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Originally Posted by justinl

there are also a few other beautiful cold corals i would love to keep, including one GORGEOUS pink kind of anemone whose name escapes me for the moment.

There are both strawberry coral-a branching softy in bright redish pink and strawberry anmones which are colonys simmilar to zoa's-same unreal colour. Both very common up here in Campbell River. There's also an orange cup coral which is a bright orange polyp similar to a paly. Check out the Van aquarium, they have an beautiful display with strawberrys and red irish lord rockfish. It's downstairs beside that massive west coast display. I am planning on setting up a strawberry tank as soon as my reef is established. I've got a 160 gal with a 1/3hp chiller. Should do the trick. If you want to do easy locals, pick your stock from tide pools as they deal with constant changes in temp and salinity on a daily basis-very hardy. As far as colecting goes, you'll need a tidal licence and a set of reg's to see limits and closed species ect... As far as transporting live fish goes, probably a grey area.
Shaun.