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Hey fishtal. Setup looks good. Fishtal look awsome! See you at meet next weekend.

LOL, yeah... I should've added a disclaimer: "Fish pictured appear larger than they are in reality."

They look huge in that picture.

My next species: E. oceanops(Neon goby) Not sure if they are a M/F pair yet but I'm hopeful. The first two fish I got were the same sex so I switched one out, these two seem to be getting along.

Thanks Brandon! Keep me posted on you're progress and we'll work something out. I just delivered 18 A. ocellaris and 1 A. percula to Moby's this afternoon. :-)

looks good Tal. when I finish up my tank I may need to get some live stock form you.

Originally Posted by BetterMetalReef

Very cool. Any thoughts on trying to rear some other species?

I'm looking into Neon gobies and seahorses next. I picked up two gobies recently but they aren't a M/F pair, have to try again. I have a 30XT ready to set up for seahorses, just waiting for a nice pair to start with.

Very cool. Any thoughts on trying to rear some other species?

jc and RTJ, Thanks! I'm really enjoying this. Check out the Breeding Initiative that MASM has started: http://www.masm.org/mForums/tm.aspx?m=31124

I have been selling to several local stores, trying to get more interested in CB fish. Some still don't get it.

I only use the tumbler for dottyback eggs. And yes, to keep the eggs oxygenated and to prevent fungus. I only tumble them for a short time now. I pull them right before they're ready and they hatch after about an hour of tumbling in front of a bright light. Then I transfer them to the rearing tank.

Very nice setup. I can tell alot of thought went into the design of the whole system. By the way, beautiful Picasso clowns.

Fishtal: all I can say is wow and wow. You have taken the hobby to another level.

So are you a vendor or is breeding your thing? With the egg tumbler, I am assuming that the eggs need to be in constant motion for oxygen intake. Never seen anyone breeding livestock so this is cool.

Thanks everyone. Marc, the Magenta dottybacks are much crankier than the Orchids, IME.

It's a very pretty fish. I think I've had a Purple psuedochromis in the past that was rather mean and would chase much larger fish. I think it isn't the Fridmani though: http://www.melevsreef.com/id/pseudo.html

Fantastic and thanks for sharing!

The fridmaniis seem really mellow in my tank, Marc. They never have any problems with any of my fish, including the royal grammas. Those purples are awfully close and the size difference is pretty small. I would have expected to see some issue there, but I've never seen any.

This is all I want when I get back from this deployment. No fancy cars,... just this.

very nice setup, and looks like you are having great sucess

Thanks! I don't have any P. fridmani in my reef tank yet, but I may put a pair in there if I don't sell out of them. They seem to be pretty mellow compared to a P. porphyrea that I got a long time ago. They are prone to jumping if they get spooked.