Lightning Clown

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by AquaPin

That was the first thing my son said when he looked that the picture. Crazy price for a single fish, my entire setup is less than that.

I can see your son has the correct taste

[fishytime]

just looked at the link.......OMG! what is wrong with that poor fish????....Looks like it has that Micheal Jackson thing going on

[Myka]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

They are result of an extensive captive breeding

That is not accurate. These are F1 babies which means both the parents are wild caught. In this case, the parents were collected in Papua New Guinea at different times. The breeder, Matt Pedersen, worked at it for several years trying to pair up the Lightning Maroon. He also paid $2500 for the fish without any guarantees for a reproductive future. The babies offered for sale right now are from the only successful spawning from the pair so far. It has been many months with no more reproductive activity. These are indeed quite rare!

http://reefbuilders.com/2010/03/30/l...d-fishbreeder/

http://reefbuilders.com/2012/05/09/l...ownfish-spawn/

This is what the female looks like. It is expected the white pattern on the babies will develop to look like the female.

[swill]

I'd say i***i is going to be the winner, he jumped the bid from $800 to $1500 and then was outbidded 11 times...he's in the lead now though. I'd like to see the winners display tank if this is what they are willing to spend on one fish just imagine the tank it's going into!!!

The seller has 5 of these guys on for bidding right now...imagine 5 x $6000+ ...Yes please!!!!

[Myka]

Originally Posted by swill

The seller has 5 of these guys on for bidding right now...imagine 5 x $6000+ ...Yes please!!!!

Only two are "Lighting", the others are normal-ish bars. The normal barred ones are less than $1000. But yeah, nice pay back!

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by Myka

That is not accurate. These are F1 babies which means both the parents are wild caught. In this case, the parents were collected in Papua New Guinea at different times. The breeder, Matt Pedersen, worked at it for several years trying to pair up the Lightning Maroon. He also paid $2500 for the fish without any guarantees for a reproductive future. The babies offered for sale right now are from the only successful spawning from the pair so far. It has been many months with no more reproductive activity. These are indeed quite rare!

http://reefbuilders.com/2010/03/30/l...d-fishbreeder/

http://reefbuilders.com/2012/05/09/l...ownfish-spawn/

This is what the female looks like. It is expected the white pattern on the babies will develop to look like the female.

Ops sorry. I should have elaborated. By "extensive", I meant the three year (or so) time that the breeder put into to get this fish to this stage.

Originally Posted by swill

I'd say i***i is going to be the winner, he jumped the bid from $800 to $1500 and then was outbidded 11 times...he's in the lead now though. I'd like to see the winners display tank if this is what they are willing to spend on one fish just imagine the tank it's going into!!!

The seller has 5 of these guys on for bidding right now...imagine 5 x $6000+ ...Yes please!!!!

I am sure i***i will just put it in the tank, throw a party at his beach house (highly likely), show off his new score, end the party and start searching for the next new "ornament" while his employees take care of the fish (with the rest of the tank).

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

I am sure i***i will just put it in the tank, throw a party at his beach house (highly likely), show off his new score, end the party and start searching for the next new "ornament" while his employees take care of the fish (with the rest of the tank).

Better hope he doesn't get ich....