The Lightning Project

The ongoing saga of the PNG Lightning Maroon Clownfish breeding project.

Browsing Posts published in May, 2010

Well folks, nothing new to say really.  There are PNG Maroons being held @ Blue Zoo Aquatics by the trusty staff there…they’ll send them to me when the time is right.  In the meantime, the Lightning Maroon enjoys swimming in its Bubble Tip Anemones, and I enjoy being a new dad!  Yes, not much to […]

So good news!  The fine folks @ SEASMART and BLUE ZOO have more PNG Maroons for me, on their way from Fisherman’s Island! Amazing how a short chain of custody, with fish collected specifically to fill particular orders, can work to the hobbyist’s benefit.  I’m eager to see what arrives and to document it all. […]

My May/June 2010 issue of CORAL Magazine just arrived today. I knew what was coming, but still, it’s always exciting to get a fresh issue of CORAL.  Ret Talbot’s article in Reef News on the Lightning Clown provides yet another view on the story of the Lightning Maroon.  There’s a bit more about SEASMART as […]