New with questions

[Jessica07]

Hello all,

My name is Jessica, and I'm new here. I've had freshwater tanks for years, but now I'm beginning to develop plans for a marine reef tank.

I am very interested getting captive-bred stock. I noticed that those are mostly the clownfish. And I was wondering what other captive-bred critters are available.
(As a side note, there really isn't a good supplier locally, so I'm mostly looking online).


Thanks,
Jessica

 

[Nano Chris]

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Some sites such as http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/scateg.cfm?pCatId=1500
Have a section that allows you to buy captive bread fish, there are others that also have them, you may have to email them to see if they have others.

 

[sir_dudeguy]

havent looked at the link that criminal posted, but i think that one commonly (or easily i should say) bred fish is the bangaii cardinal. I hear people say that they're pretty easy to breed, so i'd think there are plenty of captive bred ones available.

 

[cragganmore]

Hi Jessica. Welcome!

What size tank are you thinking of setting up?

A couple of interesting tank-bred fish that come to mind are the Blue neon goby (Gobiosoma oceanops) and the Yellow-headed jawfish (Opistognathus aurifrons). Hopefully someone more experienced will know some other ones.

 

[cplklegg]

Welcome Jessica and good luck with your tank. Read all you can and ask questions.

 

[Jessica07]

Thanks for the welcomes.

liveaquaria.com was one of the sites I was looking at. I've had good experiences with Drs. Foster and Smith (the company that owns live aquaria).

Is it completly out of the question to find captive-bred echinoderms?

 

[frederickk]

Are you planning to go with a reef or only fish only?

 

[Jessica07]

I'd prefer reef.