These showed up at my LFS today - Page 2

BTTRFLYGRL · 02/11/2006, 07:35 PM

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Originally posted by phatstanley02
Never seen anything like these before in person. They are asking 400$ for the pair.

The first one is really cool...the one in the second picture looks like he's had paint spilled on him

Awesome pics, thanks for sharing

coralite · 02/11/2006, 09:29 PM

so what is the deal with these fish? Someone said they are from a single wild pair, is that true? I wonder how long that lineage can last with those obviously deformed pug snout faces. I love the white pattern though.

mtracer · 02/12/2006, 12:02 AM

thats crazy money for fish!

BTTRFLYGRL · 02/12/2006, 05:42 AM

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Originally posted by mtracer
thats crazy money for fish!

Not as crazy as this

http://www.marinecenter.com/media/ph...DD7591D57I.jpg

OOPS only picture showed up...they want $1,200.00 for this Angel at Marinecenter.com..such a great deal considering its regularly $1,400.00. It is a beautiful fish though

AquaticFins · 02/12/2006, 07:47 AM

Eh, $1,200 retail isn't so bad for a wild-caught interruptus angel.

But I can't for the life of me understand why someone would pay $40 for that pair of genetic reject clownfish, let alone $400.

But then again, I've never understood why people buy man-made hybrids (or even albino fish) in general.

Ironsheikh · 02/12/2006, 08:40 AM

just looks like any other angel to me -- I'd rather have a nice tv than pay for that

Thurge · 02/12/2006, 12:56 PM

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Originally posted by coralite
so what is the deal with these fish? Someone said they are from a single wild pair, is that true? I wonder how long that lineage can last with those obviously deformed pug snout faces. I love the white pattern though.

I always assumed, since the stripes on ORA clowns are notoriously malformed, that they were just another manafestation of inbreeding on an industrial scale.
I find them to be interesting but certainly wouldn't pay a premium for them. IMO they ought to be fetching a lower price than the normally striped clowns being genetically inferior. But if there is a market at $400, I can only think P.T. Barnum had it right.

luvtolean · 02/12/2006, 06:50 PM

Those fall into the so ugly they're cute category.

I like them.

Not $400 like them, but I'd pay a premium.

I have stupid money in several fish though...it gets easier after the first one.

ACBlinky · 02/12/2006, 11:50 PM

They don't exactly look ugly to me, just... inbred. I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder; I spent ages today picking my pair of baby oscellaris clowns at the LFS - I wanted to make sure I got two with perfect stripes and perfect mouths

dchao · 02/13/2006, 12:17 AM

Energy's 1,700 gallon stingray tank has one too:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...73#post6142173

mcox33 · 02/13/2006, 12:37 AM

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Originally posted by luvtolean
Those fall into the so ugly they're cute category.

I like them.

Not $400 like them, but I'd pay a premium.

I have stupid money in several fish though...it gets easier after the first one.

Don't tell me that, I just bought my husband a pair of Misfit Percula Clowns at premium. Got a discount off the regular customer price. (Yes I'm Special, and everyone around knows, it's cause I use to go work there, several days a week for free)

02/12/2006, 08:40 AM	#31
Ironsheikh Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: SYRACUSE NY Posts: 1,124	just looks like any other angel to me -- I'd rather have a nice tv than pay for that __________________ You have been weighed... You have been measured... YOU have been found wanting! Current Tank Info: 20G fowlr some zoas

02/12/2006, 11:50 PM	#34
ACBlinky Premium Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Peterborough, ON, Canada Posts: 4,954 Blog Entries: 20	They don't exactly look ugly to me, just... inbred. I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder; I spent ages today picking my pair of baby oscellaris clowns at the LFS - I wanted to make sure I got two with perfect stripes and perfect mouths __________________ "The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea." - Isak Dinesen Current Tank Info: 150g mixed reef, 30g sump/refugium, LED lighting, 100lbs LR, coral beauty, flame angel, blue & yellow tangs, gobies, damsels, 6-line wrasse, lawnmower blenny, dottyback, clown pair, rabbitfish, shrimp, crabs, CUC.

02/11/2006, 09:29 PM	#27
coralite registered member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 2,386	so what is the deal with these fish? Someone said they are from a single wild pair, is that true? I wonder how long that lineage can last with those obviously deformed pug snout faces. I love the white pattern though.

02/12/2006, 12:02 AM	#28
mtracer Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Clearwater Florida Posts: 39	thats crazy money for fish!

02/12/2006, 07:47 AM	#30
AquaticFins Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 887	Eh, $1,200 retail isn't so bad for a wild-caught interruptus angel. But I can't for the life of me understand why someone would pay $40 for that pair of genetic reject clownfish, let alone $400. But then again, I've never understood why people buy man-made hybrids (or even albino fish) in general.

02/12/2006, 06:50 PM	#33
luvtolean Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: SF Bay Area, CA Posts: 504	Those fall into the so ugly they're cute category. I like them. Not $400 like them, but I'd pay a premium. I have stupid money in several fish though...it gets easier after the first one.

02/13/2006, 12:17 AM	#35
dchao Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Francisco Posts: 910	Energy's 1,700 gallon stingray tank has one too: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...73#post6142173