Wife wants more into the hobby... So of course she got a tank - Haha

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I have posted before about how supportive my wife is with 'our' hobby. For the 1500g reef system she enjoys watching the fish. With the new tank I let her loose at the last frag swap and told her to buy whatever stony corals she liked - So she had 'her' corals in the 750g.

For the past 11 years we have been together our 'deal' has been whenever she goes to a frag swap, convention, trade show, club meeting, etc --- She can pick out any cool looking clown fish she likes. She has them bag the fish and I pay the vendor.

About 8 months ago she got to meet a local clown breeder. And she thought that the baby fish were super neat, and that this could be a partial retirement gig for her (I won't be holding my breath - LOL).

So I came across a nice rack setup, did some slight modifications and yesterday got the Clown Breeding rack moved into her office.

8 Cubes for paired adults, 2 tanks for grow out. UV, Great White Skimmer and water and bio media from our existing reef system and she is up and running...
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Now we have to start collecting her some cool broodstock ---- Trade Shows for me - Stocking trips for her.

If anyone local has any mature clowns - Preferable designer Percs - you know where they came from - and you would like them to be part of sustainable reefing, please reach out to me.

Dave B
 
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I have posted before about how supportive my wife is with 'our' hobby. For the 1500g reef system she enjoys watching the fish. With the new tank I let her loose at the last frag swap and told her to buy whatever stony corals she liked - So she had 'her' corals in the 750g.

For the past 11 years we have been together our 'deal' has been whenever she goes to a frag swap, convention, trade show, club meeting, etc --- She can pick out any cool looking clown fish she likes. She has them bag the fish and I pay the vendor.

About 8 months ago she got to meet a local clown breeder. And she thought that the baby fish were super neat, and that this could be a partial retirement gig for her (I won't be holding my breath - LOL).

So I came across a nice rack setup, did some slight modifications and yesterday got the Clown Breeding rack moved into her office.

8 Cubes for paired adults, 2 tanks for grow out. UV, Great White Skimmer and water and bio media from our existing reef system and she is up and running...
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Now we have to start collecting her some cool broodstock ---- Trade Shows for me - Stocking trips for her.

If anyone local has any mature clowns - Preferable designer Percs - you know where they came from - and you would like them to be part of sustainable reefing, please reach out to me.

Dave B
Sending you a message I may have an idea to help you out.
 

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Dave, that's great! Although I prefer old school classic percs myself, having a local source for some nice percs would be great! I got a pair of F1's from Jamie who bred her wild caught onyx percs. Maybe she has some extra F1's floating around?
 

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