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This is the season for baby regals. I remember a couple years ago everyone was carrying them at certain time of the year. I had one from LiveAquaria it did well. Back them they had a 30 days live guarantee. These will do well in a well established tank. It seems most of the babies are misbarred...
I will be surprised if the gross margin is less than 50% for fish. Not all fish survive long enough to get sold and then the cost of keeping them. Corals on the other hand is a different story. Lots of corals are way overpriced in any LFS and there is a lot less loss I bet.
I had two XR15's and one XR30. It's physics, pointed light source will produce shade. The old school metal halides are also pointed source but usually have a big reflector covering the tank. Unfortunately this cannot be done with LED's.
The flashers wrasses are small and can be kept together in a larger tank. Most of the fairy wrasses are cool to each other also but I would just pick on. Yellow coris and melanarus are peaceful too I will pick on out of these two. Then you have the leopard wrasses which are mellow and...