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Hello & Welcome to Doni's Reef!

My name is Doni Marie and this site is about my 120 gallon reef tank and 680 gallons for hatching and growing out the A. percula and A. ocellaris clownfish I raise.

My reef is a 120 gallon aquarium with dual overflows, ASM G3 skimmer, TwoLittleFishes phosban & carbon reactor, Magdrive 9.5 return, two Korallia #3 powerheads, dual 250 SE reeflux 10k MH, dual T5 actinics.

It is full of LPS, softies, anemones and is home to only 5 fish: Copperband butterfly, Alleni damsel, Lawnmower blenny and two beautiful A. percula picasso clownfish.

Visit my reef's chronicle thread for its entire history!

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Why Snowcasso™ ? I named my extreme white offsping as a "Snowcasso™ " because of the amount of white and both parents are ORA Picassos (A. percula). I created this name August 2008 and began selling them in September 2008. NOTE: I was selling my Snowcassos 6-8 months before ORA named and sold their Platinums. If anyone has any questions or concerns about the naming of these, please contact me at store@donisreef.com and I will be glad to discuss it further.

I am currently raising A. percula (picasso) and A. ocellaris in 680 gallons of hatching and growout systems. The systems consist of two 100 gallon sumps, ten 20 gallon, seven 40 gallon and two quarantine tanks. I pull the eggs the evening of hatch night and hatch them in a 20 gallon tank. @ 4 months old they are sorted by color (grade A, B, C & Snowcasso™) and eventually sold.

My breeding pair shown to the left live in my 120 gallon reef tank and are hosted by a blue S. gigantea anemone. They spawn every 13-14 days so they keep me very busy with new fry and growing juveniles!

Want to see more? Check out my detailed thread with lots of photos at Reef Sanctuary! Rearing Picasso Clownfish

Here is a close up of a spawn just hours before hatching. You can see their eyes perfectly!

The juveniles are beautiful and have fantastic markings.

Here is a spawn that is about 2 months old.

Click on this link to see photos of some of the clowns I have sold:

Woodstock Picasso Clown Club