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Originally Posted by TheBChamp

There we go!! Niiiiice! Man that's just awesome. This is actually something I would love to do in the future.

Thanks the TheBChamp

There we go!! Niiiiice! Man that's just awesome. This is actually something I would love to do in the future.

Originally Posted by TheBChamp

Why do I never see the pictures? Is there something setup in my internet browser to stop me from seeing them you think?

Sorry I can't help you on that on that one. Here is the link to the entire build process. Hopefully you can see the pics in that one

http://www.masm.org/mForums/tm.aspx?m=31192

Originally Posted by Myteemouse

very nice..
But that ceiling looks to be a code nightmare..LOL
Looking forward to baby fish pics.

Thanks, hoping to see some baby fish soon. It's mostly just coax cable up there, its probably been changed and added to a dozen times

Originally Posted by rarelyseriousb

wow well done.

Thanks a lot.

wow well done.

Why do I never see the pictures? Is there something setup in my internet browser to stop me from seeing them you think?

very nice..
But that ceiling looks to be a code nightmare..LOL
Looking forward to baby fish pics.

Originally Posted by spleen

Nice article! Do you thaw out your seafood before making the food? A lot of times when I process the food into a puree, it turns into a cloud of food in the tank when added and it seems the fish have a harder time eating. I almost prefer to keep the meaty portions somewhat chunky so it allows the fish to grab a hold of it and actually get it into their mouths. Other things I like to add - spirulina powder (health food store), garlic (either juice or raw garlic), selcon or other marine vitamins, wakame (Japanese dried seaweed that has to be reconstituted in water before usage - sold at most Asian grocery stores. I like this in addition to nori), and tobiko (flying fish roe, used in sushi - often also found at Asian grocery stores). Just some more thoughts.

Thanks Spleen! I usually just mix it up frozen right out of the freezer. Most of the fish in my reef are smaller, so the puree works for me. For larger fish, I would definately leave the mix a bit more chunky. As for the other suggestions, you can definately add all of those items. One of the nice things about this recipe, is that it you can add ingredients to it to you suit your needs.

When I designed the recipe, my goal was to make a recipe where you could procure most if not all of the items at the local grocery store. I wasn't able to get everything for the grocery but I thought I got pretty close. I was able to keep the costs down that way

Nice article! Do you thaw out your seafood before making the food? A lot of times when I process the food into a puree, it turns into a cloud of food in the tank when added and it seems the fish have a harder time eating. I almost prefer to keep the meaty portions somewhat chunky so it allows the fish to grab a hold of it and actually get it into their mouths. Other things I like to add - spirulina powder (health food store), garlic (either juice or raw garlic), selcon or other marine vitamins, wakame (Japanese dried seaweed that has to be reconstituted in water before usage - sold at most Asian grocery stores. I like this in addition to nori), and tobiko (flying fish roe, used in sushi - often also found at Asian grocery stores). Just some more thoughts.

Very nice addition. I cleaned up your entry a little bit to make it read more easily. Watching the video now.

Originally Posted by Snakebyt

very nice setup, i wish i had the room to do somthing like that

Thanks Snakebyt!

Originally Posted by jcandler

mhowe9 - Nice Setup! I am very jealous of your space! I hope that you will be posting pictures of many baby ocellaris!

Thanks jcandler! I hope so too.

Originally Posted by melev

With the Banggai's, you may discover it is best to have separate tanks for all the mails, and move the female from one to the next. That way each male can have a turn at carrying a mouth brood and a break to rebuild his fat stores until she comes around again. An Diadema urchin for the fry is ideal, which you can buy; or you can make one out of putty and toothpicks / zipties.

Good luck!

Thanks Marc! I definately plan on making a putty urchin. I am hoping that with the shoal that it will be easier to initially sex the fish and hopefully there will be more than one male

very nice setup, i wish i had the room to do somthing like that

mhowe9 - Nice Setup! I am very jealous of your space! I hope that you will be posting pictures of many baby ocellaris!

With the Banggai's, you may discover it is best to have separate tanks for all the males, and move the female from one to the next. That way each male can have a turn at carrying a mouth brood and a break to rebuild his fat stores until she comes around again. An Diadema urchin for the fry is ideal, which you can buy; or you can make one out of putty and toothpicks / zipties.

Good luck!

Originally Posted by melev

Thanks for sharing your current system with us Addicts. You have lots of room compared to most. What do you plan to breed?

No problem glad to share. It is nice luxury to have a basement here in Michigan. The entire system is housed in the basement. To start I am going to start with the pairs of Darwin Black Ocellaris and Tomato Clowns that I have in my reef. In the other two tanks, I am going to have a small shoal (approx. 5) of Banggai's and a similar size shoal of Threadfin Cardinals. We will see how that goes and I might change or add some additional species at some point

Thanks for sharing your current system with us Addicts. You have lots of room compared to most. What do you plan to breed?

Now that's "hardcore !"