The most expensive maroon clownfish, EVER!

[125mph]

LOL

http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/ItemDisplay.cfm?c=2733+3&ddid=210710

I admit, it caught my eye as something I might buy, until I saw the price tag!

 

[ClownNut]

come on, that's not even close.
lighting clown. I am pretty sure the first one went for $10,600.

 

[125mph]

comes on, that's not even close.
lighting clown. I am pretty sure the first one went for $10,600.

Ohh well, 10K tops it then.

 

[Shia]

That is one beautiful fish

 

[flakey]

Have to say I've never been a fan of the designer clowns but this is awesome !!!

 

[ggsteve]

I still think a natural pattern percula is more beautiful than any of these mutations.

 

[parrthed]

I take it that this is a variant on the goldstripe maroon.

Man, that's going to be one cool fish when it gets gold.

 

[Ligershark]

i was waiting for these to be released for a long time...then i saw the prices a few months back.

 

[OrionN]

I just see the deformed face

 

[BlueFyre]

Here's what they look like when they get older

 

[Spyderturbo007]

It looks like the Lightning ones go for around $3,500. That's just nuts.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

I'm not a fan. I prefer the natural markings.

 

[deangelr]

It looks like the Lightning ones go for around $3,500. That's just nuts.

Interesting.. That clownfish doesn't look anything like the WC lighting.. Im surprised Pederson is selling them at such a high price..

 

[Reefvette]

clOWNS

clOWNS

The fish that Matt had was around 3-4 inches, these fish are juveniles anywhere where you see mixing of colors will show lightening patterns when they grow larger.

Most people are not buying these fish for how they look its the blood lines that they want.

Breeding purposes.

 

[leveldrummer]

Most people are not buying these fish for how they look its the blood lines that they want.

Breeding purposes.

Uh... yea, so they can sell the offspring to peopl who want to buy them based on how they look... :hmm4:

 

[deangelr]

The fish that Matt had was around 3-4 inches, these fish are juveniles anywhere where you see mixing of colors will show lightening patterns when they grow larger.

Most people are not buying these fish for how they look its the blood lines that they want.

Breeding purposes.

Hmm.. So people are actually hopeful that they will be able to breed and sell these same variants years from now for the high prices? :lmao:

And IME the patterning is usually set on clownfish pretty early on in development.. Do you have any evidence for such pattern changes later on in development?

 

[Reefvette]

Yes people will try to breed them
And the patterns on clownfish change thoug out their life span. Some clowns loose stripes some
Gain stripes.

Tomatoes loose stripes as they get old and Clark clowns have bars seperate and almost disappear.

The evidence is in his
Blog check out the fish as they grown the molted area turns more red and the it's starts to look like lightening. None of these fish are going to be exact replicas but I'm very confident they will show
Lightening stripes when they get a lot bigger.

 

[deangelr]

Ive read the blog and don't see the evidence.. I guess time will tell

 

[Reefvette]

He's got a post dedicated to just that.

I've talked to Matt about this a lot because of a pair of tomatoes that I have with some wierd barring.

Give it time and you will see some amazing patterns on some of the juvis. Even the potential to look even crazier then the original.

With good selective breeding someone will achieve a close replica to the lightening but not identical a it's basically like percula and ocellaris now with all these nasty designer fish.

 

[Ptyochromis]

WOW, so much for such an ugly fish >___<