Long Finned Clownfish not far from your store.

Fincasters · Sep 24, 2014

Here is a quick discussion with the man behind the long-finned clownfish.[video=youtube_share;bXjBanC9R-E]http://youtu.be/bXjBanC9R-E[/video]

Oliver94 · Sep 25, 2014

One word,ugly i prefer the "normal" ones

CastAway · Sep 25, 2014

Unnatural. Wait till a pair of these are released into the wild. That'll be a boon for the hobby. Pass.

duromega · Sep 25, 2014

Oliver94 said:
One word,ugly i prefer the "normal" ones

+1 agree

stunreefer · Sep 25, 2014

While I can't say I'm a huge fan of them, or clowns in general, it is very interesting and different. Look at all the various dogs and goldfish we have available to us... Someone will really like these fish and that's awesome. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

CastAway said:
Unnatural. Wait till a pair of these are released into the wild. That'll be a boon for the hobby. Pass.

These fish wouldn't last two seconds in the wild. They stick out like a sore thumb to predators, and other clownfish would not accept them. At one point or another wild clowns have likely been born like this, however since there's no benefit to the species the mutation is not passed along (again, because the fish don't last long)

KorD · Sep 25, 2014

Not it really look more like an angry goldfish!

Danh · Oct 1, 2014

So wrong! If the long fins were nicely shaped and not tattered looking then it might just be ok for some people. But even then I would still prefer the original short fins. It's already perfect as it is. Don't need to improve it

SINNERMF · Oct 1, 2014

So since.you guys are against this, are you against the new species ora has made over the years?

domingo · Oct 1, 2014

I agree with stunreefer, but the breeders are doing a good job in breeding fishes so collection will not be needed anymore...

guidedbyechoes · Oct 1, 2014

I prefer the originals to all of the other morphs.

Davileet · Oct 1, 2014

SINNERMF said:
So since.you guys are against this, are you against the new species ora has made over the years?

Yes.

jrwiechman · Oct 1, 2014

CastAway said:
Unnatural. Wait till a pair of these are released into the wild. That'll be a boon for the hobby. Pass.

Unnatural? I didnt hear them say they genetically modified it.

ThaBeast · Oct 1, 2014

I'm not a big fan of the long finned varieties, but a big thumbs up to the man behind them. Much better than taking clowns out of the ocean

mainereefer · Oct 2, 2014

Danh said:
So wrong! If the long fins were nicely shaped and not tattered looking then it might just be ok for some people. But even then I would still prefer the original short fins. It's already perfect as it is. Don't need to improve it

the fins are torn because with long fins they cant swim well so other fish pick on them they are also recommended to be kept in low flow tanks because of this....
personaly I dont like them at all but then again a pair in a sh tank would look cool

CastAway · Oct 2, 2014

Unnatural in the sense that a labradoodle is unnatural.

I think selective breeding, which is how I think one ends up with a long finned clown fish, is genetic modification. The fish may not be the result of genetic engineering. I mean I doubt anyone is isolating DNA and injecting embryos or whatever, but to me, it's just unnatural.

Heck, maybe it is a naturally occurring fish. If so, sor-ry.

Trex · Oct 2, 2014

SINNERMF said:
So since.you guys are against this, are you against the new species ora has made over the years?

Gonna nit-pick here...

They haven't created any new species, just different color morphs of existing ones, or hybrids.

Randy Holmes-Farley · Oct 2, 2014

SINNERMF said:
So since.you guys are against this, are you against the new species ora has made over the years?

Yes.

I like ordinary ocellaris clowns. My trio of them is one of the more interesting things in the tank to observe.

jrwiechman said:
Unnatural? I didnt hear them say they genetically modified it.

The original one was a natural mutant. I wouldn't say it is any more unnatural than a two headed cat. I don't want one of those, either.

KorD · Oct 2, 2014

Randy Holmes-Farley said:
Yes.

The original one was a natural mutant. I wouldn't say it is any more unnatural than a two headed cat. I don't want one of those, either.

:bigsmile:LOL...

I just wondering how much more angry they are going to be.. and why do they have a 1/2 long fin and 1/2 short fin...

ahmed.boomer · Oct 2, 2014

I'm starting to worry they are going to breed clownfish to the point where they end up like freshwater fish. Cool fish but don't think it'll be worth the $200 price tag for 1.