A short while ago we had the chance to hang out with Matt Pedersen, at his house, to pick his brain over a few days, enjoy his decent sized fish room and to talk about all things captive bred, and…
First generation lightning maroon clownfish are developing into stunning fish
Several weeks ago, we had the chance to travel to the edge of the Earth, also known as Duluth to Minnesotans. We undertook the voyage through the treacherous Snowpacalypse Vortex III in order to finally lay our own eyes on…
Sneak peek at first Lightning Maroon Clownfishing up for sale
We shared the news that Lightening Maroon Clownfish are heading to Blue Zoo Aquatics last week and we’ve got a sneak peek at the fish headed to BZA as well as details on how to get your hands on these.…
Lightning Maroon Clownfish finally coming to Blue Zoo Aquatics
Call if karma or the circle of life or whatever you will, but Lightning Maroon Clownfish are finally coming back to Blue Zoo Aquatics. We originally reported that offspring from the original specimen that was captured in Papua New Guinea three…
Banggai Rescue book getting closer to final release
It was over a year ago that we first covered the Banggai Rescue Kickstarter project, which was ran to fund a book about the Pterapogon kauderni and the project to bring the Cardinals back from the brink of extinction along with a small…
Lightning Maroon to be first successfully cloned clownfish
It’s been 10 months since Matt Pedersen anounced the first sucessful spawning and hatching of the world’s only captive bred Lightning Maroon clownfish offspring. The aquarium world has since held their breath, waiting to see what comes next. While having…
Lightning Maroon Clownfish spawns its first clutch of eggs
The Lightning Maroon Clownfish spawn is a milestone which probably comes as a sigh of relief to its caretaker, Matt Pedersen. For over two years Matt has kept the second lightning maroon clownfish and tried to pair it with a…
Banggai RESCUE Project using Kickstarter to aid the endangered fish
Project Banggai RESCUE is a unique new research project starting up to tackle issues plaguing the Banggai Cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni, in its native habitat. By tapping into the aquarium community for support via Kickstarter, the project pulls together a team of both…
MBI’s Marine Breeding Workshop, Year Two in Review
Last weekend in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, well over 50 marine fish and invertebrate breeders from the US and Canada came together for the 2nd Annual MBI Breeder’s Workshop. This one-day conference was held at the Cranbrook Institute of Science situated…
