That's a +1 for buying WC :P

I had never really thought about the mortality rates before. Of the six CB fish I have purchased, three have died. Of the four WC fish I have purchased, none have died. While I tend to prefer to purchase CB fish, my wallet is now suggesting otherwise.

I bought one CB and one WC clownfish and the WC died. I guess I got a bad fish or something.

But yes wallet do suggest to get WC. After all, wallets are unethical :P

CB clowns are much more hardy to our aquariums. Now putting a CB clown back into the wild... probably not the best idea but I dont think too many people in Canada will be doing this :P

WC often come in with diseases.

That being said the store owner was correct with respect to SOME of the CB clowns. Clowns are currently being bead just about everywhere; sri lanka isreal, Indo, USA, canada etc.
Typically the ones from overseas are WAY cheaper but their color is also VERY poor and they dont seem to be very hardy at all.
The orange in these clowns is more of a yellow.
The white is drab and the black is almost non existent.

I would guess that his experiences with respect to CB clowns is based on the ones ordered from overseas, in which case he is absolutely correct.
But good quality clowns from just about anywhere in North America are WAY better than wilds IMO.

Psuedochromis fridmani aka Orchid Dottyback is often bred in captivity and makes a great addition to most tanks.

Here is my CB dotty:

http://snaz.com/marine/dotty4.jpg

I've lost two CB occ. clowns. But, here are the two who remain . . .

http://i1035.photobucket.com/albums/...r/IMG_2059.jpg

The gorgeous orange one is from a breeder here in Calgary, and was purchased by me at Red Coral. I don't know who the breeder is (the breeder sold to Red Coral and not to me) but his colours are amazing. He looks a bit like he's had some black airbrushed along his spine.

I did notice washed out CB clowns at Piscies the other day. They did look very yellow. They were no where near as nice as our little Nemo, and I figured they all had to be sick with something.

I don't know where the black occ. was bred, but it is a very nice specimen, too.

^ Those are some really nice CB! I never saw a CB clown with that bright color. Not only pisces but Big Al's CBs are also on the yellow side instead of being red.

BTW how's the price tag in Red coral? Never been there since I am more into Big Al's since they are more reasonably priced compared to Pisces.

I paid $15 for him, as he was tiny at the time. They had some Vancouver bred ones that were a smidge bigger than this guy and his siblings, and they were the same price. The Vancouver ones were very nice, too.

His colour has become more vibrant as he's aged. He didn't look like that in the store. He's still quite little maybe around 1.5" . . . He's almost doubled in size since I got him. I did lose another one that I bought at the same time, from the same batch.

GREAT! I am going to Red Coral once I come back from my home country to get my other stockings :D

Hope they open up by then.

Lovely. Have you noticed any obvious visual differences between the CB and the WC?