The perfect combo

[temper76]

The perfect combo **name removed because of legal threat from trademark holder***X c - quest onyx

Hi my name is al and I'm addicted to clownfish ever since my ocullaris pair started laying back in late 09 I've been reading research like crazy on that summer ever since I was hooked*
I said good bye to my corals "softies"& a few cheap lps. Anyways that's when I started collecting as time went by and doing research and looking at other that breed or try to breed like me is to pick the perfect pair .you need good lineage and understand were these guy "your clownfish"came from i track down lineage back as much as possible. It's you clownfish you are breeding and you want the best or try that's if you hobby is to collect & trying to breed like myself.but if you have a nice pair of clownfish and they lay and you are trying to raise them just for the heck of it.its ok no need to go crazy on the lineage**.my favorite clownfish in the hobby would be bill Addison c- quest lineage .This man coin the word "onyx" on the black percula he bred .well I have a few offsprings from a breeder pair that was use on the facility from breeding "production "this pair are regular onyx that the offsprings a low % came out with extra white paterns pretty rare on a onyx .semi Picasso like.but with no picasso mix in them. Pretty sweet huh! That's my male....

now the female second I love picasso what I love about picassos is that they all have uunique paterns. and who doesn't like their picasso with out a spartan helmet? So I chose the perfect domestic picasso/**name removed because of legal threat from trademark holder** from donis reef .I purchased her from a Mrmmember zookeeper very nice guy.he got her I believe in 09.reason I picked that one 2.5 years ago was because when doni was first starting she was having problems with her pair I believe she was getting a lot defects .bUT she never release any deformed clownfish she is a hight believer of "culling "putting them down**but this practice is needed that's why her clowns are always good quality and they cost much because you get what you pay for. So she decide to fix her lineage because her first pair was ora so there was to much inbred who knows how many generation back .so she took "wild cought" true percula with one of her breeding picasso had offsprings and those offsprings were bred back to the first pair because those offsprings were generation F1 fresh star for that lineage .When you get a clownfish from these big companies you are getting like F6 - F7 generation .so this is why I picked donisreef as a specimens and by me adding both of my favorite clownfish specific features and a big + not related as in brother sister by blood at all = less defamation , I'm hoping .it took me 18 month to find her the perfect mate she killed 2 off my onyx male and beat the crap out of 4 almost dead I was determined to pair her up .I got a few tips from a breeder friend of mines in Florida richie aka rrcg50 helped me with the pairing and Christosclowns aka erik gave me a pointner that I had forgotten to stimulate them to lay eggs. 18 month later and we have eggs from this pair .they started laying 1.5 month ago I'm a bit rusty i collected maybe 40 larvae from this hatch on January 24, 2014 .I'll keep you guys posted .and here are a few pictures and videos .If you guys have any questions lmk.

[temper76]

First hatched on 1/24

[Mikesville510]

Nice pair!

[temper76]

Thank you. And they make nice babies!!

[temper76]

Example of size I think they were like 32 days old.next to a tooth pick

[Anemone12]

When do you stop feeding rotifers and start feeding BBS?

[davocean]

Very nice pair!
Your **name removed because of legal threat from trademark holder** looks very much like mine, also from donisreef, a great source.
I know she stopped for a while due to moving/buying a ranch, but I believe she is finally back up and running.

[temper76]

I believe so her best was 4 years ago all helmets lucky if you get a nice one.im trying to get me a male **name removed because of legal threat from trademark holder** proven with donis lineage I'll be willing to trade 2 of my offsprings with helmets on both for one **name removed because of legal threat from trademark holder** male but with helmet also .they babies are looking awesome each week .i learned alot of tricks from my friend richie aka rrcg50 that boy know his stuff out of 50 i loss like 2 and 1 cull do to bent tail not genetics i believe it got hurt during a water change or maybe the way the bubbles were hitting it before hatching .i think that's a real good survival rate.

[temper76]

Some of their offsprings

[jf2381]

Al. The fry are looking awesome.

[Lou Young]

Those are EXCELLENT looking babies. Since the parents are a **name removed because of legal threat from trademark holder** and and ONYX the babies are considered a hybrid Snow Onyx right?

[temper76]

Absolutely 100% percula .**name removed because of legal threat from trademark holder** is a name a breeder uses and is a trade mark that no one else could use for their offsprings only the ones that come from the hatchery the breeders name is doni from donisreef **name removed because of legal threat from trademark holder** is use by her for description of her extreme picasso "picasso with a certain % of white 100% percula donis lineage is 2 ora extreme picasso or a offsprings of the ora pair mix with a salomons island true percula wild cought 100% percula .my onyx is 100% percula making the offsprings 100% percula .it took me 2 yrs to put this pair together my onyx is all c-quest the parents were pair that came from hatchery that was used as a breeder pair.as I was told by a breeder that is solid in the breeding community. . My first release pair is going to be to jf2381 real kool dude with out his help this batch would nt of happened. Thanks jose .and to my friend rrcg50 thanks for the tips it help alot minimum lost reared about 45 larvae 3 die in 2 days (1 cull bent tail)and I lost 1 by accident.

[temper76]

Update picture

[temper76]

Originally Posted by Lou Young

Those are EXCELLENT looking babies. Since the parents are a **name removed because of legal threat from trademark holder** and and ONYX the babies are considered a hybrid Snow Onyx right?

Thanks for the kind words

[temper76]

No lights.keep in mind paterns are still developing more white and helmets appearing.

[temper76]

Originally Posted by jf2381

Al. The fry are looking awesome.

Thanks bro.

[jf2381]

Sick!!

[temper76]

Watch "007**name removed because of legal threat from trademark holder** x c-quest onyx offsprings. 100% perc…" on YouTube
007**name removed because of legal threat from trademark holder** x c-quest onyx offsprings. 100% perc…: http://youtu.be/AFQfWKx7b0E

[temper76]

Still developing

[alb_56]

So do I get one since I was the first one to view your video in the whole world?


Those are some pretty awesome parents, producing some pretty awesome off spring. Cant wait to see what the young ones will look like.

[alb_56]

The squiggly one at .40 is crazy.

[FDAWG]

Very nice

[temper76]

Thank you guys

[Lou Young]

Originally Posted by temper76

No lights.keep in mind paterns are still developing more white and helmets appearing.

Very very awesome looking babies in that video. They have a lot of black in them already. I understand that the parents are 2 Percula but I thought the babies are sort of a hybrid because the parents are not the same type of fish. Does that make sense? Either way, I can't wait to see what they grow up looking like.

[temper76]

Thanks you. No they are both the same percula .but I understand what u are trying to say. It's like if you mix a snowflake and a onyx .that's a hybrid 2 different clownfish one is a percula that's the onyx and a snowflake is a ocellaris =hybrid Snow0nyx but since both of the parents are percula the offsprings are 100% percula family