Grade B Picasso Clowns?

Chaloupa · #1 03-30-2009, 07:59 AM

I agree if you put them in at the same time you have a good chance....but not after the clowns have established themselves. My trio tried to kill the Naked Clown pair I put in.....and they had not been in the tank for a long time...just long enough...they're in a 150g and they use the entire tank. When people say clowns don't swim around much...well mine do...one side of the tank to the other...and they play host with ... a wavebox...no corals I have offered or anything. They did start to play in a large brain coral I had...but then I had a fish nipping it so the brain came out..and back to the wavebox.

GSP I totally get the wanting the Grade A or Premium pair. They are much nicer and great colors...now if only we could get some Snowflake or Snowcasso's in.....THAT would be cool! Here is a thread that sort of gives an overview of what this guy grades his clowns as;
http://www.donisreef.com/examples.html

Phanman · #2 03-30-2009, 04:14 PM

Doni's a girl

I actually ordered 2 pairs (A & B) from her last year but they didnt make it. It was the shipping companies fault thou. Ordered overnight express and didnt arrive till 2 days later.

Chaloupa · #3 03-30-2009, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Phanman

Doni's a girl

OOPS....even better though!

Too bad they didn't make it...some really nice fish on the site!

Phanman · #4 03-30-2009, 04:26 PM

yea i was really sad. The babies were so cute when they got here. Just not alive

karazy · #5 03-30-2009, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Phanman

Doni's a girl

I actually ordered 2 pairs (A & B) from her last year but they didnt make it. It was the shipping companies fault thou. Ordered overnight express and didnt arrive till 2 days later.

how did you order them? it says on the site that they only ship to the continental US?

Howdy · #6 03-30-2009, 11:31 PM

I believe Phanman had asked Doni to give Canada a try (correct me if I am wrong Phanman) and due to the unfortunate results is not shipping anywhere other than the continental US at this time.

Phanman · #7 03-31-2009, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Howdy

I believe Phanman had asked Doni to give Canada a try (correct me if I am wrong Phanman) and due to the unfortunate results is not shipping anywhere other than the continental US at this time.

Correct, I was the first person Doni had sent an order to across the border. Since they didnt make it, I was also the last. Too bad the shipping company messed up so bad, cause they were great looking specimens.

shipping wasnt cheap either, lol.

If I go down south this summer ill have them shipped to my cousins place and bring them back with me.

GreenSpottedPuffer · #8 03-31-2009, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Chaloupa

I agree if you put them in at the same time you have a good chance....but not after the clowns have established themselves. My trio tried to kill the Naked Clown pair I put in.....and they had not been in the tank for a long time...just long enough...they're in a 150g and they use the entire tank. When people say clowns don't swim around much...well mine do...one side of the tank to the other...and they play host with ... a wavebox...no corals I have offered or anything. They did start to play in a large brain coral I had...but then I had a fish nipping it so the brain came out..and back to the wavebox.

GSP I totally get the wanting the Grade A or Premium pair. They are much nicer and great colors...now if only we could get some Snowflake or Snowcasso's in.....THAT would be cool! Here is a thread that sort of gives an overview of what this guy grades his clowns as;
http://www.donisreef.com/examples.html

My clowns are the opposite, they will not leave their anemone much. The female left the other day and made it all the way to the other side of the tank before getting scared and zipping back to the nem. I have never again seen either of them more than about a foot from their home.

JDigital · #9 03-31-2009, 03:28 AM

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Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

My clowns are the opposite, they will not leave their anemone much. The female left the other day and made it all the way to the other side of the tank before getting scared and zipping back to the nem. I have never again seen either of them more than about a foot from their home.

I've read in the wild clowns usually don't get much farther than 2 meters from their host nem... 2 meters in the ocean, 1-2ft in our tanks... Seems about right.. haha!

jsmth321 · #10 03-31-2009, 03:47 AM

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Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

My clowns are the opposite, they will not leave their anemone much. The female left the other day and made it all the way to the other side of the tank before getting scared and zipping back to the nem. I have never again seen either of them more than about a foot from their home.

I dont have an anemone for my clown, but it never leaves his corner, spends the entire day in the upper right hand corner, never leaving it. Been that way since day 1 back in December.

Its a weird little fish though, no fear of humans at all.