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  1. Several year ago, when Ibluewater started doing business with C-Quest, I had the distinct pleasure of getting to know its founder, the late Bill Addison. A significant amount of Joy Wilkerson's research and work on her Clownfish book was derived from information received through Bill's generosity in giving her full access to his breeding facility. Bill and I had many conversations about the Wyoming White (WW) and how difficult it was to successfully breed them in any numbers. His experience was that every clutch of eggs produced less than 5% Wyoming Whites. With some Clownfish, such as Latezonatus, over production made a once rare Clownfish more common. Due to the difficulty and random results of spawning designer Clownfish like the WW, these will likely remain rare in the foreseeable future. My friends at iBluewater were fortunate to have acquired several WWs from C-Quest just before they shut down operations in Puerto Rico. In hindsight, I believe iBluewater would have acquired any remaining WWs available to them. Since C-Quest closed operations, I try to note practically every person or hatchery that had one or more pairs of WW. Rumors would occasionally surface that yet another attempt was made to spawn WWs. None seem to succeed. Bob at iBluewater mentioned Sea and Reef Aquaculture and the excellent work they do. With their success spawning other species of Clownfish, he was very confident that they would be first to spawn the WW again. They are. Congratulations Soren and team! Sea & Reef has successfully spawned the Wyoming White.
  2. and who knows their offsprings may one day dance across to your end of the globe... )
  3. Several weeks ago I posted a pic of the only Blue Spotted Yellow Cap Maroon ever found and as if that was not rare enough. Check out this pic, a mated pair of Blue Spotted Maroons, this WC pair is the only known pair in captivity.
  4. I'm going to agree with LemonLemon that its likely "water quality issues" ie. an ammonia spike. While Brooklynella is more commonly associated with Clownfish it can and does affect other marine fish. This protozoa multiplies rapidly and have been know to kill with within 8 hours. Google The Brooklynella Parasite presented by Charles & Linda Raabe.
  5. Its not a hybrid all its features are that of a Maroon Clown such as the unique features of the Lightning Maroon. No Clownfish found in the Yellow Stripe Maroon's home range has blue features. Chrysopterus is found only in Fiji, Tonga and The Solomon Islands. That said the blue stripes of Chrysopterus is derived from reflective properties rather than "true blue color features". Bicinctus may also have blue stripes, however the are found in the middle east. This fish's features are likely unique. This is probably the only Maroon Clown currently in captivity to have a blue spot.
  6. The blue dot is just on the pictured side....
  7. Premnas Biaculeatus Blue Spotted Yellow Stripe Naked Maroon Clown ( Premnas Biaculeatus) Extremely Rare this Naked Stripe Maroon is of the yellow stripe variety, Naked Stripe Maroons are more commonly of the white stripe variety. To add to this already rare find is a blue spot/dot centered half way at the base of the dorsal fin. Just thought I'd share.
  8. I tend to agree with dieran_green, glue 'em. Any time you do any major aqua scaping such as you have suggested, you run the risk of upsetting and stressing the inhabitants. Try a better brand and or stronger glue I'm curious to know how you managed 3 pairs of Clownfish in the same tank without incident. i) may I ask; how old and how big they are, clarkii,perc and saddleback. ii) is each pair hosted by a nem.
  9. I tend to agree with dieran_green, glue 'em. Any time you do any major aqua scaping such as you have suggested, you run the risk of upsetting and stressing the inhabitants.
  10. Unfortunately collection is still disallowed......
  11. Fuel, you're spot on. One could easily misidentify A.Akindynos(barrier reef anemonefish) for A.Omanensis and to a lesser extent the brown variation of A.Bicinctus.(found mostly around the Eliat coast of Israel). Except that the Oman Clownfish is endemic to the 1242 mile(2002KM) coastal shallows of Oman. 1st pic A.Akindynos........Middle pic A.Bicinctus.....3rd pic A.Omanensis Using the three pics above as a reference guide here are the differences to note. a) A. Bicinctus in the pic above is a brown variation generally found around the Eliat coast of Israel. It is also this variation that is commonly used in CB. The 1st band of Bicinctus is generally thicker than that of Omanensis or Akindynos and generally not constricted or separated at the top. Its middle band while generally narrow is still considerable thick than either Omanensis or Akindynos. Its caudal fin is generally yellowish and never white. Here are the differences between A.Akindynos and A.Omanensis. The pelvic and lower back fins of Omanensis is black while that of Akindynos is generally yellowish to yellowish brown. Their middle bands are narrow however that of Omanensis is much narrower with a scale count not exceeding 4 scales. Its caudal fin is also strongly forked or as "Fuel" puts it Lyretail. I hope this makes it a little easier to sort out the differences between these three Clownfish species.
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