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    Picasso clownfish

    in Propagation and Breeding

    Thanks Ha!  Shape and deformities are the first thing I look for.  I also make sure the fins are intact and big.  A lot of the designer clowns have either torn fins or undersized and deformed.  Check this one out.  It looks great so far.

     

     

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    Picasso clownfish

    in Propagation and Breeding

    Just want to share my excitement.  I've been on and off breeding clownfish for the last 11 years or so.  I have a special pair that I've been waiting forever to breed.  As I read up on clownfish breeding and seeing most fish breeders/vendors sell fish with deformities, I focused on breeding fish with minimal inbreeding.  I started with my Doni's reef snowcasso and a Rod's/Cquest onyx pair.  I then acquired a few black picassos from Bali Aquarich.  I paired one of them with an ORA picasso that I got from BRK.  When those bred, I then paired it with my Doni x Cquest baby.  It took about 5 years for them to breed.  Anyway, these picassos are now 14 days old have are looking very promising.  

     

     

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    Clownfish in a Haddoni Anemone

    in General Discussion

    Depends on which clownfish you have.  Haddoni anemones are not natural hosts for true percula.   I had a tank full of true perculas that I bred and the haddoni I had was ignored.  Ocellaris sometimes accept haddoni as a host and I've seen it a few times.   

    SPS Dying Systematically, HELP.

    in General Discussion

    1 hour ago, CallMeJus said:


    You think I should discontinue the reactor for now? Or go longer without water changes? at the moment I only have to clean the glass maybe every three days.


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    Phosban reactor?  No but I think you may have to stop dosing 2 part (at least the Alk portion).  Test daily and take a look at your alk consumption.  

     

    As far as water changes, you can still do them regularly but test the new water.  Some salt mixes have high alk/cal levels.  

    Pure Reef Systems

    in Vendor Experience

    I for one am not throwing him under the bus.  I contacted him on Apr 11, 2018 to get a sump built.  Said he was going to order materials.  When my deadline came, he said he needed more materials.  Told me 3 weeks to completion.  After 3 weeks, said white pvc is not available.  So I said just go ahead and make it in gray since that is what he had available.  May 10, 2018, he said assembly on sump has started.  On May 22, he said frosted acrylic was shipped by mistake instead of clear.  He told me new acrylic will be delivered on May 29 and he won't be back in his shop until the following week.  I waited another week and he said it's still not complete.  Asked him how much longer, he said another 2 weeks.  Contacted him again on June 27 and he disappeared.  Have all the text messages so there is no other story other than he failed to deliver.  

     

    If there's more to his story, then he should address it.  

    Is this really an oregon tort?

    in General Discussion

    1 hour ago, Matt LeBaron said:

    I'm with you on that. I'm just going to post a picture of the colonies and let people decide from there. This whole naming business is a pain in the ass and not worth it when I have colony shots I can just show.

     

    Matt, I think you sold me that frag and you were sure at that time that it was indeed an oregon tort.  Naming can be a PITA but also should be used whenever lineage can be proven.  

    Is this really an oregon tort?

    in General Discussion

    · Edited by gioNVA

    1 hour ago, gioNVA said:

    Did you get it from a wamas member?  I bought one a while ago and it was sold as an oregon tort.  It was a fast grower and eventually turned to a lighter blue color with green/purple.  Sadly, i dont think it is an oregon tort. I had one of the original frags a long time ago and it was a really slow grower and the shade of blue was just a really deep shade of blue that glows. 

     

    oops.  I just read my post and what I mean was that the one I got from a WAMAS member wasn't an oregon tort.  Yours look like it is.   Here's my oregon tort that I got from reef chief in VA over 10 years ago.  

     

     

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    Is this really an oregon tort?

    in General Discussion

    · Edited by gioNVA

    Did you get it from a wamas member?  I bought one a while ago and it was sold as an oregon tort.  It was a fast grower and eventually turned to a lighter blue color with green/purple.  Sadly, i dont think it is an oregon tort. I had one of the original frags a long time ago and it was a really slow grower and the shade of blue was just a really deep shade of blue that glows. 

    Pure Reef Systems

    in Vendor Experience

    I gave up on him.  He promised to make me a sump and it would be ready by two weeks.  Then had an excuse of white pvc sheets not available and it will be another two weeks so he can order them.  After another two weeks, he said still no pvc so I said make it in gray (he said he had it available) and the sump would be done.  Waited another few weeks and then he stopped responding.  Basically just wasted about two months waiting for a sump to be made.  Hopefully things are ok with him as we need local builders but I wouldn't recommend him based on my experience.

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