Onyx Clown Fish

Bayside Corals · #1 08-14-2009, 08:08 PM

Wow nice, I am assuming these are captive bred? Or are these wild caught?

Leah · #2 08-14-2009, 08:12 PM

They do look nice, but how much do they cost??

Phanman · #3 08-14-2009, 08:16 PM

These are wild caught and were all cherry picked. Some are suppose to be as big as a pack of american cigarettes

As for price, not sure yet...

Nebthet · #4 08-15-2009, 10:00 PM

They are very nice looking. I hope my baby Onyx I had imported from Florida grow up to look that nice.

I hope all those make it too. Hope they fill that bucket with more water. We need a better infusion of Onyx in our Canadian market.

Phanman · #5 08-17-2009, 03:23 PM

yea I hope they make it here too. Water was brought down just for a min to take a snapshot before they were bagged and prepped for transport.

I wouldnt mind seeing your baby onyx's

I just love these types of clowns.

Phanman · #6 08-17-2009, 07:17 PM

well it looks like they are now in North America... one step closer but trying to find a way to get them to calgary, lol.

sooo purdy

noirsphynx · #7 08-17-2009, 07:21 PM

BEAUTIFUL! I'd love to get a pair of these.

Nebthet · #8 08-17-2009, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Phanman

I wouldnt mind seeing your baby onyx's

I just love these types of clowns.

Ok, here area few pics from the development of my guys from when I got them on May 20th.

May 25th. The little guys in there small breeder net for now.
Omen is about 0.6 inches and had already started his 2nd bar when I got him.
Runt is 0.3 inches and is just working on growing.

Early July. Omen's 2nd bar is growing larger on the top. No development on the bottom yet. His size at this point is almost 1.2", and Run has no 2nd bar development and is just over 0.65".

Runt, showing the development of his 2nd bar. His growth pattern is about a month behind that of Omen despite getting them at the same time.
His size at this point on July 28th is 1 inch.

Showing Omen on July 28th. Bar development even.

Omen at Aug 3rd.. He is developing his 3rd bar now and also is starting the black around his tail and 2nd dorsal fin. The Black is getting thicker around each of the bars and he is getting the dark underlying skin before it starts becoming the Onyx colour.
He is just over 4 months old in this pic and is 2 inches in length.

This is a pic of Mommy and Daddy Onyx.

The formulation of the black coloration on the body of the babies will start to be more prominent in another month's time when the 2nd bar on Omen begin to touch each other. It is common for the black coloration not to start in these guys until between 5-6 months and can take up to 18 months to fully finish.

Also I am waiting for my 25g to finish cycling then one of the babies will go in there. Runt with a picasso I have, and Omen will stay in my 55g, but will be free with a Wild Caught female Big Momma that I have.

Phanman · #9 08-18-2009, 01:43 AM

Those are awesome!!! thanks for all the pics. Hopefully they look like the parents in a couple months.