Bones Reef Clowns

Chelsey · Jun 17, 2008

I'm about to purchase a pair from Brandon and I want to see what yours look like! I'll be getting two babies but I'd like to see some older, more mature ones

Post your pics!

LorenK · Jun 18, 2008

I think he's pretty new to sales so not sure if you'll find many mature fish. I saw him post some stuff on a breeding site I check. Never came back though after being called out.

http://www.marinebreeder.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=1591

Chelsey said:
I'm about to purchase a pair from Brandon and I want to see what yours look like! I'll be getting two babies but I'd like to see some older, more mature ones Post your pics!

MarvinsReef · Jun 19, 2008

interesting read.. I actually checked out that site about a month ago and had some really nice Picasso's...

Chelsey, I hope you have a good experience with him/her... good luck..

Smarsh · Jun 19, 2008

I don't know but it says on his website that he doesn't have any available.

Sandy

Chelsey · Jun 19, 2008

I got my first pair of picassos through him and was very happy...had a great experience. I realize that some people have had issues with him but since my first experience was good I'm hoping the second one will be too. I know for a fact that a few people on here have them, I'm just hoping they'll post pics

LorenK · Jun 20, 2008

Are the clowns in your avatar pic from him?

I will sell you some rhino-clowns when they are ready

I'm still trying to get my clown to mate with a birdsnest.

Chelsey · Jun 21, 2008

Yes, those were my clowns...RIP

demonsperm · Jun 21, 2008

So they died?

If so how about some tank specs. Like size and age and all equipement used and your water source?
Were they your fisrt fish?

Chelsey · Jun 22, 2008

demonsperm said:
So they died?

If so how about some tank specs. Like size and age and all equipement used and your water source?
Were they your fisrt fish?

Yes, they died. I'd had them for well over a year and have been reefkeeping for 5 years, so no, they were not my first fish. I introduced what I thought was a perfectly healthy blue tang into my system and he ended up carrying some sort of pathogen that nuked my tank. These clowns were not the only fish I lost. I was away on vacation when the pathogen "attacked" my fish...the incubation time must've been relatively long for this particular bug because all was well for a bit before I left.

sdietz2469 · Jun 22, 2008

sorry to hijack your thread, but i am looking for some as well(picasso, snowflake etc), any idea if you can hook me up with someone who has some for sale?
shane

ConcreteReefer · Jun 22, 2008

After being called out so bluntly and not responding makes me question his practices.. Although- It's difficult to buy large quantities of Picasso's from ORA. Most dealers only get 1 pair at a time- I doubt he is getting all of them from ORA.

whether or not he is the actual breeder is the issue.

balagan said:
I think he's pretty new to sales so not sure if you'll find many mature fish. I saw him post some stuff on a breeding site I check. Never came back though after being called out.

http://www.marinebreeder.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=1591

Chelsey · Jun 22, 2008

While I will agree that it does not look good to not respond when called out, Brandon is IMO legit. I'm not sure what proof people (not just on R2R but on RC too) have when making the various allegations that they have, but in talking to Brandon and seeing the pictures he has sent me I believe that he has the operation set up to raise/ breed these clowns. What difference does it make whether he personally is raising them or he's getting them from someone else? How many online vendors that have picassos or other difficult to find fish raise the fish personally? I started this thread to be a picture thread for Bones reef clowns, not to talk about his alleged business practices. If you'd like to talk business please start a new thread.