Sikryd April 1, 2010 Share April 1, 2010 Awesome new morph! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind April 1, 2010 Share April 1, 2010 Wow, now that is cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noobalicious April 1, 2010 Share April 1, 2010 was that writeup released today? wonder if BZA would do an April fools joke..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad April 1, 2010 Share April 1, 2010 haha, I dont know, let me go do a Topeka search on it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote2k April 1, 2010 Share April 1, 2010 Here's the original article- http://www.rettalbot.com/onassignment/PNG.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie April 1, 2010 Share April 1, 2010 Even if it's an April Fools joke, it's still pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikryd April 1, 2010 Author Share April 1, 2010 Even if it's an April Fools joke, it's still pretty cool. Its not an april fools. Just a cool new clown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Camaron April 1, 2010 Share April 1, 2010 that is a really cool pattern, these things are going to be very expensive if they do breed in captivity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypertech April 1, 2010 Share April 1, 2010 I don't think the price was $5000, but I'm pretty sure I know where it went. Although he hasn't come straight out and said it, Matt Pederson posted this link to TCMAS and also sold some high dollar fish in a real hurry last week to buy a new fish. http://www.lightning-maroon-clownfish.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendanG April 1, 2010 Share April 1, 2010 as cool as it is... I'm sure his bite is shocking! (I couldn't resist) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L8 2 RISE April 1, 2010 Share April 1, 2010 hmmm... is this a juvi or near juvi? Will the white turn to gold like it does with the other ones? If so, that would be even cooler!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanman April 1, 2010 Share April 1, 2010 Awesome fish, and a great story of sustainable collection. bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Lazar April 1, 2010 Share April 1, 2010 I don't think the price was $5000, but I'm pretty sure I know where it went. Although he hasn't come straight out and said it, Matt Pederson posted this link to TCMAS and also sold some high dollar fish in a real hurry last week to buy a new fish. http://www.lightning-maroon-clownfish.com/ Further down in this blog he does say that he's the new owner. It will be interesting to see how this pattern is expressed in the future offspring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ret_Talbot April 3, 2010 Share April 3, 2010 Hey, Guys. My name is Ret Talbot, and I am a writer and photographer who frequently reports on the hobby and the trade in general. The picture at the top of this thread is a picture I snapped of this PNG lightning maroon clownfish when I was in Papua New Guinea last month. It is an amazing fish for sure! I was in PNG researching a story on the SEASMART Program (should show up in the May/April issue of CORAL Magazine), and I have been following the fish from the reef to Matt Pedersen's aquarium. This is a cool story in many ways, as it was a sustainably collected fish, the fisher was well compensated and the retailer who handled the sale did so in a manner that put the hobby before the bottom line. This will be a good story to follow, and you can do so (as others have said) on Matt's blog for the so-called "The Lightning Project": http://www.lightning-maroon-clownfish.com/ Regarding the price, offers well in excess of $5000 were made. Reefbuilders reported that the price of the fish when it was originally listed in Blue Zoo Aquatics' Collector's Choice store was $2500. The actual price has, to the best of my knowledge, not been publicly disclosed. For more on the background of this fish, check out the lengthy article published by Blue Zoo that traces the fish from the reef: http://www.bluezooaquatics.com/resources.asp?show=416 You may also like to see the shorter article at the SEASMART website: http://www.seasmart.ecoez.com/spotlight.html Finally, for a little background on PNG and SEASMART, you can look at the blog from my trip, which is published here: http://www.rettalbot.com/onassignment/PNG.html Oh yea, and here's one more picture I snapped of the guy while still in PNG. :-) Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treesprite April 3, 2010 Share April 3, 2010 I want one of those! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmubeach April 4, 2010 Share April 4, 2010 Me too I'd name him 1000$ scales! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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