leucistic Black Ocellaris babies!!!!

[CulturedCritters]

My blacks had a hatch of albino babies, has anyone ever seen ablino black Ocellaris clowns? first pic are the parents

 

[budddman]

absolutely ridiculous...awesome fish

 

[sanjay]

Do you have some that have red eyes ? or is it the flash making them look red ?

 

[lfsmarineguy]

It looks like some have red eyes and some are regular from the pics. Curious to see how these change as they mature.

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

It looks like some have red eyes and some are regular from the pics. Curious to see how these change as they mature.

1+ agreed keep us up dated on how they turn as they mature.

 

[skene]

Looks like you just caught them at the right angle with the flash to get red eye. Other than that... black occelaris all appear orange when young and darken as they mature.

 

[RARECLOWNSNJ]

Proaquatix actually got fish from Africa that were the same way but after feeding them foods high is carotene and something else they retunred to normal coloring.

 

[CulturedCritters]

Some do have red eyes (no flash used) and some have black eyes.About 70% of the babies have been black for two months or more. I've been breeding for 10 years and haven't seen anything like this before. My female black passed away a year ago and het replacement obviously catrries the albinistic gene along with the male. I will post more pics in th.e near future.

 

[RARECLOWNSNJ]

Here is a good read for your about whats going on with your fish. If you feed them well the color will come back .

http://reefbuilders.com/2009/05/05/albino-ocellaris-clownfish-world-debut/

 

[CulturedCritters]

Sorry about all the typos, I'm using my phone. The babies have been eating a wide variety of food. I always expect skepticism. Time will tell.

 

[marrone]

There is no buying or selling in this forum. Please refrain from it or the thread will be closed.

 

[RARECLOWNSNJ]

There is no skepticism, check out all the articles on reef builder. It will help to answer any questions you may have regarding the care of these fish.

What you have witnessed has been witnessed and documented before, i am trying to provide you with information that can be helpful to the husbandry of these fish.

http://reefbuilders.com/2010/08/11/proaquatix-annouced-worldwide-distributor-albino-clownfish/

 

[CulturedCritters]

Proaquatix

do you know if the parents of the fish from proaquatix were black ocellaris, or orange? and i think these hatched at the end of March or early april, i have some other ones in a different tank from the same hatch the are turning black, but the albino are staying albino with almost no black except on the fins, i posted a video on youtube,

 

[RARECLOWNSNJ]

http://reefbuilders.com/2011/09/09/tangerine-ocellaris-clownfish/

http://reefbuilders.com/2011/01/03/albino-clownfish-delayed-bureaucracy/

Here is more info i dont know exactly what the parents are, you can also check for some more detailed info from marcel on Marine Breeders Forum.

I breed clowns as well, feeding foods with carotene and Astaxanthin can enhance darker colors in fish. Try feeding squid it can help to enhance the oranges.

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

Any update, I think Tom Lamb also has a batch like this recently. Would like to see how they grow out to be.

 

[CulturedCritters]

this is Robert King and Tom Lamb, it is the same hatch, will post more pics

 

[CulturedCritters]

pics

pics

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

I have been fascinated by how they will look when grown up because my pair of Tangerine (gift from Eric Wagner) died in a tank crash when they just turning adult.

The parents of the Tangerines are orange OCs.

 

[CulturedCritters]

new pic

still look clear with red eyes

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

Some of them starting to color up like mochas.