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George
06-09-2010, 09:30 PM
What do you think of the color and the pattern of platinum clownfish?

ponokareefer
06-09-2010, 09:33 PM
I like the normal coloration much better. orange>>>white

Kenzy
06-09-2010, 09:38 PM
What do the platinum ones look like again? All these designer fish and corals are getting easy to forget.

ponokareefer
06-09-2010, 09:39 PM
http://www.cvreefers.org/gallery2/d/43500-2/platinumclown.jpg

noirsphynx
06-09-2010, 10:00 PM
I don't like the platinums but I do like snowflakes.

Kenzy
06-09-2010, 10:01 PM
Wow thats fugly!

anaitari
06-09-2010, 11:35 PM
I have to agree with Kenzy on this one.

saltwatermaniac
06-10-2010, 01:20 AM
I like them

Chaloupa
06-10-2010, 01:30 AM
I love them and can't wait til I can get a pair or so. Very very cool!

mark
06-10-2010, 02:14 AM
looks like a regular clown with a skin problem

petlaur
06-10-2010, 03:56 AM
Really, really dislike their look.

trilinearmipmap
06-10-2010, 04:24 AM
I do not think we should screw with mother nature.

It is one thing to breed exotic variants of FW fish like guppies and angelfish which are dozens of generations separated from wild stock.

SW fish should not be monkeyed with.

Gaffer
06-10-2010, 02:01 PM
Not such a fan of the Platinums but like the Snowcasos and really love the Grade A Picassos. I have been trying to get my hands on some, but many places are reluctant to bring them in due to the price.

I have been buying some misbars lately. There are certain shops that get neat misbars that they lump in with thier regular ORA clowns.

Andrew

Funky_Fish14
06-10-2010, 06:44 PM
I dont like any of these white modified clowns. Clowns that are darker (like black occelaris, onyx, or dark percs) are ok... but white ones a are yuck. Some of the dark ones are more often naturally occuring anyways.

Wayne
06-13-2010, 10:18 PM
I really like them! They have two at Big Al's right now unfortunatly $400 each :(

vaporize
06-13-2010, 10:55 PM
The Wyoming White and Platinum are pretty much the same, I like the Platinum a bit more because their fins tend to grow-in the black color a bit more than the Wyoming White.

Having such a white color does make parasite treatment very tough thou LOL

zeddy
06-13-2010, 10:58 PM
do not like it. normal is better

viperfish
06-13-2010, 11:13 PM
I do not think we should screw with mother nature.

It is one thing to breed exotic variants of FW fish like guppies and angelfish which are dozens of generations separated from wild stock.

SW fish should not be monkeyed with.

This variant is a result of selective breeding in captivity, these aren't wild fish. This is exactly the same process that you referred to with FW guppies and Angels. It takes thousands of offspring to come up with these oddities, even if you breed two of these, you probably won't get this color variation as a result. Catching fish with cyanide or dying Anemones is screwing with nature.