by specifically, no. inbreeding (to some degree) is used in all domesticated species to propagate traits that have shown up (whether recessive or mutation, I mean you can be 100% sure everything we currently eat unless "wild" is inbred many times over at numerous points in its lineage), long fins is a common mutation that can been seen in many fish species that humans have been breeding for a while (just like most parrot species humans breed have a yellow mutation and a teal/blue mutation, some mutations are just very common within certain types of animals), likely occurs to some extent in the wild but since it doesn't provide an advantage the individual/s with it either die before breeding or it gets absorbed and lost into the greater population over time.

As for the fish in question, concept doesn't bother me but the shape of it's back half seems poorly shaped and out of proportion, could be corrected in several generations if the breeders have a focus on health and not just the mutation like I assume may be the case here (otherwise I don't think these ones would be sold)

 

[ThRoewer]

These fins are actually a disadvantage, so in the wild these mutations will get eaten by predators before they get to breed (if they even make it into an anemone in the first place)

 

[CoralsAddiction]

+1
Nature and Evolution spent a couple of million years on optimizing them...

We can't play God in this hobby? Where is the fun?
Jk