all color morphs of ocellaris clownfish

Discussion in 'Tropical Fish' started by keifer905, Feb 16, 2010.

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  1. Screwtape

    Screwtape Tonozukai Fairy Wrasse

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    There could be varieties of both species potentially since they are just genetic color traits AFAIK, nothing specifically that couldn't be bred into/out of either species (I could be wrong I'm no genetics guru). I don't know whether anyone actually HAS bred those traits into both species, just that it's possible.

    Regardless, I would check to be sure from whatever supplier you get them from to see what species they say their fish are and possibly get a good picture to try and ID them yourself before blindly accepting someone else's word for it.

    I'm not sure you can really tell how the offspring are going to look, all offspring may not look the same either.

    Also, in case you haven't seen it yet, this is a great source for breeding info.
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