Designer clownfish - what's your opinion?

[TaylorPilot]

I'm with @Bubba12 . They are different, but look close enough to a normal clown. Some of the fancier ones look like they have a skin disease to me. LOL

 

[Rjramos]

I've never liked Clown's of any kind let alone designers. I've never owned one and am over reading and hearing about them [emoji13]

I would not have even posted it that were my situation.

 

[NanaReefer]

I would not have even posted it that were my situation.

She asked for opinions right? She didn't specify they all had to be alike.

 

[s2nhle]

I like them all.

 

[thedru13]

I am guilty of having them. They are awesome.

 

[Rjramos]

I am guilty of having them. They are awesome.

What's the guilt about? Beautiful and healthy looking fish that wasn't taken from the ocean.

 

[klp]

It is like breeding guppies except I like the way the guppies turn out better. To me they just look weird.

 

[loumaggs]

What's the guilt about? Beautiful and healthy looking fish that wasn't taken from the ocean.

Very true

 

[reef_grrrl]

I'm a huge fan of color variations in most every animal. I have a piebald Dachshund and a ~fancy color~ bearded dragon, so of course I love designer clowns. Plus it feels almost like Pokemon from my childhood, gotta catch em all!

 

[Zionas]

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but from the start I’ve been clear about not wanting any designer clownfish or any other kind of artificially altered fish. I much prefer the originals that are easier to find captive bred. Give me an un-altered Ocellaris or Darwin Ocellaris any day over one of their mutant freaks. I’m never going to buy a designer clown.

 

[45ZoaGarden]

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but from the start I’ve been clear about not wanting any designer clownfish or any other kind of artificially altered fish. I much prefer the originals that are easier to find captive bred. Give me an un-altered Ocellaris or Darwin Ocellaris any day over one of their mutant freaks. I’m never going to buy a designer clown.

Believe it or not, some of the “freaks” actually occur naturally in the ocean. Misbar and mochas can be readily found in the ocean. I don’t mind Picasso and some snowflake clowns but the rest like Wyoming whites and platinums are UGLY imo. I have a plain clown with a slight misbar. I didn’t pick the fish out, it was scooped out of a giant tank full of plain clowns and I ended up with the slightly different one ;Hilarious

 

[Zionas]

Yes I know that some of the variants occur in the wild, including the Misbars. However, when you have something like the longfin designer clowns that are made to resemble saltwater goldfish almost, that’s way too much for me to accept.

 

[klp]

It is like breeding guppies. I prefer the original by clowns by far. Unlike guppies I do not see any beauty in the various clown designs. An all white one might be nice because of the rarity of an all white in aquarium fish. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. To me none to others...

 

[Zionas]

This is totally my personal opinion and I am in no way forcing my preferences onto others. For those who really like the look of the various, even the more wacky varieties of designer clowns, all the power of them.

However, I still find the originals, regardless of species, to be far more beautiful. I find the common varieties such as the Ocellaris, Percula, Tomato, Fire, Clarkii’s to all be beautiful. Temperament’s another issue but I find them the cutest in their original colors. Maroon clowns are OK to me. The least attractive clowns to me are the Skunk clowns. Saddleback is okay but I prefer Clarkii’s when it comes to having a similar color scheme.

I heard Biota Palau does the “bonsai” Coral Beauties and another company is doing nano Yellow Tangs. I’d be worried about genetic defects, more than anything else.

 

[FREAKINRICAN69]

The naked clownfish are the only ones I care for. Here is my pair, in the frogspawn.

Love that naked pair they look awesome...

 

[45ZoaGarden]

This is totally my personal opinion and I am in no way forcing my preferences onto others. For those who really like the look of the various, even the more wacky varieties of designer clowns, all the power of them.

However, I still find the originals, regardless of species, to be far more beautiful. I find the common varieties such as the Ocellaris, Percula, Tomato, Fire, Clarkii’s to all be beautiful. Temperament’s another issue but I find them the cutest in their original colors. Maroon clowns are OK to me. The least attractive clowns to me are the Skunk clowns. Saddleback is okay but I prefer Clarkii’s when it comes to having a similar color scheme.

I heard Biota Palau does the “bonsai” Coral Beauties and another company is doing nano Yellow Tangs. I’d be worried about genetic defects, more than anything else.

The biota bonsai coral beauty is pretty imo. It’s essentially the same thing with a bit more yellow/orange. Still annoying like clownfish though. Mine attacks the baster when I’m trying to spot feed. We have a love hate relationship lol

 

[Rjramos]

Everone is entitled to their opinions and Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Here is my pair of Miami White clownfish yesterday. The creator of this genotype, paired a Wyoming white, from the late Bill Addison of Seaquest in Puerto Rico with I believe, a occelaris/percula hybrid parent. A beautiful pair with no disabilities or defects whatsoever. Man made GMO’s are found in all forms of living things today and have been around for a long time. In many cases, aesthetic genetic changes in many living things have brought on deformities and disabilities in the organism that make it difficult for the creature to go about it’s life, something I’ve always been against. Therefore, I like the diversity of different coloration and patterns in clownfish, but I don’t like when the fish looks like it’s struggling. Don’t like long fins or stubby clownfish.

 

[Pntbll687]

I have a snowflake that is about 5yrs old. Great color and vibrant lines. It was maybe $100 when I got it.

I'm not a huge fan of the all white clowns, just not appealing to me. But to each their own. Just like corals there are some I like and some I dont.