Why buy Ocellaris when Percula are more colorful ?

[ShrimpDemolisher]

Just curious. Whenever people ask which Clownfish you prefer, the answers are always the Percula. So my question is, why buy Ocellaris while the other one is more colorful, just as hardy and just as popular?

 

[Dempsey941]

Cuz itz nemo

 

[Breadman03]

Occelaris reach marketable size more quickly than percula, so I think that the numbers I see I stores (not counted and anecdotal) reflects breeders choosing the species that can be reared and sold faster, thus having lower overhead and a faster ROI.

 

[Gareth elliott]

As a whole they also are a tad smaller, and can be placed in smaller tanks. So when someone is setting up their first 10-15 gallon tank they will often stock with an ocellaris, given they can live for decades when that reefer upgrades to 100g nemo goes in the bigger pool.

 

[Quietman]

Size and I've heard less aggressive...but with either I think the aggressiveness is degrees and not significant.

 

[george51349]

I personally dislike the eyes of percula clownfish. Too orange and weird looking.

 

[mattzang]

i didn't get the memo and prefer ocellaris.

honestly if they weren't so dime a dozen, aren't they just some of the prettiest fish (percula too)? everyone has them so they're not unique, but they are some really cool looking fish

 

[Malifry97]

Yeah I personal prefer ocellaris over percula ten fold. I like the clean orange with white stripes outlined by black much better than the black fading that is on percula. I also think that perculas orange is less bright and vibrant and more dull.


But, just my 0.02

 

[ShrimpDemolisher]

Yeah I personal prefer ocellaris over percula ten fold. I like the clean orange with white stripes outlined by black much better than the black fading that is on percula. I also think that perculas orange is less bright and vibrant and more dull.


But, just my 0.02

So the Ocellaris has darker eyes and more reddish body? I did some google search but some percula really looks like the ocellaris.

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

This is an interesting discussion. I honestly didn't even realize there was that much of a difference between them.

 

[ShrimpDemolisher]

This is an interesting discussion. I honestly didn't even realize there was that much of a difference between them.

I didn't either. I'm just curious as to why peoplr always prefer Percula.

 

[Gareth elliott]

When I had to buy another male, after one my one ocellaris carpet surfed. Went onto at least a dozen different sites on how to tell false percula from true percula. I dont always trust lfs personnel when it comes to id’ing fish
It wasnt that I preferred one over the other, i just didnt want to mix species.
Till their full grown both look very similar to me. I always liked the regional darker morphs of the ocellaris personally, havent jumped on the $200 designer train yet lol.

 

[ShrimpDemolisher]

When I had to buy another male, after one my one ocellaris carpet surfed. Went onto at least a dozen different sites on how to tell false percula from true percula. I dont always trust lfs personnel when it comes to id’ing fish
It wasnt that I preferred one over the other, i just didnt want to mix species.
Till their full grown both look very similar to me. I always liked the regional darker morphs of the ocellaris personally, havent jumped on the $200 designer train yet lol.

So the ones you had were the natural non-morph ones? I personally prefer these to the hybrids because they are.... Natural? Lol.

 

[Gareth elliott]

So the ones you had were the natural non-morph ones? I personally prefer these to the hybrids because they are.... Natural? Lol.

Yes, one was a slight misbar, it’s original mate was a caramel, the replacement was black ocellaris. Both caramel and black ocellaris are found on the GBR i forget the actual part.
the misbar it took sometime for me to even notice, when i purchased was the size of a dime lol.

 

[robbyg]

I keep Nemo and Dory mostly because my friends and relatives love them and more importantly how the young children that visit love them. Secondly I think the Percs look very pretty and I have no issues with them.
I am not picky about fish being common vs rare it’s more about what does well and makes my tank more interesting without breaking the bank.

 

[Tamberav]

I think they both look great. I had a pair of occys for many years and now I have percs

They look different imo, occys having a cuter face and percs a bit more dramatic markings. The eyes are the most easily noticeable feature.

 

[Katrina71]

I happen to love our little defect ocellaris. My son picked her because she was quite flawed. Her color is very vivid and she has a sweet temperament.

 

[Heabel7]

Cuz itz nemo

This for sure. My wife and kids had to have Nemo (me too). We got two and they were named “Nemo” and “Nomo”.

 

[count krunk]

why buy a white car when you could buy a blue car?

same reasons really. there are LOTS of different clowns

 

[OrionN]

Here are pictures of deformed free Ocellaris and Percula. The Ocellaris in the first picture are not mine and I did not take it. While the Percula are mine. The larger one was a rescued Percula, not adequately care for, IMO, by it's previous owner. The smaller one is WC, new. I am tole the two Ocellaris are wild caught also. All 4 are in QT when pictures taken
Ocellaris. Ralerly do we see Ocellaris as beautiful as the more orange one here. Most are dirty orange like the darker one.

Percula. Also deformed free here. The smaller one was beat up at LFS. He is healing. These are Onyx Percula, and have more black than average. Most of the time, the black coloration does not connect the second and third bar.

To each his/her own. I favor Percula. Deformed free is of upmost important to me. It is much harder to rise deformed free Percula in compare to Ocellaris. Ocellaris also mature and reach full coloration much quicker this much cheaper to raise to marketable fish.