AquaDancing is a marine fish breeder based out of Taiwan which has introduced a couple of new strains of the beloved ocellaris clownfish. The Mozart and Beethoven is AquaDancing’s name for some strains that have been line-bred down parallel paths with many other breeders, but with at least one very different goal.
Being based in Taiwan, AquaDancing has developed their clownfish varieties in relative isolation, with different standards of ‘domesticated’ clownfish to strive for. First of all, the Mozart and Beethoven are top grade style of Snowflake clownfish, with a couple distinctions.
贝多芬的小丑鱼是一个橙色基彩色clownfish, but dominated by a white coloration all over the body. a small degree of black spotting is reminiscent of frostbite clownfish. Indeed, at first glance you’d be totally clear for calling these fish actual frostbite, but one of the biggest distinctions is one feature which we have always held dear in domesticated clownfish strains, and that is the presence of a white first dorsal fin.
We’ve always held the presence of a white dorsal fin in very high regard, and this trait holds true in AquaDancing’s other unique line of domestic clownfish, the Mozart Clownfish. The Mozart is a black-base clownfish with a varying degree of picasso pattern on its body which is graded from K1, K2, K3 and K4.
The ‘cleanest’ color pattern belongs to the Mozart K1 clownfish which has the most white dorsal fin, and very bold and well defined black color surrounding it. Even as you descend the grading scale of AquaDancing’s Mozart clownfish they all have the white first dorsal fin and the breeder claims 90% genetic fidelity to the overall look of the strains.
The development of domestic clownfish strains has been dominated by American breeders, with Bali Aquarich as an outlier of contribution. It makes sense that since Taiwan and other Asian countries are producing so many marine aquarium equipment products, they should also enter the fish breeding side of the hobby and industry, and AquaDancing’s musician honoring clownfish are a very strong offering. [AquaDancing]
