The Lightning Project

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

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Since the Lightning Project started, and particularly once progeny first became available, I’ve had countless inquiries about purchasing Lightning Maroon Clownfish direct from me.  In 2013 and 2014, all the offspring I had to offer were sold exclusively through Blue Zoo Aquatics and the team there. 2015 saw a dramatic uptick in production and availability […]

Back on November 23rd, I made a change in diet for most of my fishes to try out the insanely popular LRS feeds; specifically the new Fertility Frenzy.  I purchased four 8 oz. flats for use in my fishroom, and 4 more flats went to Mike Doty’s fishroom to try on some problem spawners. As […]

First up, housekeeping.  I’ve been lax on recording spawn dates because these days, since I’m not actively rearing fishes until the fishroom rework is done, the info just doesn’t REALLY matter all that much.  Still, might as well record them. For the original wild Lightning X White Stripe pair, their most recent spawn was Sunday, […]

NOTE – this is basically a “first draft”, but I am putting it live at this time to facilitate and encourage discussion.  I may revise / update/ correct as needed. I’ve largely refrained from talking about the concept of creating a “Gold Lightning Maroon Clownfish” here other than to include mention of it in my […]

Once in a while you might come across the ReefLex website; an “online encyclopedia for marine life”, better known by its original German name, Meerwasser-Lexikon. This past week, site organizers reached out to add the Lightning Maroon Clownfish to their archives, and in the process, have likely introduced the Lightning Maroon Clownfish to many aquarists who […]

It seems that at least one irate aquarist thinks I’ve made up the concept of “F1”, “F0” and so forth. Maybe as a marketing ploy even?! Nope, sorry, they’ve been around forever. Originally, this content was intended for inclusion in the Conservation Breeding Chapter of my half of the book, Banggai Cardinalfish, which was published […]

This morning I received an email containing a text conversation from a concerned aquarist, asking me to confirm the claims made by an individual on Facebook who had offered to sell 50 “F1” Lightning Maroon Clownfish. It is fair to say that the concern was warranted. The “seller”, operating under a Facebook account with the […]

It amazes me still that even with the entire story documented here for the world to see, there are still people out there who get it wrong, and sometimes blatantly so.  I was alerted to a discussion on Facebook today  in a semi-private forum, so I’ll refrain from naming names and keep it strictly to […]

Before I even had a chance to post it here on the Lighting Project, Lightning Maroon #20, aka LM20, was listed for $999.95 and sold via the Blue Zoo Collector’s Choice section of their website. This is likely the venue for at least the next few fish I release, which will remain drop shipped directly […]

A lesson to you all – beware of freakishly tall men in straw hats brandishing video cameras. Come see ^ THIS GUY ^ give an epically animated talk this weekend at the 2014 Marine Breeder’s Workshop.  Yes. It has Lightning Maroons in it. Thanks Kevin Erickson. That is all.