Clownfish at Ocean's
 

Hi, i was wondering if anyone knows if the clownfish at ocean's aquarium on centre st. are wild caught or captive bred. I want captive bred clowns for obvious reasons. How do you tell if the fish are captive bred or wild caught?
thanks

Ask them ? hehehe

well, the thing is. I can't really trust their word! they seem a bit..shady.....i am sure they'll say anything to sell their fish....they'll just tell me what they think i wanna hear

Is there a chance they'd show you the waybill?

I know that Big Al's and Pisces get tank raised Ocellaris from Edmonton now and then ... maybe check with them instead

Cheers

Well instead of asking if their "Tank raised" ask if their " tank raised or wild caught" Just don't fall for the old trick of them asking you "well what do you want them to be" :lol:

My sister-in-law is ordering chinese food. She asks if they use MSG or not. The guys says, " you want MSG?" ..she says no. Good he says, we not use MSG :razz:

A. ocellaris and A. percula are pretty easily bred in captivity so there should be a reasonable supply of captive bred for these guys (apparently very hard to tell the difference between the two when they're captive bred, or something like that, but that's another issue). Anyways so, this is what I think: If you see a tank of like 30-40 (or more) small A. ocellaris, it's a reasonable assumption that they're tank bred. If you see a "mated pair" i.e., one obvious female, one obvious male (females are larger than males), well ... it takes time for them to pair up... so .. unless they were traded in or something, it seems odd that something like that would come from a breeder. But that's just my $0.02, not a guaranteed method by any stretch of course ...

Of course, you could always ask. Usually LFS's are going to be pretty up front about stuff like that..

In both Big Al's and Pisces they have it marked right on the tank that they are local bred ( Edmonton :smile: close enuff )

Captive-Bred Clownfish
 

Ocean Aquatics raises captive-bred clownfish.

J & L sometimes has them too.