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Originally posted by Pumba
On the 'stretch' of reef that I got my guys from, I guess there were about a dozen pairs/ families in total over about the 100m area.
Of these, 3 of them were the black ones, but the other black pairs were not black yet. They were still that 'dirty orange' colour.
I was told that it was quite common to see localised areas of the same colour form dominating.
Personally I beleive what we are seeing is the result of inbred stock. But thats just my opinion. Although, the male of my pair doesnt have a full last white stripe, and he's a wild fish. So there must be some genetic imbalance there that results in mis- barring.
Cheers,
Matt
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Well... The blacks start out orange and get darker with age, so seeing those dusky gray ones is not the best indicator of orange versus black pairs.
I wouldn't put too much salt in genetics playing a role in misbarring. Most of the people that breed clowns will tell you that misbarring is a result of poor food conditions in the early days of life. IME would agree with that. Now rather genetics plays a role in how easily they are affected by poor food and that resulting in misbars is a hole other subject.
It sounds like the area you collected your pair from is an all black section. Thanks for the information!