You are bidding on a BONDED PAIR (two fish total) of F1 PNG Lightning Maroon Clownfish as shown in the pictures below

Type - Premnas biaculeatus “MW PNG Lightning” F1
Parents - P. biaculeatus “PNG White Stripe” F0 (male) X P. biaculeatus “PNG Lightning” F0 (female)

ID - LM17
Hatch Date - Likely April 5th, 2012, Spawn #4

Images - Shot 5/16/2014

Type - Premnas biaculeatus “MW PNG Lightning” F1
Parents - P. biaculeatus “PNG White Stripe” F0 (male) X P. biaculeatus “PNG Lightning” F0 (female)

ID - LM18
Hatch Date - as near as I can pinpoint, Spawn #10, hatched on 8-16-2013

Images - Shot 5/16/2014

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Comments from breeder Matt Pedersen:

On LM17 (the larger one of the pair)

This fish is the only specimen reared from the first half of 2013. In late August, 2013, this fish was moved from the the BRT into a single cube, while it’s white-stripe sibling was moved into a tank with similarly-sized Fire Clowns (Amphiprion ephippium). This was a bad idea…the fire clowns dispatched the white stripe maroon the very first night.

I had strong hopes that since this Lightning was pretty much reared solo, it’d be in perfect shape. Well, once it was up and could be seen from the side, it became readily apparent that the fish was *almost* prefect…fins are great, body is great. I think the fish has a bit of an underbite, but there’s one glaring problem – a SHORT GILL on the right side! Will this fish grow out of it’s defect? I suspect not, but only time will tell.

LM17 is paired with LM18…amazing how long they’ve lived together now (has been months, maybe even over half a year) in a very tiny cube. I’ve noticed as the fish has grown that there is some strange underdevelopment in the face around the nostrils; doesn’t seem to be any sort of HLLE, looking back you can see it’s always been there; I think the recent photos accentuate it more than in real life. Presumably, whatever caused the short right gill may have been responsible for this as well.

As of 6/6/2014, this fish was 2 3/8 inches in total length.

On LM18 (the smaller one of the pair)

Somewhere along the way I didn’t keep the best records on the fish I hatched in 2013, so I’ve had to go back through my notes to look at my remarks for each batch in an effort to determine which fish are which. LM18 appears to be either from Spawn #10 which hatched on 8-16-2013, or possibly Spawn #13 which hatched on 9-30-2014; both spawns produced a single sole-survivor Lightning Maroon. I’ve had some losses over the years, and not every fish was tracked as well as it should have been. Based on the size of the fish at the time of the photo and the fact that my last note regarding the fish from Spawn #10 being placed with my Fire Clown offspring, I would say it belongs to #13 (mixing with the Fire clowns proved to be a bad idea, as denoted with the white stripe sibling of LM17. However, based on my recollections, and the probably placements of some other offspring, I believe this fish IS the sole survivor from Spawn #10. I did perform a number of culls on offspring, and it is quite possible that the fish from #13 was one of those culls.

Lightning Maroon Clownfish #18 (LM18) has no visible defects of any sort; it is simply very small. In every other respect, probably one of the most pristine Lightning Maroon Clownfish my basement has produced – I directly attribute that to being reared singly vs. with siblings. At some point in 2013, LM18 made its way through the drilled holes in my cubes and wound up deciding to stay with LM17. They have lived together for over half a year now.

The most interesting aspect of this fish is how little it has grown since residing with LM17 in the shared cube. In fact, I almost don’t feel like it has grown at all. Younger offspring in neighboring cubes have surpassed it in size; some are nearly double it at this point. Whether the small size of LM18 is simply a function of it being difficult to get food, or a function of social pressure, is up for debate. Whether LM17 and LM18 would continue to cohabitate peacefully in a new tank is ALSO a matter of debate – it could go either way. I would strongly suggest that anyone obtaining these fish as a pair should probably go through the steps of initially separating the two fish physically, but not visually, and allowing LM18 to grow a little bit before carefully monitored reintroduction.

As of 6/6/2014, this fish was 1 inch in total length.