Lightning Maroon Babies

Chefwheredyougo · Feb 29, 2020

The white body maroon/orange band is called "Thunder" maroons. I have one. I'm not sure what the company is that "first" released them, all I know is she was 87 dollars LFS price, plus tax.

TriggerFinger · Feb 29, 2020

Any plans to sell them on here?

PacoPetty · Feb 29, 2020

Check out coralreeftn.com and look at all of their designer clownfish they may have some that match yours.

Cooper 2020 · Mar 1, 2020

Tahoe61 said:
CooperLightings.

You will always see variations in coloration and markings.

You may be able to sell off the clowns with the best lighting presentation for a decent price.

Job well done they are beautiful.

Okay & thanks

Cooper 2020 · Mar 1, 2020

Chefwheredyougo said:
The white body maroon/orange band is called "Thunder" maroons. I have one. I'm not sure what the company is that "first" released them, all I know is she was 87 dollars LFS price, plus tax.

I’m sure I’ve seen that name mentioned over here before, good to know thanks

Cooper 2020 · Mar 1, 2020

TriggerFinger said:
Any plans to sell them on here?

I’m in the UK

ScottR · Mar 1, 2020

Thanks for sharing. I could never get maroons to pair up, let alone laying eggs and raising fry successfully.

Thespammailaccount · Mar 1, 2020

That’s cool congratulations

Chefwheredyougo · Mar 1, 2020

ScottR said:
Thanks for sharing. I could never get maroons to pair up, let alone laying eggs and raising fry successfully.

Same here. I have a lightning and one of these. They pay no mind to each other at all.

Dorinda · Mar 1, 2020

Cooper 2020 said:
Hi All
Just wanted to post up my second attempt at raising Lightning Maroon clownfish . First attempt only ended up with 6 now 11 weeks old, second I have around 42 at 7 weeks old. Even have some reverse colours mostly white with dark fins.

That's exciting! They are so cute.

Cooper 2020 · May 2, 2020

So these babies are coming up for 7 & 8 months old. Some should have started to go to their new homes but Covid 19 lockdown stopped that. Having so many Lightning Maroons in one place is a challenge so I’ve divided them into groups. Now I have 2 groups of 6 and 1 of 7 with BTAs in the main display, they are much happier in nems.Made acrylic boxes for this purpose. I have the largest and calmer ones together in the 100 litre grow out tank and then a further 2 acrylic cases in the 100 litre with 3 babies and the other with 4.
I have lost a few recently and had to euthanise one but the others are doing great (now the fighting has eased)
There are 6 babies that are still small at 7 months old, maybe around 20mm / 3/4” or under. I’m not sure if that’s a problem or not but they eat and act normal so maybe they are just mini Maroons, wouldn’t that be cool.

Before separating.

Nem and clownfish main display

Tahoe61 · May 2, 2020

Love it. You have developed a great system, functional and aesthetically pleasing. Looks like you have a lot anemones to work with.

Surfzone · May 2, 2020

have you reared any other nests from the parents or are you waiting to get rid of the young you have now?

Cooper 2020 · May 2, 2020

Tahoe61 said:
Love it. You have developed a great system, functional and aesthetically pleasing. Looks like you have a lot anemones to work with.

Thanks, yes have around 25 nems

Cooper 2020 · May 2, 2020

Surfzone said:
have you reared any other nests from the parents or are you waiting to get rid of the young you have now?

There are 2 batches together, my 1st and 2nd attempt. Not raised anymore since. The parents are laying very often , every 10 days or so, maybe once these are all in their new homes I may give it another go but it is a lot of work at first.

kchristensen8064 · May 2, 2020

This is something that I have always been interested in trying. What kind of filtration did you use on the tank your reared them in? How did you prevent them from getting sucked in?

Cooper 2020 · May 2, 2020

kchristensen8064 said:
This is something that I have always been interested in trying. What kind of filtration did you use on the tank your reared them in? How did you prevent them from getting sucked in?

I use sponge filters in various sizes until they are big enough to use a hang on filter. I still have sponge filter and hang on filter in the 100 litre tank with live rock.

Surfzone · May 2, 2020

When I was breeding intensively I would use sponge filters too but i would keep the sponges in my reef's sump to keep the cycled and pull them as I needed them.

kchristensen8064 · May 2, 2020

Cooper 2020 said:
I use sponge filters in various sizes until they are big enough to use a hang on filter. I still have sponge filter and hang on filter in the 100 litre tank with live rock.

Thank you. I've never had any experience with a sponge filter, but after I watched a YouTube video it makes perfect sense. I'm still a long way away from attempting this, but I really think it would be cool to do one day. My clowns are always laying eggs so we'll see, maybe one day I'll try raising a clutch.

Surfzone · May 2, 2020

kchristensen8064 said:
Thank you. I've never had any experience with a sponge filter, but after I watched a YouTube video it makes perfect sense. I'm still a long way away from attempting this, but I really think it would be cool to do one day. My clowns are always laying eggs so we'll see, maybe one day I'll try raising a clutch.

I highly recomend raising live foods first. This will help you in the long run. What you raise, be it copepods or rotifers, you can feed to your reef tank. That's what i did with my live foods that I didn't need. You can never have too much practice culturing live foods