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grinner30
03/11/2010, 05:13 PM
I just picked up 2 Picasso/snowflake fish at Petco at Broadway and Craycroft in Tucson, AZ for 9.99 each. They are marked as False Percs on sale for $9.99. LOL!

THANK YOU PETCO!

clowns101
03/11/2010, 05:23 PM
Thats nice!

grinner30
03/11/2010, 05:45 PM
In QT tank...

http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af68/grinner30/fish%20tank/IMG00062-20091215-0539.jpg

http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af68/grinner30/fish%20tank/IMG00061-20091215-0538.jpg

popper231
03/11/2010, 06:02 PM
lucky bastid! those are not really snowflake picasso...you better give them up to me.

flameangel9
03/11/2010, 06:04 PM
Snowflakes are oscillaris, picasso's are true percs what you have there are B grade picasso's/true percs. A Slightly nicer pr on Divers Den go for 179.99. Nice grab. Petco needs to invest in some blue lights.

http://liveaquaria.com/diversden/ItemDisplay.cfm?c=2733+3&ddid=83820

grinner30
03/11/2010, 06:06 PM
Thanks for the info on the differences! Learn something new everyday! Woot!

Trademark
03/11/2010, 06:59 PM
You can make a profit and sell them to me for 10.50 ea.

Sfork
03/11/2010, 07:19 PM
makes me want to go to petco lol.

IPowderBlueTang
03/11/2010, 09:40 PM
Could you get another pair and send it up to me, here in Canada. I have not seen any snowflake or picasso's around here at the local LFS.
Great find and awesome price, good looking fish.

jsharp1
03/12/2010, 07:07 AM
its always petco. wish there was one near me! :)

Doherty
03/12/2010, 07:35 AM
Petco is so generous....... Great Grab!
Awesome looking clowns!

popper231
03/12/2010, 10:26 AM
i have 10 petco around my area, they don't have salt water fish..bummer

kerusso316
03/12/2010, 12:54 PM
Pet co buys from ORA.these were mislabeled.

TheSurgeon
03/12/2010, 01:32 PM
Man I wish we had a Petco out here... those are an amazing buy!

venom550pm
03/13/2010, 07:26 AM
newb here, how can you tell the difference?

jbud2418
03/13/2010, 12:29 PM
Sweet find

savageAJC
03/16/2010, 09:47 PM
yea!

melanotaenia
03/17/2010, 07:28 AM
newb here, how can you tell the difference?

between ORA and wild caught? I don't think you really can. You can look for large stocks of clowns, if there are a large group of smaller guys, best bet is they came from a breeder (like ORA).....and some of the mis-striped guys will get into those batches...as I am sure is what happened in this case.

cdsheid
03/17/2010, 07:38 AM
:bounce3:I was just about to make this thread i dont have pics but after reading this post earlier in the week i started stopping by at mine on a regular basis and i got two for 19.99 a piece. lol. I love petco. :bounce3::bounce3::rollface::fun2::dance:

venom550pm
03/18/2010, 09:50 AM
between ORA and wild caught? I don't think you really can. You can look for large stocks of clowns, if there are a large group of smaller guys, best bet is they came from a breeder (like ORA).....and some of the mis-striped guys will get into those batches...as I am sure is what happened in this case.

no, between picasso and false percs......

PayasoDelMar
03/18/2010, 10:16 AM
between ORA and wild caught? I don't think you really can. You can look for large stocks of clowns, if there are a large group of smaller guys, best bet is they came from a breeder (like ORA).....and some of the mis-striped guys will get into those batches...as I am sure is what happened in this case.

Actually most of the times you can tell by just the bodyshape/structure. ORA gets the picasso markings by inbreeding and a lot of clowns will get deformities(even if minimal) like crooked jaws, flared gills, and ive noticed that the head structures are not at pointy as the wild caught counter parts which will 99% of the time have perfect bodies.

You can tell Percs and Occ by their dorsal fin count. Percs have 10. Occ have 11

OckMed
03/18/2010, 02:27 PM
I live 10 min from ORA in florida and I can't even get a deal like that.

clownaround2
03/18/2010, 05:30 PM
Hope they make it. Petco and fish = bad combination.

grinner30
03/18/2010, 08:54 PM
They are doing great. going to move them from QT to their new home soon.

jt_milstead
03/19/2010, 09:44 AM
Hope they make it. Petco and fish = bad combination.

As someone already stated these fish came from ORA, they have a pretty high survival rate, and clowns are tough.

dalilgriffith
03/19/2010, 02:53 PM
They are fish coming out of ORA with slight Picasso markings. They have a surplus of them so they are flooding the market with them as regular percs.

got2envy
03/19/2010, 03:30 PM
Just bought 2 from my LFS in Boca raton... :)

mile sq. reefer
03/19/2010, 05:40 PM
Nice find and good luck, too bad some poor bastard lost his job, DOH!

M88A2
03/19/2010, 10:55 PM
good save from petco...i bought my clowns from them and the dude ended up crushing another clown cause he was too lazy to remove the rock....not a fan of petco.

jbud2418
03/20/2010, 06:21 AM
I'm not a big fan of petco fish either.

jtdesotel
03/20/2010, 10:04 AM
Wow, thats sweet, wish I would have been able to find a deal like that when I got mine!

clownman77
03/20/2010, 05:12 PM
lucky

clownman77
03/20/2010, 05:13 PM
petco doesn't always have the nicest fish and actually there fish are already almost dead

grinner30
03/20/2010, 06:03 PM
picked up a pair of Firefins and these clowns. No problems. I think it depends on the staff that is working them too.

MarineFlake
03/20/2010, 09:30 PM
Crack kills. Anyway, good for you. Perhaps this will further push the idea that the people at Petco couldn't tell a clownfish from a crab in most places. They just shouldn't be selling specialty animals with out the proper staff. Nice grab dude, we are all very jealous ; )..Heck they were probably marked down due to looking 'defective' : )

kidninja
03/20/2010, 09:50 PM
man.....

got2envy
03/21/2010, 10:45 AM
I got mine from a LFS not Petco...for the record :P

nemmy
03/21/2010, 10:57 AM
I was just there the other day picking up some tanks, didnt see any in my area. But i will scoop some up if i do!

And it depends on the petco for how bad the fish are. I have two clowns from petco and I've had them for just over a year now.

got2envy
03/21/2010, 11:29 AM
Pix...sorry...these guys won't stay still

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y130/got2envy/P1010019-21.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y130/got2envy/P1010005-45.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y130/got2envy/P1010014-35.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y130/got2envy/P1010008-37.jpg

savageAJC
03/21/2010, 06:25 PM
envy, nice fish, how much did you pay for them?

Alex0219
03/22/2010, 03:47 AM
Awesome find! Hope they have some where I am in a month or so!!!

got2envy
03/22/2010, 09:21 AM
I paid $16.99 each plus my 10% club discount :)
There was a whole tank full of at least 50
Thanks...I am happy with the purchase!

dalilgriffith
03/22/2010, 11:02 AM
These fish are a surplus for ORA's stock.... they literally have thousands and thousands of these buggers swimming in their tubs. Now, if we had latz and white bonnets laying around by the thousands, I'd be willing to flip my head over it.

lo7100
03/22/2010, 12:18 PM
Anyone see this for sell in the NY and NJ area?

UnknownWaters
03/22/2010, 10:40 PM
Yes i just saw some of these fish today at the middletown ny petco $18.99 each the guy working pointed them out and asked if i knew what they were as i stared at themthey had a bout a dozen that was at 5:30 pm on monday march 22. good luck

JMcAz7
03/24/2010, 10:31 AM
It really does depend on the Petco too. If you have one with some highschool kid who doesn't give a crap about the fish then survival is pretty bad.

The one by me has a guy who knows his stuff, really cares about it, and it on RC if I'm not mistaken.

Witch Doctor
02/27/2011, 10:29 PM
Nice job! I orderd a pair of semi-piccassos from saltwaterfish.com for $100 and got a a sweet pair of piccassos! They look better than the live aquaria ones for $379.99! I always love it when some poor SOB messes up and sends the wrong fish...

firereef
02/27/2011, 10:34 PM
Those are not picassos. Petco just has bad lighting which caused these guys to bleach.

I'll give you $9.99 my friend and pay for shipping so I can make them color back up in my qt system for ya. Pm is best:)

Sfork
02/27/2011, 10:54 PM
http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/attachments/world-affairs-board-pub/17114d1257963711-necropost-warning-pinhead-necro2.jpg