🐠 Gold Lightning Maroon Clownfish (Premnas biaculeatus)
A Unique White-to-Gold Colour Transformation • A Fascinating Range of Patterns From Each Cross • The Largest, Boldest Clownfish Species
 
📋 The Gold Lightning Maroon Clownfish is a unique designer strain, created by crossing a Lightning Maroon Clownfish with a Gold Nugget Maroon Clownfish. Offspring display a fascinating range of patterns, and a remarkable trait carried over from the Gold Nugget lineage: specimens typically start out white and gradually transform to their final golden colouration as they mature, usually around 1 to 1.5 years of age.
It comes from reefs across the Indo-Pacific, and wild Maroon Clownfish readily host in Bubble Tip Anemones, though a host isn't required in captivity. Every Gold Lightning Maroon Clownfish we ship is feeding well, and we favour captive-bred stock, which is noticeably calmer and better adapted to aquarium life than wild-caught individuals.
It's the boldest, most confident clownfish species in the hobby, so keep it as the only clownfish in the tank, away from other species. It also carries a pair of sharp cheek spines beneath each eye, literally what "biaculeatus" means, so handle it with care, especially around hands and nets. It's fully reef safe. It reaches up to 15cm for females, with males roughly half that size, so plan on at least 115L, and larger is better given its adult size and temperament.
 
💡 Highlights
🎨 Unique White-to-Gold Transformation: Colouration changes dramatically as the fish matures
🧬 A One-of-a-Kind Designer Cross: Fascinating pattern variation between fish
📏 The Largest Clownfish Species: Females can reach up to 15cm
🩹 Sharp Cheek Spines: Handle with care
✨ Captive-Bred: Noticeably calmer than wild-caught Maroon Clownfish