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Must record in your kungfu manual....hehehe....must be giving lots of loving, tender and care. Keep us posted on their growth.

Kudos to you.. So you have been busy with these?

Tank : 4 X 2 X 2 with low iron front panel and external overflow

Skimmer : BK SM200 with waste collector

Return Pumps : Red Dragon 6m3 and Ehiem 1262

FR : 2 X Deltec 509 & powered by AB2000

Nitrate Filter : Deltec NF 509 and tee off from AB2000

Calcium R'tor : Deltec PF 501 with RM secondary chamber

Kalkwasser R'tor : Deltec KM500

Chiller : Pansonic 1 HP Compressor with 20m titanium Coil

Wave Makers : 4 X Tunze 6055 with 7096 & Vortec MP40w

Controller : GHL Profilux

Lighting : ATI Powermodule 10 or 8 tubes

Water Top-up : Water Top-Up tank powered by Tunze Osmolator

External Monitor : American Pinpoint pH and Temp. Monitor for main tank and GHL Profilux Controller to measure temp, pH, Redox

Ozonizer : Sander C50

UV : Corallife 6x

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Thanks guys. Indeed it has not been easy. As of today the orange fish has taken on a little hue of purple. Will update another pic when it has more or less stabilised. :ph34r:

Always something more important than fish.

http://reefbuilders.com/2012/03/08/sps-pico-reef/

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40-42 days. The orange fish has started to turn purple. Guess it might be an orchid dottyback? The other fish is still rather translucent, much bigger than the orange-purple fish. :roll:

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Always something more important than fish.

http://reefbuilders.com/2012/03/08/sps-pico-reef/

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The first settler is fully pigmented with and coming close to 2cm. The second one has a slight orange hue to it. Now focusing on second batch. Currently at 9 days, around the size of newly hatched clownfish larvae I think.

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Always something more important than fish.

http://reefbuilders.com/2012/03/08/sps-pico-reef/

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The satisfaction after 37-39 days. Unknown if they are orchid dottyback or indigo dottyback as yet. :upsidedown:

Hi there, nice work. 100% support aquaculture.

I am interested too to buy one of our juveniles if you are selling. Home will be a mature 4 ft reef tank with 9 residents. PM me if you could, will pick up from your place.

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bro can teach me how to catch the eggs out? my oblique dottyback pair has spawn and i saw the male carrying the egg sack in his cave, but when i try to approach near his cave with a betta box he dart with the eggs into the other rockwork, cant get him at all

any tricks to capturing him?

Mix Reef Tank: 5ft x 2.5ft x 2ft mixed reef

Chiller: daikin 1hp compressor

Return: Red Dragon 6.5m3

Lighting: Aqua Lumen Ocean 4ft

Skimmer: Reef Octopus RO-RPS-5000-EXT w/ Bubble Blaster

CR: RM 824 /milwakee PH controller

Tunze TS24 with 7096

Tunze Osmolator

American Pinpoint PH monitor

American Pinpoint ORP Monitor with Resun Ozone

RM sulphur denitrator

RM FR 424

RM FR 624

TLF Phosban Reactor

My old tank thread

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bro can teach me how to catch the eggs out? my oblique dottyback pair has spawn and i saw the male carrying the egg sack in his cave, but when i try to approach near his cave with a betta box he dart with the eggs into the other rockwork, cant get him at all

any tricks to capturing him?

Don't have any rocks at all..easy to catch then. :paiseh:

Always something more important than fish.

http://reefbuilders.com/2012/03/08/sps-pico-reef/

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Don't have any rocks at all..easy to catch then. :paiseh:

that means i can only see them turn into corals and fish food, so sad, 1st time see fish lay eggs and cannot do anything about it :cry2:

Mix Reef Tank: 5ft x 2.5ft x 2ft mixed reef

Chiller: daikin 1hp compressor

Return: Red Dragon 6.5m3

Lighting: Aqua Lumen Ocean 4ft

Skimmer: Reef Octopus RO-RPS-5000-EXT w/ Bubble Blaster

CR: RM 824 /milwakee PH controller

Tunze TS24 with 7096

Tunze Osmolator

American Pinpoint PH monitor

American Pinpoint ORP Monitor with Resun Ozone

RM sulphur denitrator

RM FR 424

RM FR 624

TLF Phosban Reactor

My old tank thread

469748_10150741487628605_529506809_o_zps36d5c396.jpg

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I have orchid dottyback juveniles settle once again, more than 2 this time and in just around 20 days :eyebrow:. Photos in a few days time as I do not want to stress them too much now.

Always something more important than fish.

http://reefbuilders.com/2012/03/08/sps-pico-reef/

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