Planning ahead... where to get two baby plain ol' tank-raised ocellaris?

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I'll be adding my final fish in a couple of weeks, and I want to get a pair of baby ocellaris. Anywhere around the valley a good place to get them? SPS Coral is closest to me but they mostly have fancy clowns. And I want healthy young'n's. :)
 
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well, you're commuting to Torrance now, so your range is greater than right next to ya.. :p

ocellaris are about as common as damsels though, and you should be able to get them at just about any location. I'm sure Aaron can snag ya a pair given a little notice.

they're pretty hardy fish, but i don't know how "baby" i would go. probably wouldn't buy one that's smaller than 1.25".

best to buy a pair that already have some size difference too, to avoid them fighting each other to determine who's the woman of the house.
 
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There's alot of places from tropical imports in glendale or you could go to pasadena tropical fish.. and if you really want to be picky and not drive far at all you can order some at petco..
 

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well, you're commuting to Torrance now, so your range is greater than right next to ya.. :p
Yeah but by the time I get out of work I just want to go home... and not fight traffic to get to somewhere else out there. :p Especially right now with a freakin' rental car while mine's getting the damage fixed from where that guy hit me. 8 working days, the shop is estimating. *sigh*

ocellaris are about as common as damsels though, and you should be able to get them at just about any location. I'm sure Aaron can snag ya a pair given a little notice.

they're pretty hardy fish, but i don't know how "baby" i would go. probably wouldn't buy one that's smaller than 1.25".

best to buy a pair that already have some size difference too, to avoid them fighting each other to determine who's the woman of the house.
Most of the places I trust to not give me plague-fish (since I don't have a QT) like SPS and Vivid don't carry much in the way of vanilla clowns. Aaron could order me some but I kinda want to pick them out so I don't get stuck with a neurotic fish that freaks out at the slightest movement. I'm looking at you, yellow watchman goby in my tank... SPS has some really cool designer clowns but since my tank's still new and this is my first saltwater tank I don't want to buy anything expensive.

I'll keep that in mind about the size/size difference. I don't want them too tiny, just youngish.
 

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There's alot of places from tropical imports in glendale or you could go to pasadena tropical fish.. and if you really want to be picky and not drive far at all you can order some at petco..
Haven't been to either of those yet but I will check them out! :)
 

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Vivid has plenty of vanilla clowns. Just picked up a baby true perc that's doing great in his 2nd week in qt
I was just there last night and didn't see much. :( They did have firefish though and that was on my list - got a rad little one who's not skittish in the slightest.
 

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