My Black Ice Snowflake Clownfish

I forgot that I still haven't posted up a picture of these little beauties. Anyways, there are only about a dozen pairs that ORA has released thus far, and I was able to get my hands on a pair.  Supposedly, they turn black as they mature, and are basically black snowflake clowns. I just HAD to have these guys, even though my bank account told me I shouldn't do it, LOL

 

They're in the new 55G refugium, which is divided for the regular Ocellaris Clowns and these guys. You can see in the video that my female Ocellaris isn't too happy with the new additions on the other side. She much have swam into that divider 100x when I first put them in. She seems to be a little better about it now.

 

Also in the vid, is my Yasha Goby that decided to make a cameo, LOL

 

 

 

Thanks! They better be for what I spent on them, LOL ... I swore I would never pay over $50, let alone over $100 for a darn clownfish

The blue lines on them are amazing! I just can't get a great photo of them that showcases it.

The Yasha is paired with a Randalli pistol shrimp, he just didn't want to show face yesterday.

They were expensive, but hopefully they'll eventually breed and it'll be worth it, lol

I'm not sure. I usually don't sell my stuff for nearly as much as market price. (I sell my ORA SPS frags for $15-$30 for a multi branch piece)

 

My LFS has two more in stock (he ordered me a pair, himself a pair and extra's to sell). He's selling them for $130 a piece, but said that is his cost. Whether that's true or not, I don't know. Another LFS had a pair and sold them for $450, which I think is just insane, but they're not fully released yet, so people will pay.

 

 

LOL, we'll see. You're going to have to wait a good three years, these guys are babies. Fingers crossed that they do indeed turn all black! I think once they're black, the blue lining on their stripes will really pop.

 

I'm big on trading. My local reef club is big on it too, it's a nice thing. Everyone makes out.

That's what I said! I literally laughed at the owner when he told me the price. But, I live on Long Island, and this store is in a wealthy area. He sold them in under a week.

 

Thanks. My husband has been obsessed with them since I showed them to him on the ORA website, so once I had a chance to buy them, I had to. He works to darn hard  on the tanks for him not to get thrown a bone every once in a while, LOL.

 

Eventually, they're probably going to end up going in a tank I want to set up in the nursery.

I'm pregnant and determined to have a "Nemo-esque" reef in the nursery.

How did you guys not know this yet? I haven't been hiding it, LOL

LOL, I fully intend to make them a little marine biologist. They're going to be the only one who brings in a little nano tank for kindergarten show and tell, LMAO