worth the 200 dollar each price tag?

Yes! Doni's snowcassos are great. I had to sell/give up a lot of stuff to get them but they are totally worth it. Lots of personality and my kids love them. Before, they totally ignored the tank but now they look at the tank to check out what the clownfish are doing.

I told my wife that they could talk hence the higher price tag :D
 
They are nice but not worth $200 IMO to some they are I just dont have $400 to buy a pair of clowns that are still babies. Nontheless to each their own and they are a beautiful pair. Looking foward to seeing the development as they get older.
 
My opinion on them is that they are not worth $200 especially being that small. My self I would never give that much for a clown thats nothing more than a mutt. The same goes for naked clowns. But I guess its all in the eye of the beholder.
 
With Doni's clowns, you'll get really healthy fish. (not a voice of experience, I read about what she went through to make sure her fish are extremely healthy) If she wasn't selling them, then you would think she would have lowered the price by now. So, apparently to some people, this price isn't a problem.

Very nice clowns smoke15 :thumbsup:
 
Snowcassos?

What a load of marketing hype.
Two ugly looking clowns with mutant parents, deliberately being bred to pass on this mutant gene, so Mrs Doni whoever the heck she is can make a buck.

Kinda like a traveling circus owner having the bearded lady sleep with the world's shortest man so the offspring can continue to make him money.

Rubbish
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14582691#post14582691 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by massman
Snowcassos?

What a load of marketing hype.
Two ugly looking clowns with mutant parents, deliberately being bred to pass on this mutant gene, so Mrs Doni whoever the heck she is can make a buck.

Kinda like a traveling circus owner having the bearded lady sleep with the world's shortest man so the offspring can continue to make him money.

Rubbish
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im sorry i couldnt help myself ROFLOL :lol: that would be a site too see!!
 
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. They are cute fish, I prefer my clowns with more black than white, but thats just my opinion. If you think they are worth it go for it. These fish are becoming more popular and I appreciate their different look.
Thank for sharing the video, looking forward to seeing more. :)
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14581231#post14581231 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by smoke15
pics are in the link above a4twenty
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need a password, i subscribed to your thread, so i can catch the updates when you get them. :)
 
I wouldn't pay it. If I were to spend 400 bucks on clownfish I would look into some of the rarer, natural varieties.
 
I wish I could buy a pair of clowns that expensive but my Fiance would leave me LOL! Thats ok I almost had my LFS get me two ocellaris Clowns that were $500 a piece, LOL glad I caught that mistake before it happened
 
Picassos are by far the most beautiful clowns in my opinion. Now thru selective breeding, odd balls like picassos are available to the everyday hobbyist, I'm thankful these fish are being sold and everyone can have a chance to get one. you think 400 bucks is a lot, then check the macculochs for sale on live aquaria. Massman, you sound very ****ed off, whats the deal?
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14589960#post14589960 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by hawgdawg
Massman, you sound very ****ed off, whats the deal?
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Mate,
I'm not ****ed off at all.
Being a collector, I see all of the creations in the wild, as the powers to be have made them.

I just think that occasionally the hobby tends to lose its way and gets engulfed in the marketing hype.

I think mutations and the like are rare in the wild because its not meant to be, and must be a reason for it.

So I have mixed emotions about deliberately breeding animals for their mutations.
We are only privy to the external appearance of these fish. We do not know what else is different in these animals.

But each to their own. Mrs Doni now has an income, based on profiteering from this selective breeding, and marketing hype.
 
Being a collector, I assume you don't get too many picassos, if any at all. I'm sure you understand the whole supply and demand thing. Picassos are the new clownfish craze and I see no problem in capitalizing on it.
Nothing wrong with selectively breeding for diffrent desirable traits (or mutations as you call it), it's done all the time. Look at most of the dogs around, they look nothing like wolves or coyotes.
By the way, i would much rather buy a mutant inbred farm raised clownfish than take one from the wild just for my own amusement (or in your case, to make a buck!)
 
hawgdawg,
You're missing the point.
I'm not saying wild caught is better.
I have over 10000 captive bred clowns as well.
I am totally for captive breeding, and actively do it myself.

This is not a debate over the merits of CB vs WC, so relax. If you are so staunch in your views then I hope you don't keep any wild caught animals at all, lest that makes you a hypocrite.

I have seen only a couple of "picassos" in many years of diving. Never thought anything much of them.

The OP was asking to comment on the validity of paying $200 per fish, and wanted opinions, so mine was just that.

FYI the McCullochs clowns are expensive because they are only found around Lord Howe Island, the whole island is a world heritage area, and is fully protected.
So they are so expensive, because they have either been poached, or they are one of the few that were collected before the area became closed to fishing.
 
Massman sounds like an "angry" breeder with ten thousand clowns kinda jealous of Doni's success. I am pretty sure if you bred a 200 dollar clown fish you would sell it as well.
 
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