The Lightning Project

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

Browsing Posts published in July, 2015

Before I simply forget, I need to note that the wild Lightning X White Stripe pair, the foundation pair, threw down a spawn I found on Sunday, 7-12-2015. This is their 60th documented spawn in captivity! And now, 2 days later, the F1 Lightning offspring were putting down a spawn around 5:30 PM, 7-14-2015. This […]

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 […]

We were away from the 4th of July holiday weekend, and at some point during our absence, the F1 Lightning X Lightning pair put down Spawn #15.  I’m going to guess that it was on the 3rd; it’s now the night of 7-10 going into 7-11, and there are just a few unhatched offspring left […]

Yes, when you’re not actively rearing any spawns (due to a planned fishroom redesign) tracking them seems to fall out of priority rather quickly.  That said, it’s a habit I should stick to, even if it makes for rather mundane blog updates!  Gotta record the data. Wednesday, June 24th, the F1 Lightning X Lightning pair […]