Do you prefer designer or normal Clownfish?

[Zionas]

Hi all, how many of you prefer designer Clowns, and how many prefer the original wild strains? Personally, I would pick one that looks like a wild fish any day over a designer Clown.

Maybe I’m being paranoid but sometimes I’m worried that even captive bred ones that look like wild Clowns carry these designer genes due to attempts to breed designer Clowns.

Wild ones all the way for me. :)

I’m aware some varieties occur in the wild, and I admit I can find a wild type Picasso Percula pretty attractive, but a lot of the others like Snowflakes, Gold Brick Maroons, Gladiators, “Zombie” and “Longfin” I’m just like….. ugh, give me a break.

 

[Doctorgori]

I have the midnight and platinum ... I dunno, I recall when Instant Ocean or whomever started breeding them back in the late 70's. I swear their behavior is seeming goofier and goofier... I could be wrong
..anyway, the the though of "Glow Clowns" sorta disturbs me

 

[Zionas]

Yuck…. Glow Clowns…. People would really pay for anything?

If I had to pick, give me a good pair of Darwins any day.

 

[Bouncingsoul39]

In my humble opinion, nothing beats nature. The wild true perc is my all time fave.

 

[Townes_Van_Camp]

I briefly loved all the designer clowns, but got over it quickly. Wild percs and some of the ORA stuff that has been around a long time, Black and white oce for example

 

[MaxTremors]

I think most designer clowns are abominations. A couple of the more subtle morphs are okay, but most of them are just garishly, hideously unnatural looking.

 

[Tamberav]

I love Picasso’s. They can be found in nature though.

Example of a WILD Picasso. Look how beautiful and perfect the shape of its head is. This is an example of the ultimate clown to me. Perfect shape Mother Nature created but with a little flare.



Most important thing is the body shape. Plenty of pinched heads, pug noses, etc in both the original colors and the designers. ORA seems like a big offender of not culling properly.

 

[Zionas]

Amen!

 

[Zionas]

Amen brother!

 

[Zionas]

That’s a stunning specimen. Perhaps the best I’ve ever seen.

 

[windemerejack]

Hate clowns, whether its designer or normal, there is no point to them.
Would you have a dog that sat in a corner all day and night and when you went near it it bit you? Thats all a clownfish does. I just do not get the fascination with them, I'm sure Finding Nemo was made purely to annoy the heck out of me, they should have let Bruce eat the little jerk and finished the film there.
But each to their own.

 

[Gtinnel]

I prefer some of the designer clowns except for the long fin varieties, which I hate the looks of. I seem to prefer the designer clowns that have more white. I currently have a normal color and a Wyoming white.

 

[Dcal]

Tough. Normals are a classic and i never see myself not liking them but i do like some of the funny oddballs like the naked clownfish but i think my favorite of the designer is the black ice

 

[InvertGang]

Hate clowns, whether its designer or normal, there is no point to them.
Would you have a dog that sat in a corner all day and night and when you went near it it bit you? Thats all a clownfish does. I just do not get the fascination with them, I'm sure Finding Nemo was made purely to annoy the heck out of me, they should have let Bruce eat the little jerk and finished the film there.
But each to their own.

Some reasons clowns are popular is they're easy to feed, good in nano tanks, and have a lot of personality.

Do you know of any alternatives that are also good for nano tanks and such?

 

[Goaway]

I dislike tank bred clowns because of personality. I have 3 clowns right now, and and not one of them is as awesome as the wild caught I had before. They don't swim as clumsy, swim patterns aren't as random as the wilds. My wild clowns came from petco, the female died to an eye infection and medication didn't work well. While some think they just sit in their own corner, that's true. Until feeding time or when you are messing with the tank.
My surviving male would always swim around my hand when I Would go into the DT and While I messed around cleaning or planting frags. Weird thing was, he never in 8 years of keeping him did he turn female. He stayed male. Makes me wonder if my purple tang was female. They were the only 2 to survive a serpent starfish.

I do not like these super designer clowns. I just love the white markings, not the white body with a little color.

 

[KStatefan]

True Percs and Darwin Clowns are my favorite. I like some of the designer clowns but not the long fin ones

 

[MaxTremors]

Tough. Normals are a classic and i never see myself not liking them but i do like some of the funny oddballs like the naked clownfish but i think my favorite of the designer is the black ice

Looks like it’s being erased.

 

[Zionas]

A lot of these artificial morphs would be a good market strategy to make me buy pills for blood pressure. Add eye goggles too so my eyes won’t hurt as much.

I honestly see nothing wrong with….. this or the orange ones.

Other than the Occys and Perculas the Orange Skunks and Saddlebacks don’t look half bad either. Wonder if the captive Bred ones are still less hardy than a captive bred Occy or Percula coz I know the wild ones are tricky.

 

[Tamberav]

Tough. Normals are a classic and i never see myself not liking them but i do like some of the funny oddballs like the naked clownfish but i think my favorite of the designer is the black ice

This is a black storm not a black ice :)

 

[Dcal]

This is a black storm not a black ice :)

oops thats what i meant lol thanks for the correction