Thanks to the efforts of a few friends I was able to pick these Picasso Clowns up today at VI Pets in Grand Rapids MI. I was told these are the only 2 they got.


http://www.wmiaquatics.com/images/rc/picassos1.jpg

http://www.wmiaquatics.com/images/rc/picassos2.jpg

http://www.wmiaquatics.com/images/rc/picassos3.jpg

Those are very cool Shawn. Only a small percentage of a spawn from parents that throw Picassos will actually come out with that pattern.

Nice find. What did you have to pay, if I may ask?

they wanted $100 ea or $150 for the pair.

Thanks, just being curious. They are nice.

awesome...
i love the clowns oddities.
great looking pair, thanks for posting pics of them

Shawn, they are really pretty! Thanks for sharing your find. :)

So Cuteeeeeeee

I love those clowns. ORA has amazing clownfish IMO

Very nice clowns. :up:

hows there temperment?

They are still very young and I have them in a 20-gallon tank by themself. I feed them at least 3 times a day 3 0r 4 of the tiny pellets and them come to the front of the tank whenever I'm near.


I have a pair of breeding Clarki's w/ a blue strip that I'm going to sell out of my 150 to put these guys in there. I've been giving the Clarki eggs to a fellow reefer and he is starting to breed clowns so I asked him to make me a offer for them.

Wow! Those are amazing clowns! Beautiful! Please keep us updated on their development. I'd be really curious to see what their offspring would look like... that is if you end up breeding them. :) Er rather, if you decide to raise their fry... ya know what I mean. :)

hey shawn, just wanted to check in on these guys, they still doing good?
any chance of them spawning.?? :D

Rob,

They are doing well i have 3 now and have moved the into my 150 upstairs. One is getting bigger than the other 2 and it looks like 2 of them are pairing up. The larger of the 3 is starting to getting its darker black bands.

They are a slow grower and I would think it will take a few years befor they starte to spawn.

I'll try to snap a few picture after the lights go on at noon today.

Shawn

awesome, thanks for the update..
i would love to get some, or help you get them spawning and raise them ;)

just feed them good and keep em healthy.. :)

If your ever on the west side of Michigan I would be willing to part with my extra one. Its the one on the left in the last picture. I'll let him go for what I paid $75. I'm not ready to start shipping yet.

thanks Shawn, tempting offer, if i can find a second one for a similar price i might take ya up on that.. i would love to try and breed them along with the my other clowns.. :)

share some pix.. i cant wait for the update. =]

Here are a few more picture of the clowns I took today.



http://www.wmiaquatics.com/images/rc/picassos4.jpg

http://www.wmiaquatics.com/images/rc/picassos5.jpg

http://www.wmiaquatics.com/images/rc/picassos6.jpg

Thanks for the new pix Shawn.

Thanks for the new pix Shawn.

Man I thought Michigan played bad. What happened to your buckeyes?

I REALLY dont like where this is going :) lol

Geez Shawn, I don't know who it was that played in that (those) game(s) but it sure wasn't the team(s) I'd watched all season. I'm glad the Wisconsin and Penn State came through for the Big Ten!

shoving back OT... :)

One of our club members won a pair of these at MACNA. They're gorgeous.

shoving back OT... :)

One of our club members won a pair of these at MACNA. They're gorgeous.
i agree, and if i get the change to breed them, i will be all over it.. :)

beautiful clowns!

any idea if they are spawning!

Thanks for the compliments and they arn't spawning yet they are to young.

Are people working to propogate these patterns, or are really they just oddities that don't yet consistently pass on their abberant patterns?
I ask because when i was a kid, an albino cornsnake was rare, and now they have every pattern and morph imaginable. I wonder if any saltwater fish might eventually be bred in morphs like guppies...

Are people working to propogate these patterns, or are really they just oddities that don't yet consistently pass on their abberant patterns?
I ask because when i was a kid, an albino cornsnake was rare, and now they have every pattern and morph imaginable. I wonder if any saltwater fish might eventually be bred in morphs like guppies...

Yes ORA (http://www.orafarm.com/) in florida is breeding these clowns for the pattern.

Those look awesome!!!! Keep us updated! Thanks for sharing.