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akabryanhall · May 28, 2011

skinz78 said:
Very cool Bryan! I've never had a pair of Clowns spawn, I bet it is really exciting!

H Yeah! I felt like a new dad this morning, almost lit up a cigar!:wink:

akabryanhall · May 28, 2011

clowns101 said:
No problem.

Generally speaking, the off spring will have similer looks to them. However, the coloration on the fins, might not be as dark in coloration as we are seeing on the other hybrid.

I think there will be their diffirences between the fish for sure, but in all honestly, looking at the crosses, I do think the combo that Bryan has, will result in a brighter orange fish, with brighter fins, aswell as larger fins and possibly thinner or wider stripes than that of the other hybrid that we see in the artical.

The next step is waiting 7 days for the eggs to hatch, I am very happy that they have bread for him, and I can not wait to see how these do. I presonally have never seen the fry of this hybrid. I am courios to see if the fry are going to be on the larger side as they generally are with Osy's or if we will see smaller more delicate fry as you generally see with Maroons. Im kinda hoping for a medium, a inbewteen on the 2, if we can hit that, I think there will be good chances of the fry doing great on L strian rotifers! Maroon fry are generally smaller IME, and need smaller rotifers, that is the only problem I am currently seeing...

Great points man! I think that the male being the maroon may result in some cool offspring. I would love to see the fry be a little bigger than regular maroons. The only issue is I'm not set up with rotifers yet. I may have to find someone breeding locally.

akabryanhall · May 29, 2011

New nem from cfm

akabryanhall · Jun 1, 2011

So while I'm waiting on my Rotifers, time to turn my attention to my 60 cube and 90. I want to plumb them together but first I need to create a black back for more color pop. 1 Matt black spray paint later

Evolution LED!

The plumbing starts, what a pain!

I'm going to build a table that covers these which will act as a frag/utility table/beer holder

Return to the Cube Is Done!!

akabryanhall · Jun 2, 2011

With it withdrawn you can really see the colors pop!

And we have eyes!!

turbo21 · Jun 2, 2011

Looking good.

I have the same combo of clowns in my tank right now. Havent seen any eggs yet, but it is so cool t see 2 different species of clown in the same nem

akabryanhall · Jun 5, 2011

Thanks Turbo!! Hope they spawn for you soon!
Soo a few updates, we are getting a pretty sick piece and a pretty sick nem. My friend is making me a ceramic piece for the cube.
Bottom half - untextured....

Braces off...

He will start making the top half soon, can't wait!!

akabryanhall · Jun 5, 2011

Here is a nem that one of the vendors here has for us, hopefully we get it tuesday or wednesday!
Sickest Magnifica Ever (Sorry about the quality, hastily shot camera pic)

clowns101 · Jun 5, 2011

WAIT WOW!That is not a magnifica at all,that is NOT a Heteractis Magnifica at all,that is a VERY VERY RARE anemone,non hosting species and VERY rare...

They call them ball Anemones....

clowns101 · Jun 5, 2011

Notice how my magnifica dosent have the Ball tips like the Ball anemone above does?

wakeboardgeek · Jun 5, 2011

Bryan, let me know when you get that nem...I'd love to come by and check it out.

droblack · Jun 5, 2011

That ball anemone is wicked! Congrats on the new business and best of luck!

akabryanhall · Jun 8, 2011

wakeboardgeek said:
Bryan, let me know when you get that nem...I'd love to come by and check it out.

Absolutely will!!

akabryanhall · Jun 8, 2011

droblack said:
That ball anemone is wicked! Congrats on the new business and best of luck!

Thank you for the kind words! We get it next week and have set up a species specific tank for it.

akabryanhall · Jun 15, 2011

Success, my clowns got busy again last night!

akabryanhall · Jun 19, 2011

So I got my custom ceramic piece from BlazinNano! I'm thrilled with the result..This is in the 60G cube where the whyoming whites and lemondrop, flame and rainbow nems.
Without water..

With white LED's

Blue LED's