Picasso Clownfish Grading?

SaltWaterDave · Jan 5, 2012

How do you actually go about grading a Picasso Clownfish? My brother just got a Picasso juvenile to pair up with is regular female Perc. Just wondering how you determine what grade you got? It's only about an inch long at this point. Is that too early to grade?

btkrausen · Jan 5, 2012

Grade A Picassos have a stripe connecting the middle and rear stripes.

SaltWaterDave · Jan 5, 2012

Thanks!

btkrausen · Jan 5, 2012

These were my old Grade A's:

SaltWaterDave · Jan 5, 2012

Here's a pic of the one my brother got. It's in the bag floating so the pic isn't the best. It looks like it has white that connects from head to tail.

BroncosZOA · Jan 5, 2012

BS

Its all BS. Fish cant be graded lol

That grading system was set up by a retailer for them to charge more for clowns they feel look better.

There is no industry standard or anything like that.

MarvinsReef · Jan 5, 2012

that looks like a very nice Picasso. Grade A is my guess. we need to see the other side also to see if the whites connect on the other side as well. nice find!

BroncosZOA · Jan 5, 2012

BTW BTKRAUSEN those fish that were grade A's have a very bad head deformity. Its got a hump head

SaltWaterDave · Jan 5, 2012

MarvinsReef said:
that looks like a very nice Picasso. Grade A is my guess. we need to see the other side also to see if the whites connect on the other side as well. nice find!

Thanks!!!! I'll have him take another pic of the other side. That was the only clear pic we got in the bag and in the tank from the side. But on a side note, it immediatly went right to hosting his nems as soon as it hit the water.

Here's a pic of it in the nem from the top down. It's the only way you could see it, but you can only tell it's a clown and not any real definition. It's the little tiny guy in the bottom below the regualr perc.