I got my Bangi Cardinal pair a couple of months ago and one of them has not been eating for the last week and a half. The other one is still eating like a pig. The one that's not eating still looks healthy and plump. I am hoping he is mouth brooding. So I might have some baby Bangi soon as wellMy Bangai Cardinals had babies. Spawning Bangai Cardinals is not a big Whoop because they, (and all healthy fish) do this all the time. Bangai Cardinal babies are rather large as compared to most salt water fish but I didn't catch them. I could not catch anything in my tank unless I take the tank apart and that is not going to happen.
After 2 days I don't see any of the babies but I didn't think I would as, just like in the sea, they would have all been eaten.
(I will look close at some floating algae to see if I find any)
This picture is old and not the Cardinals I have now. Bangai's are one of the shortest lifespan fish we normally keep only living 3 4 or so years.
I am actually surprised these spawned because I got them as babies and they are not fully grown.
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NASA stole this idea from me. 
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The space station is too clean, and it’s making astronauts sick
Scientists hypothesize that cultivating a diverse set of microbes on the International Space Station – and the its eventual replacement – could improve astronaut health.
That’s what they all do!
But for the price, they still seam to be the best deal, (until the tariffs kick in!)
they'll probably still be the cheap solution. My last used set I bought came with 3 redsea 90w lights. those 3 lights alone if bought new would have cost more than I paid for the whole setup (including tank, stand, supplements, skimmer, reactor, reefmat, etc etc etc etc). one of the lights has been problematic so I'm running 2 on my 100g now and I'm really on the fence in regards to replacing the 3rd questionable one or replacing all the lights. these new bluetooth app-capable lights are amazing but so expensive.
Paul B
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If they made Americal lights I would buy them, even if they cost twice as much. I still find them cheap and I couldn't build them myself for $100.00.
I realize many people like to spend a year's salary on fish tank stuff but I think it's kind of cheap. Of course, I don't buy controllers, dosers, medications, quarantine tanks, and all that, so maybe I am doing this wrong.
I also don't buy hundred dollar fish.
wvned
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No, you are not doing it wrong for you.
But I cant do what you do. I don't have any pet shops near or even in my state that sell marine stuff. I don't have the Atlantic Ocean nearby to go get more sea to put in my tank. So I have dosers and chemicals and a controller. I am more like if your wife was keeping a tank with no help. I have some electromechanical help that gets me by.
Your cheap fish all cost me $100 if I pay the shipping or buy the gas to go to Ohio to get them.
I am glad you can get by on the cheap. I can't.
Lights make light and they and they are all programmable these days. I find humor in people that think some brand is magic. The major advantage of name brand lights is people share their settings for new people to copy. There is some value in that if you need that.
But I cant do what you do. I don't have any pet shops near or even in my state that sell marine stuff. I don't have the Atlantic Ocean nearby to go get more sea to put in my tank. So I have dosers and chemicals and a controller. I am more like if your wife was keeping a tank with no help. I have some electromechanical help that gets me by.
Your cheap fish all cost me $100 if I pay the shipping or buy the gas to go to Ohio to get them.
I am glad you can get by on the cheap. I can't.
Lights make light and they and they are all programmable these days. I find humor in people that think some brand is magic. The major advantage of name brand lights is people share their settings for new people to copy. There is some value in that if you need that.
Paul B
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I just turn them on with a timer and then they go off at night. I never dim them or do anything else to them. So I can buy the cheapest lights.
The sea by me now is full of fertilizer and weed killer so I can't use NSW any more. The last water change I used it and now my tank is a produce farm with algae.
My closest LFS is about 15 miles away so not bad and most of the fish are cheap. I have only bought 3 fish on line and 1 of them, a copperband was during covid so I am very lucky here that I can get stuff. But if I could buy American, I do.
I don't need dosers and medications because I hardly dose as my corals are now soft corals or LPS and I don't let my fish get sick so I don't use quarantine or any medications and have not in decades.
I wish you some really nice LFSs moving to Ohio.
The sea by me now is full of fertilizer and weed killer so I can't use NSW any more. The last water change I used it and now my tank is a produce farm with algae.
My closest LFS is about 15 miles away so not bad and most of the fish are cheap. I have only bought 3 fish on line and 1 of them, a copperband was during covid so I am very lucky here that I can get stuff. But if I could buy American, I do.
I don't need dosers and medications because I hardly dose as my corals are now soft corals or LPS and I don't let my fish get sick so I don't use quarantine or any medications and have not in decades.
I wish you some really nice LFSs moving to Ohio.
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I realize many people like to spend a year's salary on fish tank stuff but I think it's kind of cheap. Of course, I don't buy controllers, dosers, medications, quarantine tanks, and all that, so maybe I am doing this wrong.
I also don't buy hundred dollar fish.
I met with a local aquaculturist yesterday and bought two bottles of pods off her. She is growing out some beautiful corals and has some of the healthiest fish and corals I've seen. Generally speaking, a lot of her approach is similar to you. Most of her maintenance is simply feeding the live food that she grows inhouse.
Now in regards to the fish... my hippo tang was expensive... but I love that fish. I saw a beautiful black and white clown yesterday at petco, but I was not going to give them $99.99 for it.
Paul B
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Thats expensive for a clownfish. I can get them here for probably ten or fifteen bucks. But I don't like clowns. I have two fireclowns that are about 35 years old but When I bought one of them as a baby, I thought it was a red Hawkfish because I never saw a Fireclown then and I rarely see them now.
Not a very beautiful or peaceful fish.
Not a very beautiful or peaceful fish.
I mean since the 70's ?, etc. I'd buy it.
Paul B
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I wrote one 6 years ago. How many do you want me to write. 100% of the profits go to MS in my wife's name. 
It has been selling very well.
I recently wrote one about my time in Vietnam where 100% of the profits go to Wounded Warriors.
I was also interviewed in ReefBum and 2 other places. There isn't many more things I could do except run through the streets yelling. But I would get arrested.
It has been selling very well.
I recently wrote one about my time in Vietnam where 100% of the profits go to Wounded Warriors.
I was also interviewed in ReefBum and 2 other places. There isn't many more things I could do except run through the streets yelling. But I would get arrested.
Paul B
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I saw this thing on the news this morning that there is this military museum on Long island and they are having some event there so I went. It's a cold, rainy day and I figured I had nothing else to do today so I went. It's almost an hour away and when I got there there is a big sign out front that said "CLOSED". Great, it opens tomorrow.
So I didn't want to waste the day and I went to my favorite LFS on my way home and got a dragon faced pipefish. $20.00. The owner wasn't there or he would have given it to me for probably $15.00. But $20.00 isn't bad and I like them. He had nothing else interesting except tangs and and angels which I don't like so I just took the pipe.
One of these, but not this one.
So I didn't want to waste the day and I went to my favorite LFS on my way home and got a dragon faced pipefish. $20.00. The owner wasn't there or he would have given it to me for probably $15.00. But $20.00 isn't bad and I like them. He had nothing else interesting except tangs and and angels which I don't like so I just took the pipe.
One of these, but not this one.
Paul B
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This Fireclown is a real pain, and I wish their lifespan were not so long. He and his mate are about 35 years old and very annoying, especially when they are spawning, And they are never "not" spawning. I was just looking at my tank and I heard this splashing. The larger one (I'm not sure if it is a male or female) was chasing one of my small yellow clown gobies so much that the gobi kept jumping out of the water and almost made it to the floor.
Click on the Xs if you can't see the picture or just make something up
I really don't like them but I am afraid to catch them to give them away because in a fair fight, they could both take me.
Click on the Xs if you can't see the picture or just make something up
I really don't like them but I am afraid to catch them to give them away because in a fair fight, they could both take me.
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We decided to go there the day before and sleep in a hotel. I searched the net for a hotel near by. It's not to far from Yankee Stadium.
I find a place 3 miles from the university and "WAYS" said it would take 40 minutes to get there from the hotel.
40 minutes to go 3 miles is normal for the Bronx or anywhere in the New York City boroughs.
I called to make the reservation and got the front desk. I don't think the girl I spoke to went to Fordham.
She was very nice but may have had the IQ of one of the apples on her desk.
She asked my name. I said very slowly "PAUL BALDASSANO". She asked "Is BALDASSANO your first or last name?".
I said Baldassano is my last name and PAUL, like the Saint is my first name.
OK. Spell it.... I asked Baldassano? She said "No, spell Paul".
OK. P A U L. Like the Saint. What Saint?. I said Saint Paul which I could tell went right over her semi empty head.
So I said, "Would you like me to spell Baldassano. She asked "Whats that?"
I replied, "my last name". She said "Oh OK, spell that".
I spelled my name very slowly 3 times. Then I had to spell it phonetically. 3 times.
B, as in ballerina, A, as in the apple in your head, L, as in lunatic, D as in dope and so on.
Then she asked my E Mail which ends in AOL.COM. She asked "Whats that"?
I said My E Mail. She said "Can I spell it?". I said "spell what"? She said "Spell AOL. COM".
I said "Spell what?" She said "AOL.COM". I said, "Thats it."
She said, "What"? I said AOL.COM.
My wife was hysterical and I said it again but she never heard of it. I know no one uses AOL.COM any more but I was here way before the internet was invented and I got AOL and still have it. This girl who seemed to be about 30 never heard of it. She never even heard of ".COM".
So I spelled it very slowly. A O L . C O M
This conversation is absolutely true and if I knew she was such a genius I would have taped this conversation.
And she got a job at the front desk of a hotel that is rated Excellent.
The place was in the biggest dump in the Bronx but it was only 4 weeks old, kind of like this receptionist.
Our Daughter is going next week to get certified as a Lawyer. She passed the bar last year. I really don't like lawyers so I hope she is not going to be a personal injury lawyer because I won't be able to speak to her any more.
I find a place 3 miles from the university and "WAYS" said it would take 40 minutes to get there from the hotel.
40 minutes to go 3 miles is normal for the Bronx or anywhere in the New York City boroughs.
I called to make the reservation and got the front desk. I don't think the girl I spoke to went to Fordham.
She was very nice but may have had the IQ of one of the apples on her desk.
She asked my name. I said very slowly "PAUL BALDASSANO". She asked "Is BALDASSANO your first or last name?".
I said Baldassano is my last name and PAUL, like the Saint is my first name.
OK. Spell it.... I asked Baldassano? She said "No, spell Paul".
OK. P A U L. Like the Saint. What Saint?. I said Saint Paul which I could tell went right over her semi empty head.
So I said, "Would you like me to spell Baldassano. She asked "Whats that?"
I replied, "my last name". She said "Oh OK, spell that".
I spelled my name very slowly 3 times. Then I had to spell it phonetically. 3 times.
B, as in ballerina, A, as in the apple in your head, L, as in lunatic, D as in dope and so on.
Then she asked my E Mail which ends in AOL.COM. She asked "Whats that"?
I said My E Mail. She said "Can I spell it?". I said "spell what"? She said "Spell AOL. COM".
I said "Spell what?" She said "AOL.COM". I said, "Thats it."
She said, "What"? I said AOL.COM.
My wife was hysterical and I said it again but she never heard of it. I know no one uses AOL.COM any more but I was here way before the internet was invented and I got AOL and still have it. This girl who seemed to be about 30 never heard of it. She never even heard of ".COM".
So I spelled it very slowly. A O L . C O M
This conversation is absolutely true and if I knew she was such a genius I would have taped this conversation.
And she got a job at the front desk of a hotel that is rated Excellent.
The place was in the biggest dump in the Bronx but it was only 4 weeks old, kind of like this receptionist.
Our Daughter is going next week to get certified as a Lawyer. She passed the bar last year. I really don't like lawyers so I hope she is not going to be a personal injury lawyer because I won't be able to speak to her any more.
