CaptainBob

sorry man, I left town for 2 weeks after I wrote you, but my financial situation isn't quite where I thought it was, sorry about that.

oo... I've been looking for a new place to live, you've got an email.

the bluespotted variety are a morph only found on a few reefs in the Indian Ocean, as such they command a higher price. I can ask bruce if he's seen them on our lists, we've had them in before.

looks like a real sweety, but I literally just took in a stray last month and she has made it very clear to me that she doesn't like other 4 legged critters. Maybe ask one of the local rescue groups if they could put her picture and story up on one of their websites? You'd have the best shot finding her a good home through an organization that screens adopting families before turning animals over to them, I know shadowcats does a very thurough job in that respect, but they work primarily with freshly rescued ferals, so I'm not sure they're the best people to talk to for this cat, but they may have some good advice to point you in the right direction.

I think I know which store you're talking about with the purple tang... He was just put up for sale yesterday having completely recovered his dorsal. He is marked at $100, but remember your 10% discount, he's still available. for the record though, the tank isn't a hospital tank so much as a maintenance tank, we house damaged fish in it that have a chance at recovery so that they can be sold to good homes, but it's primary purpose is housing fish and corals en route to one of our maintenance clients. The blue tang in that tank is recovering from HLLE and the wounds on her face aren't contagious or dangerous to its tankmates, in fact her condition has improved substantially since we've been treating her, in another month or two she'll be back up to 100% also. I also want to point out that we can't make deals on our "repaired" fish, reason being they don't come to us any cheaper, and we have to put a lot of effort into getting them healthy again, look at that purple tang today, you'd have no idea he didn't have a dorsal fin 6 months ago.

if you don't mind using glass lowes can cut you a piece to size, I think a 16"x16" cut is like 6 bucks they can do acrylic also but it's a little more expensive

we do. I have to suggest you come in and pick up CBB horses while they're still in the bags from our suppliers though, you know how fragile they are, what with them lacking immune systems and all, I'd hate to sell you a horse that picked up some kind of bug that'd wipe your herd out.

That is a cool wrasse isn't it? Not to hijack but you're actually one of 3 people on our list for another male Paracheilinus carpenteri, I feel I should mention that any male can change into an "alpha" if it is the only male in a group of females, the trick to mitigating aggression is adding them all simultaneously so they can establish a pecking order for the available territory, and one fish doesn't claim the whole tank as its own, helps a lot if they're the first fish to enter a system as well. It's only rare to find such a nice male in a store or through a wholesaler because there's only one at a time in any given locality, alpha male isn't even really a good term for this condition because of it's close association with canine social structure, males are territorial no matter what which is why they're harder to come by, but when they get into breeding mode, that is to say when they are comfortable and don't feel threatened by any conspecifics, they get that intensified coloration and flash their fins much more, which has led to the trade nickname "alpha" for fish that already display this behavior on arrival. The best way to induce this change is to keep a single male in a large tank with at least 2 females. Make sure each fish has the opportinity to stake out it's own territory, and your male should come into it's own before too long. The females are not necessary to induce the change, but there's nothing that convinces me they wouldn't help the process along, and it opens up a slim possibility for them to spawn in your tank with an appropriate diet. My real point here is you are liable to be waiting a very long time if you want another male that looks like the one we just got in, but if you would rather work with a fish to allow it turn into a displaying male, you can get your fish much faster.

if you need to get it out of your place right away bring it up to the tek and we'll sell it for you, that'd be an easy sale for us.

we sell it, 10 bucks a fistfull.

sorry, you wouldn't be the first to ask us to part out that package, it is being sold on consignment and the seller has very clearly told us they want it all sold at once. If you want a full setup, the system is a steal at 3700, halfcircle tank, cherry stand and canopy, 250W halide with PC actinics, chiller, skimmer, sump, I can't recall what models or brands any of it is off the top of my head, but it's all nice stuff I wouldn't mind owning myself if I had the space and cash.

agreed, the latin name is Cryptocentrus pavoninoides if you want to do some more research

no, but I know the game. the concept is a lot like poker, you're aiming to get pairs, 2 pair, three of a kind, a straight, or 4 of a kind, you roll 4 dice, and can reroll as many as you like trying to roll for one of the conditions I already mentioned

I'm in... the exploration and gambing features hate me though, for every good thing I find I wind up smashing my boat up on at least 3 different reefs... and the generala game doesn't like giving me anything but paired 4's... so I don't do very well in that either *edit* LOL I just plundered Jesus I'm easily amused at 7 in the morning.

which is exactly why I ended my post suggesting she go with a wrasse