how do i find its wild caught clown or captive bred?

[sydmeeran]

Hey Friends,
How do i find its wild caught clown or captive bred?

 

[Gman83]

I'd just ask the store

 

[ieatbugman]

hey, the video is not working. also you could contact the fish "dealer" and ask them if they know. most clown fish are captive bred in the hobby, I have personally only seen 2.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Your best bet would be to ask where they obtained the clown fish from.

 

[sydmeeran]

@Gumbies R Us @ieatbugman @Gman83 The supplier said its wild caught. But I wanted to know if there any other way to confirm.

I added Anemone after a month from adding the clowns. They hosted almost in few hours.

 

[ieatbugman]

not that im aware of. what kind of clowns are they?

 

[Ooh fiddlesticks]

Clowns are cheap and they breed readily, I doubt highly they’re wild caught as it would probably cost more for a retailer to obtain wild clowns.
But I guess you never know.

 

[Cheese Griller]

IMO those are wild caught. They look identical to my wild perc pair.

 

[Cheese Griller]

IMO those are wild caught. They look identical to my wild perc pair.

 

[Largeangels]

I also think they are wild caught. Unfortunately tank raised almost always have some type of physical deformity.

 

[sydmeeran]

I also think they are wild caught. Unfortunately tank raised almost always have some type of physical deformity.

Thats right. no deformity in body.

 

[sydmeeran]

The LFS said from Bali and wild caught.

 

[sydmeeran]

Clowns are cheap and they breed readily, I doubt highly they’re wild caught as it would probably cost more for a retailer to obtain wild clowns.
But I guess you never know.

Yes, I am aware clown fishes are easy to breed. But my LFS said wild caught is easy for is supplier than maintaining a farm.

 

[Isosceles]

I see that you're from Singapore, so I'd assume there's a better chance they're wild caught. Percula are only really collected out of Bali and Papua new guinea anyway. They also look like mine:

 

[Cheese Griller]

I see that you're from Singapore, so I'd assume there's a better chance they're wild caught. Percula are only really collected out of Bali and Papua new guinea anyway. They also look like mine:

beautiful pair!! Interesting that they're really only PNG and bali nowadays- the LFS I got my wild pair from always gets Solomon islands stock.

 

[Isosceles]

beautiful pair!! Interesting that they're really only PNG and bali nowadays- the LFS I got my wild pair from always gets Solomon islands stock.

Oh yeah that too. Knew I was missing one. I'm pretty sure that's it for percula locales anyway, obviously can't expect to get them off the barrier reef, but according to this one study I found that population shouldn't be percula anyway. Mine are PNG

 

[Cheese Griller]

Oh yeah that too. Knew I was missing one. I'm pretty sure that's it for percula locales anyway, obviously can't expect to get them off the barrier reef, but according to this one study I found that population shouldn't be percula anyway. Mine are PNG

I think I read that same study! Very interesting. It would be cool if they did a whole revision of the occelaris/perc complex and we got some new species!

 

[Isosceles]

I think I read that same study! Very interesting. It would be cool if they did a whole revision of the occelaris/perc complex and we got some new species!

I think if they don't give the barrier reef "percula" a name referencing Nemo (given that's the population he's from) that would be one of the biggest disappointments of the decade. The black ocellaris unfortunately aren't able to get a cool new name because they were previously described as Amphiprion bicolor, so they'll just have to take that.

 

[Cheese Griller]

I think if they don't give the barrier reef "percula" a name referencing Nemo (given that's the population he's from) that would be one of the biggest disappointments of the decade. The black ocellaris unfortunately aren't able to get a cool new name because they were previously described as Amphiprion bicolor, so they'll just have to take that.

Amphiprion bicolor isn't terrible, although a Darwin-related name would be cooler. For GBR percs I can't think of anything nemo-related that isn't just Amphirprion Nemo LOL

 

[sydmeeran]

I see that you're from Singapore, so I'd assume there's a better chance they're wild caught. Percula are only really collected out of Bali and Papua new guinea anyway. They also look like mine:

Beautiful pair .