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Old 07-12-2009, 02:16 AM
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from the link "...is off-limits to any kind of collection since 1982" and "These are offsprings from a collection trip..."

So the parents were hot?


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Old 07-12-2009, 02:30 AM
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from the link "...is off-limits to any kind of collection since 1982" and "These are offsprings from a collection trip..."

So the parents were hot?

either that or very, very old.
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They probably originated from an Australian hobbyist who collected them legally in 2006. I remember reading about his attempt but I can't find the URL at the moment.

http://www.reuters.com/article/press...09+PRN20090611

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$5500 would buy a years supply of stuff, or a very nice skimmer and light!!!! Ok maybe if we were rich.
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I bet these are offspring from one of the US companies. I think Drs Forester and Smith maybe were breeding a pair of offspring that they got from the Australian pair.
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Old 07-12-2009, 05:20 PM
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I bet these are offspring from one of the US companies. I think Drs Forester and Smith maybe were breeding a pair of offspring that they got from the Australian pair.
Yup. Some breeder in Australia kept pestering until he was allowed to go collect a few. He bred them first and sold some to Drs. Foster & Smith; they bred them too and were selling them. I believe the majority ended up in Japan. Drs. Foster and Smith are the most likely source for the one in question.
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I guess to a collector anything can be golden but I honestly can't understand the appeal. Just looks like a black and white clownfish to me. Man I'm such a cheapskate fuddle-duddle.
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I bet these are offspring from one of the US companies. I think Drs Forester and Smith maybe were breeding a pair of offspring that they got from the Australian pair.
Nope, these are not from US but from Australia.
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I don't think I would pay that much money for used fish.
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$5500 would buy a years supply of stuff, or a very nice skimmer and light!!!! Ok maybe if we were rich.
...all that and a decent looking ocellaris too. :P
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