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Sorry, may i know what fish is that? Damsel? Tks
It's a yellow blotched anthias, Odontanthias borbonius. A deep water anthias previously thought to be endemic to Japan. Since last year also found and collected from Indonesian waters....
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CF got some cool water species: Pot bellied seahorse (aquacultured) and this
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My baby blue neon
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Bro...maybe can get salmon too!
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You can get them from medical supply houses - check yellow pages for hospital equipment. However, they are now a controlled piece of equipment and a licence is needed to own and operate one.....
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Sure....would be interested in nauplii of acartia tonsa, gladioferens imparipes, or other calanoid pods. However, may need numbers in the thousands daily when there are larvae to feed.
I'm sure there are a number of other reefers who would be interested as well. Let us know when your production starts
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Hi bro,
Sorry, but need to point out that your clown is not a Wide Band Clown aka Amphiprion latezonatus, but a black variant of the saddle clown aka Amphiprion polymnus.
Nice specimen nevertheless....
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Oh ya...back to topic...
Green Iguanas don't make good pets. Really nice and cute as juveniles but they grow up to be 3-4 ft monsters (and that's not including their tails!). Too strong and aggressive for anyone to control and they are not amenable to obedience training
. I know of a few cases where the owners had to give them up due to their aggressiveness with sexual maturity......It's sad to see grown men 
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If you want to see how big green iguanas get do visit the reptile park and you can get a rough idea. Most green iguanas in the trade now are captive bred in many parts of the world, like El Salvador in South America. It does'nt matter how endangered an animal is. Even CITES 1 animals like tigers can be traded commercially once production is beyond the first/second (can't really remember) generation. Like the moluccan cockatoo, it's also on CITES 1 but you still can find them in bird shops in Sg.
No point lobbying for rights to keep reptiles in Sg. Government bodies are too lazy to change. The overly conservative mindsets of local nature groups does'nt help either. These people just have reservations against cold blooded animals. Whether your reptile is endangered or non-endangered, you are not allowed to keep them. Does'nt mean there are'nt people breeding them in Sg. Veiled chameleons, tarantulas, tortoises, ferrets, hedgehogs, sugar gliders, etc already bred by the people who live "undeground" for fear of being charged under senseless & baseless laws.
Bro,
Nowadays govt depts are more amenable to feedback. The general problem is that there is much more AR feedback than hobbysit feedback (and much of this is not well thought out and presented; and often presented in a confrontational way which does not work). Part of the problem too is that pro-hobbyists often have something to hide and do not want AR people investigating them when they voice out...so most of the more knowledgeble hobbyists just keep quiet and go on as usual...
Suffice to say that there is some movement (albeit slow...slow...) to petition for more species etc. If you want change, be involved....let me know...
BTW, even though CITES 1 species may be traded if captive bred to F2, the over-riding criteria is that they have to be from a farm/facility registered with CITES. So far, there are none for Tigers, nor even commonly bred species like Radiated torts, Bali Mynahs, Hyacinth macaws etc. There is, I believe, only 1 farm registered for Moluccans...and they are located in S'pore. Bottom line - no registration, no captive bred C1 CITES.
Other bits and pieces that don't make sense: Sclerophages.(asian arrowanas)...tons of farms registered in the region but they still cannot be imported into the US as they are on the US Endangered species list!! (they are "better" than CITES
) Also be grateful that you don't keep birds in the US - their Wild Bird Conservation Act makes it almost impossible to import CITES 2 species...and that's pretty much all parrots! To do so, you will need to be part of an approved breeding co-op where you will have to prove experience and success with breeding the species/group as well as opeing up your facility to F&W inspections 
All weird and wonderful but, well, that's the way the world works....
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It's a Myersina lachneri all right. Had a couple in my tank for a few weeks...now only see one....
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hmmm any idea how much the black ocellaris are goin for ?
Very slightly less than 3 digits.....
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Sun corals, and all other hard corals, are under CITES. The exact species is not stated but they are under SCLERACTINIA spp
Zebra plecos are not under CITES! The shop trying to con you so can sell more ex
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Good going, Augustine.....doing well.....so I gues you don't need any more rotifers? Mine have finally recovered to a decent level..
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Looking good....looking good....
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Nice picture ...
The male looks to be missing some black and yellow pigment.
You matchmade an Indo with a Filipino ah?
maybe not enough "sun".....always gone for days at a time, like now
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Very nice clear pic of the Yasha pair... may I know where u get the pair?
Can't remember already.....get them from here and there...anywhere they have them cheap
Another pic....
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Got pic of the ultra red randalli pistol?
You mean this guy?
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Finally got some half decent pictures of my yashas
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shortcut to Joyce's book is this write up
Gives you enough info to do OK.
Probably just use this batch as a trial, get your rots going and ramp up for the next batch....
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Nice! The younglings in the pic are from Spawn Number __?
Spawn nos 1, 2 & 3....
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Bro, want to arrange to go together? I was invited by a guy from IKS. I have to make request latest by mid-March for the May trip. I search the net for some info and the train journey from Frankfurt is not very long.
Fly from Frankfurt to Nuernberg lah...not so siong to time train connections etc. After you walk the 7 halls for 5 days you will appreciate not lugging luggage around trains
Too bad no $$ to join you guys 
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Now that I have cleaned the juve growout tank, can post an updated pic
There's about 40 in this pic....
Got Goby?
in FOWLR (Fish-only with Live-rock)
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Bro...congrats! Your best bet is to forget this batch and get a rotifer culture ramped up for the next spawn - should be within a couple of weeks or so. If you need some, PM me - see how to meet up to pass over...