Bored with my tank!!

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  1. billielewis3

    billielewis3 Gigas Clam

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    So like the title says, I'm getting pretty bored with my tank.

    Thousands invested, hours of research, old hobbies given up to free up some extra play money and now I'm bored with my tank. It's been a long cycle, and the cycles been over for about a month now, and I've got a pretty strict fish list that I want to stock the tank with, but it seems like there's a fish god out there to spite me, everywhere I look, both online and at all the LFS around here no one has what I'm looking for. So my tank stays empty, boring and taunts me. And I k ow I could scrap my list and stock the tank to the gills (pun intended) with beginner fish that everyone and the mom has, but that's just not my style, I've had that tank already.

    Idk, the wife doesn't understand my frustration so I thought I'd vent here with like-minded friends in search of enlightenment or new direction.

    Anyways here my list:
    exquisite fairy
    orange-black fairy
    blue sided fairy
    labout's fairy
    snowflake clown pair
     
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  3. jesmontb

    jesmontb Flamingo Tongue

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    sounds like you need a better LFS haha my LFS here will order any fish you want and can get most any fish because of their large amount of partnerships across the country and even some international suppliers
     
  4. billielewis3

    billielewis3 Gigas Clam

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    The stores say that they can order me what I need but then they call me back saying that it's going to be an estimated three to four weeks, and even then, with the vast color variants in wrasse fish, and pattern in snowflakes, there's a chance that it's not what I was looking for...
     
  5. aquariaman

    aquariaman Pajama Cardinal

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    I wouldn't order them all at once but keep looking out on Divers Den. They usually have a really nice selection even if its not EXACTLY what ur looking for u can always find something really really cool.
     
  6. SushiGirl

    SushiGirl Barracuda

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    Fish only tank? No corals? No shrimp or crabs to watch their antics?
     
  7. billielewis3

    billielewis3 Gigas Clam

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    they are reef safe wrasse, so ill have coral, and my clean up crew from reef cleaners will be here tomorrow i think, or maybe wednesday, idk, but soon.
     
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  9. tom.n.day

    tom.n.day Eyelash Blennie

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    Call Bob at Ibluewater, he will get the fish you want and they will be high quality.
     
  10. kwinter1

    kwinter1 Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    pacific island aquatics has a wysiwyg labouts, and you missed and exquisite wrasse on dd today. subscribe to dd and u can get a heads up on whats coming out at 6 that night
     
  11. Jlobes

    Jlobes Coral Banded Shrimp

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    For sure. I would suggest DD as well. They've had some awesome clowns lately. And they always have always have great specimen.