Anyway I am a college student working on my undergrad in biology and a fish geek with a passion for clownfish. I am currently working with Amphiprion Percula var. "Picasso" and Amphiprion Ocellaris var. "Snowflake", however I have bred and raised over 15k-20k clownfish of other species as well as Seahorses, Centropyge angels, cardinals, gobies etc. I recently had an article published in Aquarium Fish International about clownfish and the necessity ofr captive bred fish. I am hoping to revise/publish a phylogenetic tree of the Clownfishes by the end of my undergrad program and continue work with marine ornamentals!
I look forward to chatting with everyone here!
Anyway, as the topic title says I have some Picasso clownfish breeding. Currently my Picasso selection includes 4 pairs.
Three picasso males with regular percula females. One pair is breeding (female WC from SI and the male *supposedly* also WC from SI, but I have my suspicions on that) and the other two are both to young, hopefully in the next few months!
One Picasso x Picasso pair, the female WC from Bali and the male *supposedly* from PNG.
So here are some pictures! The pair is due for its third nest sometime this week. The first nest was small and eaten almost immediately, the second nest was about 600 eggs and was eaten by the male about 3 days after it was laid, I am hoping he will get it right this time!
Pair # 1
Pair #2 Picasso x Picasso
Thanks,
Colby
