You probably haven't seen these before. Maroon and Ocellaris babies!

[MandarinGirl]

I love them!

 

[akabryanhall]

Thanks so much for the kind words everyone! They are getting quite big, some a little over 2" already!

 

[gqjeff]

Ocellmars SWEET..

 

[GHill762]

very cool.. can't wait to see more pics..

 

[Reeferguy]

This Is Awesome! Good for you I bet thats a cool experience to see super rare breeding habits!! I want A PAIR!!!!!

 

[akabryanhall]

Thanks guys! Oscellmars ain't bad Thought I would post a couple pics. This is the first of the batch to make it into a reef. Within 5 hours he found and started hosting a bta. At 6 months old, never seen one before, this shocked me. I have Wyoming whites that are 2 years old and still don't quite know what to do with a nem lol.

 

[szutj001]

Very kewl pics and interesting how quick they took and the others not. Wonder how that all works? Anyway After taking some too beef up the 55gallon tanks stand It just didnt look like something that was sturdy. I can probably put my car on it now but atleast I will sleep well. Tank is full deionized and running .023 and a half on salinity 80 temp. Tank is full and yes old school so it does have a UG its reverse flow. Fluval405 fed on one leg and then powerheads on the other 3. so hoping to bring the black and whites over to the tankduring the week sometime will take pics then. Still have to Diy two t5 wired into the hood on timers there only 36 inchers but should be fine. A 10k white and a 420 actinic. If i go coral route as well which i really would like still have 2 22inch power compact actinics two wire into the hood. will cutout and run a fan for the hood to draw off heat. Have a ten gallon for the lil ones set up nothing pretty just airstone and heaterall sides blacked out and plain jane lights for it. Anyway cant wait to have the black and white relax and feel comfortable enough to lay eggs. Tank for now will just have loads of dead coral which bothers me all that white and a light never leads to good algae growing Anyway if have suggestions please feel free.

 

[akabryanhall]

Thanks for the compliment szutj!

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

Please direct all comments about selling to PM. Selling/buying is permitted in the classified section only. Thanks!

 

[akabryanhall]

I should probably document this here as well. Upon further examination, I believe babies these have preopercular spines. The spine cheek gene has been passed down to them from the father, making these truly 1 of a kind.

 

[whixley101]

Very nice.

 

[kyle1284]

ever though about removing the orange ocellaris and replacing it with a black, snow or a picassio?... you could be sitting on a gold mine....

 

[akabryanhall]

Very nice.

Thanks Whixley!

ever though about removing the orange ocellaris and replacing it with a black, snow or a picassio?... you could be sitting on a gold mine....

Hey Kyle,
Never really intended on making a fortune off of these. I have raised a batch of around 60, with a lot of help from my friend Iggy, and these will probably be the only clowns like these you'll see, until someone else does it. I have taken the pair out of my breeding system and put them in a nice 90G with a huge BTA. Put them out to pasture so to speak.
I do not really condone forcing these sort of pairs, although hybridization occurs in nature, quite often. If I tried to switch the mama for another, there is a good chance she won't be able to keep the maroon in check, or even want to bond with it. No reason to break them up. They are very happy together.

 

[JF2381]

That's awesome.

 

[A-SpecUA6]

I am trying this also. Wish me luck!

 

[wakeboardgeek]

This is awesome!

 

[akabryanhall]

Thanks guys! Wakeboardgeek, it is good to see you around these parts again!! Have to reconnect soon. Going to coralcon?

 

[akabryanhall]

Good luck aspect! It may be hard to get pairs like these to bond. What fish are you trying it with?

 

[wakeboardgeek]

Thanks guys! Wakeboardgeek, it is good to see you around these parts again!! Have to reconnect soon. Going to coralcon?

So glad to be back! My tank is almost ready for coral too!

I won't be able to make it to CoralCon because my daughter's baptism is this weekend and we have tons of family coming into town. You'll have to tell me how it is.

 

[akabryanhall]

Let me know when it's up. I'll give you a frag of tricolor valida as a congrats on your daughter's baptism gift! You can hand it down to her one day