Picasso True Percula Clownfish
 

I know clownfish are common and Nemo and blah blah blah....

But just look at this:

http://xef.xanga.com/870d9a011023313...w102311911.jpg

B-E-A-UTIFUL!

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-man thats something else, definitely a first! anyone who wud NOT want one?
well the price is probably not sooo attractive...am i right?

I dont think the price is quite attractive but beutiful fish.

o i wud if i cud but i m 2 sik

LOL @ Emily!!!!

wut wud i do wit a fish liek thos...


Sweet morph! I'm getting rather dicouraged with clowns though, for some reason I have had three seperate clowns jump out of my tank in the past month, I just don't get it, clowns are not typically jumpers?!

Where can you get those?


Js

u gaiz crak me up, o teh helarity

dang thats kinda fun. takes longer to make up creative spellings though :razz:

I've seen them at J&L and OA can get them as well :biggrin:

They come from a breeder, or an organization called ORA I believe. Very expensive, I've heard about $300 starting for a pair. There is also a wait list like many other unique things in the hobby.

I'm going to ask for a pair for my birthday. Those look so cool.

:surprise:

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-ouch digital-audiophile 3 clowns in a month i can only hope that, that desn't happen 2 me. i got a 2-foot sheet of glass ( for jumpers but mostly for the halides) but that kinda makes me wanna get a bigger sheet-

I like to have an open top for too keep my temperature down from the hallides.

I would go egg crate but I have a rimless tank so I have no where to really secure an eggcrate top.

I think I have figured out that my six-line wrasse has made the jekle and hyde transformation and is now being an *** to the other tank inhabitants. He may have to find a new home in the sump.

3 of my 4 clowns used to jump all the time. I'd gradually notice fewer and fewer clowns in the tank until one day while cleaning out my overflow I found three of them in there. Fortunately they have stopped jumping and settled in the anemone, but one of them did try to pull a Nemo (unsuccessfully). He got struck where the drain goes into the sump and perished.

:sad: My tomato clown, my first fish ever, pulled a nemo as well. It was tragic.

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-oh man thats not good i'm gettin' a tomato clown in a couple days he better
not jump that much!

Thanks allot you guys.

Miki:

Hey dude, it's all in good fun. I do agree, though, that it's a bit insensitive.

Ya i know it in fun but that can also get carried away.

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-thats ok ur spelling suks thats all ur a good reefer tho, thats all there trying 2 say:mrgreen:

Actually no, I'm trying to say this is inappropriate for this board, at least I would hope so.

-true enuf bak 2 topic!

...please, please, please, take the time to write like a normal human being. Stop and take a look, do you see anyone else writing in internet slang on these boards? No one here does. Most people here are grown adults, with jobs and homes and children of their own, and the younger generation that are here post in the proper Queen's english.

We all have spelling errors, I know I do, from typing to fast and not proof reading my posts, but I am seriously getting tired of reading infantile postings. If you want to post the way that you do, I am sure there are an infinite number of sites on the internet where you can talk with people that speak the same "internet language" as you do, but please check it at the door here.

Oh, I agree that it's frustrating to read. I just think that open mockery is a bit over the top. Quite unnecessary.

Oh how I agree with this. :wink: I find nothing more frustrating than trying to translate internet slang - particularly when people are asking for help and you don't know what the heck they are talking about. Does it really take that much longer to use proper spelling?

Thanks for posting that.

I'm guilty of the mockery and I appologize for that, I just don't think I am alone in my frustration and I really would hope that the official representation of an upstanding site such as this would at least try to correct the problem.

Jumpers
 

I have had a number of fish try carpet surffing...going down the over flow...
I use a sock at the end of the overflow for two day, then remove it, anyway on my old 150 all is normal after a water change until I went to remove the sock you guessed it one fairy wrasse [ DOA ]
I had Marc build a black acrylic cap for the overflow box...no fishies or any other critters down the overflow...it also keeps light out...no more slime to deal with.

RJ
The cap is on my 120

I wasn't mocking him at all. He can type how ever he wants. I just find it interesting that sometimes he types in a completely legible fashion. Then other types it takes me a couple minutes to decipher what the heck he is trying to say.

As for me, I think I'm going to start posting in spanish since you guys don't seem to mind.

Back to the topic.

So who would actually pony up the $350 a pair for these things?

No Greg, it was not in reference to your post.

:splat:

I honestly think I would if I could afford it. They're the most unique clownfish I've ever seen. Stunning! You know, some people will pay $800-1000 for a pair of Crosshatch Triggers.....so why not $350 for a pair of these beauties? :smile:

Wow, what a complex thread!!!!!

Will

P.S. The clown fish look very very cool.

OMG I had no idea crosshatch triggers went for that much (well the pair anyways). Wow! :eek:

Mind you, it seems like every year my monetary limit for livestock goes up. I remember when $20 seemed pricey for a fish, now I don't bat an eyelash at $80 :razz:

oops I forgot to type this in spanish :wink:

I would pay for picassos, but that is just me. I would also pay for crosshatch triggers, and exotic or hard to find tangs. Granted I would probably have to spend a few months saving up for the fish, and making any required upgrades to my system.

Yeah likely if I had a tank that was "designed" for them (ie, lower flow for the picassos and larger for the triggers) I'd be more inclined to have them as my little "showpieces" of the tank.

:rofl: :lol:

I am awaiting a pair right now from ORA......they are harder to get as they release only a couple of pairs per year to their suppliers. In the US it is a bit easier to get them and snowflakes as there are many more people attempting to raise them and ORA is more "local" I guess. I was talking to a guy in New York that gave me a few resources for them but then he realized I was in Canada...and well, that was the end of that! I am still waiting for them.....and hoping they come soon as they are very cool..and will be excellent fishes in my 150g....

J&L's had a gorgeous pair a few months back but I was unable to pick them up before some lucky reefer got them....whoever got them was very lucky in my opinion!!!

Oh and YES, I am more than happy to pay $300.00 plus for a pair of Picasso's and even more for a pair of snowflakes........

I also would pay, as Catherine would for exotic or less available tangs etc...I'd love a Black Tang or even better a Gem Tang...but they are few and very very far between

Ooooh, lucky! Please make sure to post some pics when you do get them :)

Oh I will for sure!!!

Chaloupa,

You have PM.

Michika,

You have PM back!